Are "closed species" really a thing?

>>2847148
there are only so many ideas or combinations of vaguely mammal traits somebody can come up with, so it seems pretty dumb to me.

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Unless published under a creative commons license, anything an artist designs is automatically legally their own intellectual property. In using their designs, you can be subject to legal punishment if the owner of the rights does decide to take action, or blacklisted from selling in the market by the community.

You can laugh, but these teens make up to $900 per design in even just one auction (http://nemcrsd.deviantart.com/journal/closedspcs-muzumimi-565753399) by properly marketing one simply creative idea with about 5 hours of illustration and making other artists want to pay for the rights to make one of their own.

Its more initiative in entrepreneurship I've seen from most adult artists like you, who sneer upon them when nothing is even stopping you from taking advantage of the adoptable market, too. You'd look like an idiot copying the designs and getting sued when you should be taking a note and learning from them as a businessman.

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Related.

Personally, I think it's fucking stupid. If I want to draw one, I fucking can.

>>2847624
>$900/5 hrs
Where do I sign up?

>>2847624
This is really cute, and a very marketable idea.

>>2847629
This is just a dog with a freakish tail. What the fuck.

>>2847629
I remember seeing her stuff. It's so dm stupid to close off an idea like that if you don't go and copyright it. The idea is cute and it's not like she can do anything if somebody draws their own

>>2847630
You need to find the community, put up well drawn designs with an interesting folklore written up fairly frequently, and know who you're selling to and how to reach them.
>>2847645
Any artist has the legal right to sue anyone who misuses their work/design

>>2847165
I'm making red elves and purple orcs, plz donut steel.
u can buy one for $1,000

>>2847148
literally "oc donut steel"

>>2847148
I believe Sergals and Yinglets properly classify as closed species.

>>2847661
She didn't come up with pillow/plush species in the first place so not really.

You can't name it a Pillowing, obviously, but pillow animals have been around for ages.
Neopets alone has 54 species that have a living stuffed animal variant.

>>2847661
>Any artist has the legal right to sue anyone who misuses their work/design
Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that only applies to the actual drawings or whatever they made, not just the idea in general. Unless they copyright the thing obviously.

>>2847624
then all of these pokeymanz and digimanz commission art is all illegal

I'll just take what people like about their species and change a few things, and if they complain, well, they can't

But most of these "closed" species are just so similar to many other real and fictional animals, being so anal with copyright is just pathetic

Blizzard and Gamesworkshop might as well sue others for using green orcs

>>2847624
also I would love to see this go to court

"your honor, the user xdarkwolfx made an oc of my species, which is a canine with green sparkly hair, a long tail with a stinger and more sparkly fur, and a my chemical romance fetish"

but you're right though, I should I get into the adoptables market,

what species is the most profitable?

>>2847148
Yes, and goddamn the market is booming despite it being in its maturity stage.

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As someone that once made a closed species, it was pretty fun from a creature design standpoint and a way to make pocket money.
I never leaned toward "sparkledog" designs but I can see how those would have made more money in the wolfaboo communities. I like to look at realistic and creative creature designs, which are few and far between with closed species unfortunately.
I do agree it's a dumb concept in the long run due to the idea of trying to police others to not draw your thing. I still sometimes feel rebellious whenever I see one, "I can draw that shit and you can't stop me." However, in small communities it is a nice way to spread creative ideas and art around. Character markets in animal-drawing communities are a big thing (ie buying and selling of drawn characters), so closed species are not too far fetched.

Suddenly thinking back, I did a similar thing in primary school by drawing 'pound dogs' on bits of paper and passing them around like virtual pets.

>>2847624
>muh entrepreneurship
>muh market
>muh business

Fuck. You faggots are insufferable.

What the everloving fuck happened to artistic integrity?

Bet you get off to Pollock paintings while thinking retarded fetish porn is the way to go because MUH MONEIS :^)

>>2848031
Who ever said they were artists, they could be illustrators and product designers.

And besides, if you can spend 5 hours a week to gain financial independence for the rest of it, I guess you'd make more room for artistic growth and free expression that art fags having to work shift at the local coffee shop.

>>2848031
>artistic integrity

YUCK! Stay poor anon.
No seriousy, leave artistic integrity for personal art and artists with huge fanbases/community

>>2847866

Just do sexy girls and j-rpg character designs

>>2847624
Whenever people mention the fact that people CAN sue you, most neglect to say almost all of them do not because lawyer fees alone would cause it to be an unprofitable decision. And most teens don't exactly have good connections with lawyers and lawyers don't really take a 17 year olds case about "they stole my OC" seriously.

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>>2848031
This is why you'll never make it.

You don't have the guts.

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>>2847148
>There is a part of me that wants to spite these tarlets and draw all of their closed species in one big glorious orgy
It's probably already been done