LuDa-Stock Rules and FAQ
COMMERCIAL USAGE: We're currently getting many requests concerning commercial usage of our artworks, for example for commissions or prints. Thank you for being so honest and asking for permission to use our stuff. Many people got an individual permission to use our stock for commercial artwork and were asked to donate a few points to our stock account in return. This worked out so well! We decided to open our stock for limited commercial usage now, you don't need to ask us via private message but we ask you to donate a small percentage of what you earned with artwork made from our stock - new rules see below.
So, if you plan to use our stock for commercial artworks: Feel free to use. Credit us in the comments/below the picture and please point out that you've paid for the commercial usage (e.g. Stock Used: [link] by LuDa-Stock, permission for commercial license through point donation). Donate a few points for our stock account (there's an option to donate points on our profile page).
IMPORTANT: We still don't want our stock to be reposted anywhere! Do not repost our photos on stock webpages se it for professional "wallpaper" or "poster" sale pages!

So, if you plan to use our stock for commercial artworks: Feel free to use. Credit us in the comments/below the picture and please point out that you've paid for the commercial usage (e.g. Stock Used: [link] by LuDa-Stock, permission for commercial license through point donation). Donate a few points for our stock account (there's an option to donate points on our profile page).
IMPORTANT: We still don't want our stock to be reposted anywhere! Do not repost our photos on stock webpages se it for professional "wallpaper" or "poster" sale pages!
Our terms of use are:
Free for uncommercial use as references and photomanips, free for print sales inside of dA, free for SIM games outside of dA. Photo must be edited somehow! Don't repost the original picture anywhere and claim it as your photo! Credit us!
You may use our work for artwork that respects our rules and does not violate law or harm the personal rights of anyone who might be depicted on the stock photos. You must follow the rules of DA concerning unacceptable content help.deviantart.com/60/ That means in detail:
Give proper credit:
Please credit us - directly on your finished artwork or below in the description (e.g.: Stock Photo by: www.LuDa-Stock.deviantart.com)! Videos: place our name on the pictures or in the credits. This is a must! Never use our pictures without giving credit, otherwise it's a copyright infringement!
Inside of dA, it's fine if you credit us in the artist's comments. Elsewhere you should credit us directly on the picture or nearby.
Give proper credit:
Please credit us - directly on your finished artwork or below in the description (e.g.: Stock Photo by: www.LuDa-Stock.deviantart.com)! Videos: place our name on the pictures or in the credits. This is a must! Never use our pictures without giving credit, otherwise it's a copyright infringement!
Inside of dA, it's fine if you credit us in the artist's comments. Elsewhere you should credit us directly on the picture or nearby.
Free Usage:



Why no commercial usage? We spent a lot of time (and money! Professional photo equipment is expensive!) to make our stock photos. We paid entrance fees to equine shows to make the pictures. We spent hours of editing. We do this mainly to support young artists to improve their skills. Sharing is caring. Share your artworks as well to help others. So please do not make profit out of our work!
Restricted Commercial use:



















SIM Games (as howrse, Horse Eden Eventing):







Illustration for blog entries, journals, articles There were many cases in the past where people wrote articles/blog entries about equine subjects and used our photos to illustrate the topics. We are mainly a stock provider for artists so we provide our photos for artistic purposes. We do not want you to repost the original photos anywhere!
Since there are so many requests, we decided to allow the usage of our photos in some special cases. Note us if you want to use our photos we will decide from case to case. In any case, you will have to give credit to us!
When you see a Lu-Da-photo in a blog article without any credit, this is pretty sure unauthorized. Please note us so we can contact the blog owner.
Any questions? If you're still uncertain if your way of using our art is okay, feel free to comment here or write a note 


IMPORTANT: Special Rules of usage concerning human stock (any photographs showing humans). 


I. Please be respectful towards the people shown on the pictures. Do not use our human stock in a defamatory way (e.g. pornograhic, extremely violent or erotic artworks) when the person itself is recognizable.
II. Do NOT under any circumstances repost the original human stock photos anywhere, do not link to them as the base for a discussion about their look, hairstyle, riding style or anything else concerning their privacy or personal rights . We provide riding pictures showing disharmonious situations. They are not there to blame the riders, they are there for artists to use as references in case they need to draw such a scene.The pictures may NOT be representive for the whole riding unit - they are just the most interesting snapshots for drawing and anatomy practice (by the way, we have "ugly" snapshots of almost any international rider, even from those who are known for their gentle riding style. Being captured in a bad phase can happen to every rider!).







I. Please be respectful towards the people shown on the pictures. Do not use our human stock in a defamatory way (e.g. pornograhic, extremely violent or erotic artworks) when the person itself is recognizable.
II. Do NOT under any circumstances repost the original human stock photos anywhere, do not link to them as the base for a discussion about their look, hairstyle, riding style or anything else concerning their privacy or personal rights . We provide riding pictures showing disharmonious situations. They are not there to blame the riders, they are there for artists to use as references in case they need to draw such a scene.The pictures may NOT be representive for the whole riding unit - they are just the most interesting snapshots for drawing and anatomy practice (by the way, we have "ugly" snapshots of almost any international rider, even from those who are known for their gentle riding style. Being captured in a bad phase can happen to every rider!).
LuDa-Stock
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Thanks!!
Examples: Digital - Sketch: fav.me/d9qrjid, Finished piece: fav.me/d9rv4qb. Traditional - Sketch: fav.me/d9pmcd0, Finished piece: fav.me/d9pwa85
You can also see the prices and such. Would this be allowed?
Btw as you might can see I haven't really used refferences for these but they are just examples
You keep taking gorgeous pictures, we'll keep using them and donating!
I'm helping a friend make an advertisment to sell her HARPG horse and I'd like to use a digital drawing that I referenced from your stock images in the advertisement, would that be okay?
Example: lh3.googleusercontent.com/EES0…
please let me know asap
And would you allow your photos to be used as drawing references for horses on the horse sim game meinpferdchen.de - and if they were sold for the ingame currency - as long as they are not traced and the link to your dA-Account is on the pictures? Additionally could also upload a copy on dA.
ingame-currencies are always okay for us. Digital drawing commissions, too, as long there aren't multiple copies of the same work sold
I'm just wondering about how you think about YHH (Your Horse Here)? i.e, you draw a lineart and then have people pay you
Is this okay? The outcome will be more personal and I'll add more off my own realistic style in there. Just wanted to try something out and kinda need the points for the moment ^^'
Simple traced lines -> we don't think this is "art" because everyone could do this him/herself, we don't want anyone to make money with our photos and only so few own effort.
Lines with partly changed poses or redesigned manes/tails: that's fine because the artist created something new.
Would it be okay if I used some of your photos for a fake stable site for a SIM?
Thanks!
Traditional Art Reprints are always fine for us.
Photomanip/Digital Art Prints - we decide from case to case.
Please note us with some examples of your works for us to see what you are planning to do