~usage rights~

If you want to use something on this site, read on:

Revision on March 10, 2009: If you want to use something on this site to make a sig or avatar to use on something like a forum or blog: that is usually fine with me, you don't need to give credit, or ask me, for one or two things as small as that. If, for some reason, you make a lot of avatars and want to post them somewhere (like a LJ community) please make sure clear credit is given that it is my artwork and link back to this site or melorasworld.com.

You can also save anything you see here to your computer and/or print it out for your own personal enjoyment. -I don't know why that would bother me, let alone anyone. But you can not reproduce it, in any way, shape, or form, for any other reason; like to sale. Please use common sense. And, if you see someone doing this, please let me know right away!

If you would like to post a few select pieces of my work on your site, because it is something like a fanart gallery, art hub, or a dragon art gallery, you can go ahead and do that as long as you clearly credit me (under the name Melora) as the artist and link back to either this site or melorasworld.com

You can always write me to ask for permission if you are unsure of anything.

If you want to do fanworks based off my work, that's cool! Please send it to me too! (or at least a link) I love stuff like that and would simply love to be able to post it on this site! (And even link to your site or gallery) Just, please, don't claim my characters/art/ideas as you're own. And make it clear, where ever you might post it, that it was based off my work by crediting my name (Melora) and one of my websites. This will also keep other people, who know my work, from thinking you're a thief. My work is protected by copyright laws, just as any artists work is, and if you're a punk, I just might be a punk too. But I'm usually fairly nice, if people respect me, I tend to return the favor... and I can only thank people who don't cause me even more stress than what I already deal with in life.

This is a biggie for me too: Do not direct link or hotlink to images on this site though. Please upload anything you might use to your own server. Chances are I will eventually find out if you are hotlinking and I will write you none-too-pleased. Hotlinking is considered illegal because it's stealing bandwidth. I know some people don't mind if you do it, but I usually consider it very bad netiquette. This includes banners. I would love it if you linked to me, but you should keep banners on your own site. Who knows when a site will move, or the sub-folders, it's just better to do things the right way.

One thing that I think I shouldn't have to say, but some people don't seem to get is: Never, ever, in a million years, claim my work (or another artists work) as your own! That should be common sense, but there are ass-holes out there that still try to pull that kind of crap. So to them I say, "People aren't stupid, maybe you are, but many people aren't- and when others find out you've done that, and they will without a doubt, not only will they loath you, but bad, bad, bad things will happen." So yeah, just give credit where credit is due.