User blog comment:RemosPendragon/Community project - Images/@comment-24865581-20140528121124

I have a history in online RPGs where people frequently use all of the above for their character pictures. I moderated a fair few websites over the years and a number of different rules were applied.

My personal take, is that you need to be very careful when deciding what is "okay" for people to use, because as others have mentioned... not all of us are artists. Some of us have trouble even drawing a straight line!

I can understand not being allowed to use other people's artworks without permission, because those are actually legally protected.. and in fact I'd expect the site to be very careful with using images from GW because of their IP protection behaviors. That said, proper stock images.. especially edited... are there for that very purpose.

I think it's best to encourage people to at least somehow create their own images, perhaps providing links to resources for free stock images?