ATTENTION: Voluntary Art Take Down

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PEOPLE OF MARS!
I wanted to give y'all a heads up that I will  be removing some things from my gallery. A request went out on the Paperpusher Message Board (where Daria fans congregate) from Daria fan fiction author Roentgen to please remove all derivative works of his story "The Hallowed Halls of Fielding." It seems Roentgen's Daria fan fiction story "HHoF" is insanely popular and he is attempting to take out all references to Daria and make it a 100% original work so that he can publish it. Like, into a for really real book. The thing about that is, if there are derivative works around, potential publishers MAY have an issue with copyright, and that it could POSSIBLY give the appearance that Roentgen plagiarized his story from the fan works, both fan fiction stories of "HHoF" and also fan art.
Which is, unfortunately, how this effects me and my gallery. Fans of "HHoF" have approached me several times to draw their "HHoF" OCs, usually wearing the school uniform from the series, thus making them derivative works. Heck, Roentgen himself asked me draw one of his "HHoF" characters. These now need to all come down, even his own requested art.
Am I sad about this? Of course. Drawing stuff takes time and effort, and I am very pleased with how the majority of these particular ones turned out. However, I am also SUPER EXCITED AND HAPPY for Roentgen taking a big step and looking to get this MASSIVE story he has been telling for literally YEARS actually published. Seriously, how fantastic is that? Of course I want to be supportive of this in any way that I can, and honestly, all this art is based off of a world that he created. Roentgen has been nothing but a fine fellow to me, that when I saw his announcement, I made sure to message him to see what he wanted me to do to help.
So.
I wanted to give all you wonderful people who keep tabs on my art and my gallery and whathaveyou the opportunity to download any "HHoF" related works BEFORE I take them down (I ran this by Roentgen and he's totally cool with it.). This would include my depictions of Sue Bentley, Quinn in the Fielding uniform, and any and all art containing the Fielding uniform, such as Devil Elsie Sloan, OCs, and ALL ASPS ARTS *INCLUDING* THE COMIC STRIPS.
LET IT BE KNOWN THAT NOVEMBER 1, 2016 SHALL BE THE TAKE DOWN DATE. You have until then to save any of these piccies FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL ENJOYMENT. Please don't go and repost this stuff elsewhere. That would be really shitty.
Thank you.
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ozma914's avatar
So he's going all "Fifty Shades of Gray", huh? I mean, in a good way.

I've considered doing that with some of my own fanfictions, but I don't know if I could take out the fandom materials enough to make them all original, while still good.