PSA for anyone who wants to get into homestuck spriting/is just starting out
Don't just use sprites that you find off of google for your own edits.
You don't know who made them, what their stance is on other people using their work, or it could be a re-upload that is uncredited.
If you find a sprite/spritework, it's a good idea to just blanket assume that you can't use it for your own edits unless otherwise stated. In general, unless the sprite is from homestuck itself, don't rip parts from other people's sprites. Instead, i would recommend trying to find bases/base sheets, as those are made specifically for people to use. It is also important to make sure that if you do use these bases to credit the creator. They spent a lot of time and effort to create these bases, and it's important to recognize that by crediting them.
And then speaking of crediting:
For the love of god credit the farragofiction dollmaker.
I have seen far too many posts where people claim they've made a sprite only for me to immediately clock it as a dollmaker sprite, and then get frustrated that there is no credit. I've seen it far too many times on tumblr and mspfa, and i'm sure it happens on other sites too, those're just the main ones i'm active on.
The dollmaker even tells you to credit it on that gray square you have to click before you can see the sprites!
And yet no one ever seems to remember to credit it.
You should always credit other people's work if you use it.
Thank you.
