Ethical question?
Edit:
Thank you to those who have responded and confirmed what I was concerned about, i appreciate it. I didnt mean to sound as though I was trying to steal the character or anything as I am fully aware I do not own it. I have other pieces of my own, i was just confirming on this specific piece. :)
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Hi everyone :)
I apologise if this is the wrong sub, or if i’ve used the wrong flair, but I was wondering if it would be ethical to use an artwork to sell as a print if the original character did not belong to me?
Context -
I did an art trade with someone 7 years ago on Amino, and I’ve been doing a tradition now by re drawing the same artwork every 2 years to see my progress.
I have no information anymore on who was the owner of the character, as I couldnt track down the specific Amino it was from, and now the whole app is dead, so. I have no way of finding out the original owner of the character.
I’m very proud of the most recent re draw I did, and I was thinking about possibly turning it into an ‘original’ print to sell, and was wondering if this would be unethical considering I am not the original creator of the character?
I have tweaked things slightly as I’ve improved and re drawn it, but I’m still not sure. I would post the chain of drawings of it but it wont let me add photos unfortunately.
TIA for any advice on this. 🙏