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Full tutorial for download.

Please excuse any typos or grammatical errors. I didn’t have much time to whack this together.

Nothing is worse than someone saying “If you don’t want your art stolen, then don’t post it online.” The internet is a brilliant resource for development, advertising and for fun. I hope this tutorial will help artists enjoy the web without fretting over the illegitimate use of their art too much.

Arguments about watermarks can rage on for eternity. So the above is what I consider to be a fair compromise between the artist’s right to protect their work, and the viewer’s preference for an unmarred image.

Civil opinions and feedback are always welcome, but please no scolding debates about artists using watermarks in my comments. For that go to the forums.

Thank you and enjoy =)

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:iconsummonerwolf:
Thank you so much! This is a useful tutorial all around.
The watermark provided by dA is convenient, but it's rather distracting and often detracts from the image.
I will definately be taking advice from this tutorial.

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"They hand you a coloring book and say, 'Be creative, but don't color outside the lines.'"- George Carlin

Why? [link] That's why.
:iconkara-wildsong:
Awesome tutorial! :clap: *goes off to sketch personal watermark now*

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Filled with warm and gooey peace, love, happiness, and anarchy since 1987
:iconfreakzter:
holy crap i wish i had known about that YEARS ago!

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People ask me why/I never find a place to stop and settle down, down, down/But I never wanted all those things/People need to justify their lives, lives, lives
:iconmichelle192837:
Nice! ^^ Definitely using some of these tips!

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Starving doesn't make you an artist.
But it does make those colored pencils look pretty tasty...
:iconquicksilverstudios:
Very useful. I did not realise about the file info thing.
:iconcyanidedragon:
Yeah, I could surely use this... now to draw something that will fit for a watermark! Thanks! :D

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Signatures? Such a overrated, waste of space. But, I like wasting space, so here is my signature!
:icontheldspenguin:
Thank you very much!!!

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theldspenguin- keeping it real, keeping it clean, and spreading the love :heart: :peace:

Avatar made by the generous ~x-oblivion and used with her permission.
:iconkirablack:
this is a great help.... if only I had photoshop....

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Beware! I eat hobbits for breakfast,
Make Sauron quiver in his boots,
And make Drizzt Do’ Urden look like a harmless little Muppet!
:iconferalflames:
This is great! Thank you so much. I'll be using these suggestions

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*~* I carry these memories inside, thoughts of a soul colored by love *~*
:icondeathofallhearts:
Thank you for this lovely tutorial it will be very helpful to me when I make a watermark.

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I will take you to the dark for I am the black wolf bringer of Death.

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