Recently I've noticed bases or dolls have been making front page and then usually there is a big shitstorm about it. Some of which I find hilarious, others actually make me ashamed to be a base & doll artist.
As base creators we must, no matter what at the very least, credit the original artist of our traces bases. This isn't optional, this is a must.
We ask for credit of the base maker, and a link back when used, so people can find the base and the original image to give the overall credit. Personally, I don't ask for credit because 'I worked super hard on this base', which quite technically, I didn't do as much work as the original artis