Zif #176969 @zif-dragons - Tumblr Blog

Created a set of CSP Wings of Fire brushes for myself that I thought my fellow dragon artists would enjoy as well <3 They're totally free to use, and can be downloaded here or on the Asset Store (Content ID: 2108565)!

everyone say congratulations faes on the bottom surgery

#at least lightweaver still has her lil thang.#flight rising #i dont remember when this change was made but i think it was later in the sites history. i wish the wikia had the info

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Just to be clear, I would prefer for my art to not be reposted/used outside of flight rising and tumblr (for example on toyhouse) - or at least link back to this tumblr blog everywhere it’s used.

I also strongly prefer for my credit to remain the only visible watermark/credit on the pictures!

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@fuurais The answer is a complicated personal distaste so reblogging to explain it fully

The main thing is that toyhouse is a site where characters, and the art attached to them, has real monetary value and can be sold for Real Money. The specific scenario I don’t want to happen is that someone uses my art to boost up the sale value of a character and sells it off with me not even knowing about it.

The real question is a question of ownership. If I made art of what was at the time my own dragon, with a high level of effort and care, and for no reward or payment; and then gave the dragon to you, do you own the art? Can you sell it or trade it? My answer is that I still own the art; I know there’s no legal standpoint, but just as a feeling, I feel like since I never sold the art it shouldn’t be taken and sold. It’s a matter of politeness to me - just like it’s polite not to turn around & sell the shoes your aunt gave you for christmas.

During my time on FR I made a lot of free art, and I made a lot of art trades, and I sold a lot of art for very low amounts of virtual currency (compared to real money). I knew all the time that I was “underselling” myself, but the reason why I was OK with it was because I reasoned that my art would not leave flight rising. It only had a value in site currency (treasure/gems), the rules and changes of which I understood and agreed upon when posting it. You can’t post it to neopets and be like “hey look at my cool neopet [obviously a dragon]”. You can’t put it in an art portfolio and be like hey look at my cool design [copyrighted flight rising art]”.

Furthermore, most of my works are signed “zif 176969″. This signature is completely worthless off of FR and wouldn’t ever enable anyone to source the art to me.

Honestly, I don’t mind just displaying the art w/credit, but it’s easier to make a blanket statement & say keep it in a folder or in the dragons description and gaze lovingly at it instead of posting it on deviantart plskthx.

anyway. tundra if you even care

#caption is just for fun I care so much. I care so much #retirement cant stop me from making a dragon once in a blue moon. school is intense btw #this is someone elses tun btw. someone from the dtday thread #flight rising #my art

Just to be clear, I would prefer for my art to not be reposted/used outside of flight rising and tumblr (for example on toyhouse) - or at least link back to this tumblr blog everywhere it’s used.

I also strongly prefer for my credit to remain the only visible watermark/credit on the pictures!

#these things r not always seen or respected but for those who do care. ^#a lot of the decisions about whether to give away free art on FR were made from a vantage point of #'this wont be valuable in someones portfolio or on another site where there arent any dragons'

also I'm selling all my rare and art dragons <3

https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/baz/3075013/1#post_49517853

#these will probably go a lot faster thankfully #edit: aaand yeah theyre all gone

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Lair clearance time

I'm giving away absolutely everything I own! BOOYAH

Link to giveaway thread in reblog. Post literally anything in it to enter.

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#I'm honestly kind of worried this will just flop but. wouldn't that also be an extremely funny way to go out #the full boo we hate your pussy treatment

Lair clearance time

I'm giving away absolutely everything I own! BOOYAH

Link to giveaway thread in reblog. Post literally anything in it to enter.

#flight rising #so im just going to dish out to everyone who signs up basically #i dont have the time to run a raffle model. this is a raw and wet free for all baby

im quitting fr btw. i just dont have time for the site anymore w/school and my true passion was always the community; my interest in the actual dragons and new additions to the site has been waning for a long time.

the people here, some that i spoke to and some that i just reblogged eagerly from really made it all worth it for me. Even just getting to see the raw or refined artistic talent and enthusiasm that pours out from the FR community was always great, and I tried my best to encourage people to keep posting.

it was so great to be able to start noticing other people and recognizing them by their art style. I loved joking around w/ other people in the tag as well. I love that the community on tumblr only grew stronger over time, with note counts rising wayyy above what was realistic when i first started blogging!

Im not sad about it though, because me having less time for FR is a direct result of my IRL life actually starting to move forward again. I have things I need to do with my time. I'm able to spend more time with friends since I moved closer. I don't need to stay on FR to fill a hole.

i strongly prefer quitting wholesale rather than going on endless hiatus. i want a concrete ending to this blog/my acct and closure.

also i cant stand the idea of unique festival items/g1s/money being frozen my acct so i have to have a big giveaway !! keep an eye out for that in the following weeks <33

#i am aaaalso selling art dragons / g1s for like basically nothing but i will put them out at the same time as the giveaway #i might also cue up a few of my favorite posts and jokes i made because im narcissistic. i love my own sense of humar #flight rising #thank u. i love u. stay vibing.

message to my past self:

the BEST thing you can ever do for yourself as the person who has to maintain your own bios/wishlist/other shit is

1) save every piece of art you get in a folder w/ the artist's username as the filename

2) save every badge you get in a folder w/ the event name as the filename

you are not immune to data loss and you are certainly not immune to memory loss

#flight rising #if you ever made art for me rest assured: i love it. so much. sometimes i just completely forget it ever happened

peacevine

iris/iris/leaf wisteria/wisteria/caribbean raspberry/raspberry/grape sunshine/sunshine/fuchsia cantaloupe/cantaloupe/bubblegum cyan/cyan/lemon hunter/hunter/sapphire murk/murk/azure lapis/lapis/fuchsia

#oh?????#i love what cyan is doing