Thread:Epic146/@comment-3528596-20171017023344/@comment-104549-20171028043500

BLUF PART ONE: PROPER SOURCING Although ultimately wrong, your source search was a respectable first attempt. I'm going to walk through how I found this step-by-step so you can trace it. That all being said, Shamine King would be the artist, and this would be the source.
 * 1) Source is wrong, but I'll show you how to do it.
 * 2) You forgot to include the image template.
 * 3) Normally Fair Use would be fine as a license, but in this specific case it won't work.
 * 1) First, I went to the image you uploaded and did the right click/"View image" to get the URL.
 * 2) I searched the URL in Google Images search.
 * 3) This Pinterest collection was one of the first results.
 * 4) After scrolling down a good ways, I found the image you used, and clicked it to get to this page.
 * 5) That is an enormous copy of the same image, and easily legible; you can see it says "Shamine A. King".
 * 6) I Googled "Shamine A. King" and found her website, where the image appears. Based on the other original artworks around it, it's obviously the same style, and therefore I conclude it is, in fact, her image.

PART TWO: THE TEMPLATE Remember that every image uploaded must include the image template.

PART THREE: A UNIQUE HICCUP Although, as ever, neither I nor any other Star Wars Fanon admin or moderator will give you advice about whether your use is "Fair Use", Fair Use is at least not obviously inapplicable, so normally it would be a perfectly adequate licensing template to use.

Here, however, we run into a particular problem which, while not unique, is atypical: Ms. King has explicitly labeled the image "Do not copy, trace, redistribute, or reuse without permission". It's harder to read on the version you uploaded, but clear on the Pinterest copy and the original. Because the entire point of the Image Policy is giving due respect to creators for their works, I'm going to say you can't keep the image up without Ms. King's permission.

Of course, you're totally free to ask her for permission. Her e-mail is here, and some artists actually do give permission for use of their works, either for the free publicity or just as a courtesy; it never hurts to ask. Fair warning: if you claim she gave you permission, I will e-mail her to confirm that. Please know that it's not that I don't trust you; I don't trust anybody.

Please let me know how you'd like to proceed; I'll remove the image in 24 hours if I haven't heard from you.