I looked at this pic and the main issue is

A) Are you the person who took this picture?

then...

B) Do you have permission to alter it? Or is there a written TOU, from the site you found it at? Did you follow that TOU? if so it would be fine.

Vintorix,
I think you may have misunderstood my comment, and question here. I do know it is not right to use this art, and I wanted to know from PS artists what thier opinion and take on things are. I say if you take the photo, or you sell the photo for a resource, or you post the photo with a very clear TOU for others to use it... it would be fine. But have a copy of that TOU always! To go into a museum and take a photo, to "borrow" from a site, or to otherwise obtain it without express permission to alter and sell/show/or otherwise utilize it is not.

I know of many sites with free resource photos/or resource backgrounds/art. I have honestly never found one that did not have a TOU that required the name of the site and/or the photographer to be on that resource photo for free. Most sites are a fee based site. You pay a membership, or buy a CD. As for legitimate free offers, I personally always write the vendor/artist and ask for permission, keep a copy in the folder the pic(s) is in. And one in a folder that has all my TOU's and Permissions. In other words, CYA...always.

When I post something free, my policy is to always give commercial permission. Why not? But many post free resource/photo's/textures and have no intention of letting anyone use the item commercially. And they state that (*or not). That happens all the time. So check first, and get it in writting! 

Hugs

Ariana 

 

 

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