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section contains common questions that were transformed
into guidelines for you (the visitors) to follow.
Please read them through and keep them in mind when
using any of the material featured in sonsofthehstorm.com
or contacting the persons involved with sonsofthestorm.com.
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Content
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• All text and images (including
artwork, thumbnails, web graphics, content
etc.) on sonsofthestorm.com are
copyrighted, and may not be used for profit/commercial
reasons.
• You are allowed to use the images
for personal/private/non-commercial reasons such as
desktop wallpapers, skins, reference material, etc.
• Unofficial Blizzard sites and communities are
allowed to feature the Blizzard related artwork of
sonsofthestorm.com provided the site is non-commercial/non-business/non-profit
and that it explicitly says that the art is copyrighted
Blizzard Entertainment and made by the artist in question.
• Do not steal or rip the images
that have been displayed on sonsofthestorm.com. Respect
the artists' creative rights and please refer to
the
first guideline above.
• Linking directly to images hosted on sonsofthestorm.com
induces bandwidth theft and is not permitted. For
this reason direct linking has been disabled.
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Contact
Issues
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• The only person who is allowed
to be contacted is René of Twincruiser, who
acts as SOTS' webmaster. If you have questions concerning
SOTS
issues which have not been listed in this FAQ please contact
him.
• It is not allowed to send the webmaster messages
that have to be forwarded to the artists.
• It is not allowed to discuss any material
related to Blizzard Entertainment (development issues,
story
aspects, future projects, release dates, etc.) with
the webmaster.
• It is not allowed to send résumés,
portfolios and cover letters to the webmaster. This
site is a personal artists' showcase, not an employment
center.
• It is not allowed to ask the
webmaster for higher resolution images of any graphical
content (including artwork, thumbnails, web graphics
etc.) displayed on sonsofthestorm.com.
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Art
Questions
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• If you are seeking advice concerning your
art or are in search of information related to art
in general (news, schooling, techniques, etc.) then
we suggest the following forums; ConceptArt,
CGtalk, EatPoo.
• If you are looking for art tutorials of various
graphics software like Photoshop and Painter we advise
you to visit Sumaleth's
Link Archive.
• There are no plans to sell
any prints of the art featured in the galleries.
• Comments on sonsofthestorm.com in general
are welcome and it is really appreciated if you
post
them in the Tome
of Honor. We are able to reply to
your messages there. Suggestions for enhancements
are also welcome but it cannot be guaranteed that
these will be incorporated in future updates of sonsofthestorm.com.
• Messages in the Tome of Honor that have no
relation to sonsofthestorm.com or contain inproper
words will be deleted.
• The Tome of Honor is not allowed
to be used as a promotional tool. You do, however,
have the option to insert your email address and/or
website in the appropriate fields when adding a message.
• The Tome of Honor is not allowed to be used
as a forum/board messaging system. Do not reply to
other people's comments and/or questions.
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Miscellaneous
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• This website is link free. Please
use one of the banners listed above.
• It is not allowed to ask for
link exchanges and/or affiliations with sonsofthestorm.com.
• The artists of sonsofthestorm.com are not available
for commissions and/or requests. They are also not
available for interviews.
• There are no plans to put up
a forum.
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