I interpreted it that art outside of smogon is allowed with the artist's permission, but as
Zracknel made the original rules for this thread, it'd be good of him to come and clarify the issues of doing so.
Yes, this was the intent of the rule. I've tried to rewrite the OP to reflect the intent of this rule.
- You can use the official pokemon artwork (sugimori) without permission. You must include credit or a note somewhere that the work is official pokemon artwork.
- Artwork that is currently on Smogon's website--
NOT the forums-- that has either been uploaded to the smog or used in an article on the main site-- if you link to where you got it from and make it
very clearly credited to the original artist, that work
should probably be ok to use without permission. In some ways the artists' submission of this work makes it "smogon artwork"... but this is kind of iffy and artists could always say otherwise.
(We will likely make sure that people who submit smogon artwork in the future are aware of this, though I am not sure how often it will come up since full credit will be given.)
Artwork from literally anywhere else
can only be used with the artist's expressed permission.
It is also posted on smogon somewhere but i don't know where because i found it on google, smogon.com was written there
This is not acceptable. Please do not do this in the future.
You must be absolutely certain that the artwork you are obtaining is posted on smogon's main site and that you credit accordingly. If the artist did not submit their work to the site, their permission is needed.
If you do not follow this rule, you risk a forum infraction, and continued offenses will lead to removal from this thread and a possible forum ban. This is serious, so please take it seriously.
Also, if possible, please do not simply take artwork from elsewhere and add text to it as above. As Bummer suggested, this is something that most tournament organizers could do themselves!
Please let me know if you have any questions or if anything needs clarification.
Thank you!