Fan Art Week
Hello! In this article we'll overview what exactly constitutes Fan Art and how it will be handled in Eclipse, the new version of DeviantArt! For this we first need to define a few concepts.
Fan Art Vs Original Work
A common and simplified definition of Fan Art is:
"Artwork created by fans of a work of fiction such as comics, movies, television shows, books, video games, etc. and derived from a character or other aspect of that work."
So basically, art you create based on something that already exists. With this in mind, the most simple distinction between Fan Art and Original Work would be:
Fan Art
If your artwork is derived