Tag Spam means using irrelevant tags, especially popular tags. Using tags improperly makes it hard to find good and relevant content.
Please use relevant tags when posting! Abusing tags can potentially lead to people flagging you, even from dan himself.
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Please refrain from using #photography for posting art, posting graphics, posting other users photos without commentary, etc.
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Nice catch! I thought that first graphic looked familar. I use pixabay alot myself.
Yeah, it's just a photo and a filter. It literally takes 2 minutes to adjust the filter and brightness and say it is a "drawing".
Now if the person has said..I used some software to manipulate a royalty free image what do you think? I think that is legal...its all about full disclosure. I am a product creator and I make all of my own images for my products..I use royalty free images and I do manipulate them with various graphic software programs.
It's not about being "illegal". It's about being honest. When someone says they drew it, that involves a LOT more effort than clicking two filters in photoshop for example. He is, in a sense, trying to cheat curators by implying he did a lot more work than he actually did.
If he said, I took this photo, modified it to look like like that digitally, and I present it to you, that'd be far more honest.
Glad I saw this post! You've stopped me from tag spamming before I start!