Artists you miss.

Derpy Whooves
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Artist -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Artistic Detective - For awesome dedication to sleuthing out and maintaining artist tags and links
Economist -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

Looking For My Doctor
@Selaphiel  
I have to disagree with you there - some of these artists have taken down their work for very good reasons. It’s not very nice to accuse others of having “bullshit reasons” when you spend so much of your own time trying to aggravate others and telling people to “fuck off” of the site.
Love Letter
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

Gen 1 Pony
What’s People Hiding Ponies? From what it sounds it deletes the old artist tag and puts a new obfuscated one?
 
Yes, that’s what it does. The content remains, but is under a generic name.
 
Curious: What’s the legal situation, actually? If an artist has previously allowed their work to be here, can they actually demand you delete it when they suddenly change their mind or do you just oblige as a courtesy?
I HATE when people destroy their entire cultural fingerprint, sometimes the creation has to be protected from its creator.
 
The artist has copyright on the work, so they have the right to decide what happens with it. Derpibooru could fight it, but then the site gets a reputation for ignoring artists wishes. So it’s really better for them to find compromises (like the scrambled artist tag) or just take down art if the artist wants it gone.
Derpy Whooves
Preenhub - We all know what you were up to this evening~
Artist -
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Artistic Detective - For awesome dedication to sleuthing out and maintaining artist tags and links
Economist -
Not a Llama - Happy April Fools Day!

Looking For My Doctor
@Love Letter  
Yeah, I don’t know how it would ever benefit us to try to go against an artist’s wishes or to not respect their rights. After all, it’s our Rule #1:
 
 
I don’t know if people in general know this, but a lot of the staff here are also artists. So, as much as the site wouldn’t even exist without all the great developers volunteering their time and the great community here, we’re very much an artist community. It takes all of us to do this once.
Background Pony #45B4
Curious: What’s the legal situation, actually? If an artist has previously allowed their work to be here, can they actually demand you delete it when they suddenly change their mind or do you just oblige as a courtesy?
The artist has copyright on the work, so they have the right to decide what happens with it.
 
Well, yes they have the copyright. But when they allowed their art to be uploaded here in the past, isn’t that a “license” to use their art in a way? I may be wrong but my understanding of how copyright laws work is that they cannot just revoke that “allowance” retroactively and demand things are taken down that they previously allowed.
 
This is really just a theoretical question, I fully understand why Derpi follows these takedown wishes.
Love Letter
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition

Gen 1 Pony
@Background Pony #A603
 
Websites generally will have a “license” that basically just says “you give us permission to display your post.” Usually with stipulations about advertising, because invariably someone will say “I never agreed you could put ads on my page!” These licenses are more a CYA (Cover Your Ass) for the host company than anything else.
 
Every few years, someone reads through the fine print and then you hear “Facebook/Twitter/Tumblr says they OWN your posts!!!1!” Which is a misreading of these license agreements. The license is just you giving the website permission to host & share your work, nothing more. You still retain copyright on your own work, and can take it down if you choose to. Even if that means deleting your account or, in Derpibooru’s case, scrambling an artist tag & removing all their art.
SD50-2
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -

Bat Pone Fan
@Love Letter  
IIRC, there was some drama around part of DeviantArt’s ULA a few years ago (on Tumblr, at least), that turned out to be a section that basically lets them resize the images uploaded for thumbnails, previews, and the various display sizes, IIRC. Didn’t help that there were already concerns due to t-shirt companies being discovered stealing fanart from DeviantArt and using it on their shirts without the artist’s consent just a little bit earlier.
Ciaran
ラ・ゼッタ - For supporting the site
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Guardian - Earned a place among the ranks of the most loyal New Lunar Republic soldiers (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab

Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
@SD50-2  
DeviantArt also has added a royalty program for selling of prints, which added a few extra knots to their user agreements - there was always a sort of “get this as a print” thing going on there, but they made it more real, and less slimy, and it seemed a lot of people got really freaked out with the whole “DA IS SELLING OUR WORKS!” (which they always had been, effectively, but now were doing in a way that didn’t just leach off of everyone) and a bunch of DA-ists freaked out and a bunch of those “I don’t give DA permission to show other people my art!” images started showing up.
 
It was … fascinating … to watch.
SD50-2
My Little Pony - 1992 Edition
Wallet After Summer Sale -

Bat Pone Fan
@Ciaran  
Must’ve missed that, but then again, when I’m on DA, I’m usually just checking my notifications and clearing them out, and occasionally uploading images. Never really browse the rest of the site that much. But it certainly sounds like it was “fun” to watch.
Ciaran
ラ・ゼッタ - For supporting the site
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Guardian - Earned a place among the ranks of the most loyal New Lunar Republic soldiers (April Fools 2023).
Crystal Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
Flower Trio - Helped others get their OC into the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Princess of Love - Extra special version for those who participated in the Canterlot Wedding 10th anniversary event by contributing art.
Tree of Harmony - Drew someone's OC for the 2022 Community Collab
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab

Senior Moderator
友情は魔法だ
@SD50-2  
A lot of my friends were on the DA at that time when I was still in Ye Olde Leornungscðl of Dwolcræftas, and they had a right royal freakout that washed through them like a freaking plague.
 
But, it was the time for freakings and plagueings.
 
Great was the lynch mobbing and outrage.
Ziemniax
The Power of Love - Given to a publicly verified artist with an image under their artist’s tag that has reached 1000 upvotes
Magnificence - Artist with 100+ Safe/Suggestive images with a score of over a 100, and 5+ Questionable/Explicit images with a score of over 350
A Really Hyper Artist - 500+ images under their artist tag
A Really Classy Artist - 250+ images under their artist tag
An Artist Who Rocks - 100+ images under their artist tag
Artist -
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

So, with G4 wrapping up soon, i decided to make the list of artists and animators that used to be in the fandom in these past 9 years and i happened to stumble upon/like their work. For some reasons they either decided to quit doing pony art, quit doing art in general, quit being associated with pony fandom in any ways, they didn’t upload for a longer period of time or they just simply vanished.
 
If you remember at least half of the names here, i tip my hat for you :P
 
If there are names that shall be here but aren’t - they are still active around the fandom in some way or simply i don’t remember them for one reason or another.
 
7nights, Alligator Tub Productions, animatedjames, antiander, Aruurara, Aphexangel, Asai-G, Audrarius, Average-Hanzo, aymint, Bakasan, BlackGryph0n, briskby, bronyseph, Buttercupsaiyan, Cobaltsnow, Coltsteelstallion, Conoghi, Coyotemations, Crookedtrees, Crown Prince, CSIMadmax, dannylim86, Dashboom, DCLzexon, Devinian, Dovne, draneas, Dreatos/Valcron, Dshou, Duo Cartoonist, EuropaMaxima, efrejok/Eigaka, egophiliac, emlan, empty-10, Epulson/CzudakX, Equestria-Prevails, erthilo, Ethanqix, Ferexes, fauxsquared, Freedomthai, Galaxyart, Glancojusticar, Hallogreen, Herny, Insomniacovrlrd, JanAnimations, January3rd/June34rd, jaredofart, Jepso, Jessy, jesusmayloveyou, JinZhan, Joey-Darkmeat, JustPony, Junglepony, Kaliptro, karpet-shark, Karzahnii, Killryde, Kohtek, knifeh, laaseensld, Lamiaaaa, Lentoto, lifeloser, livesmutanon, Lovelyneckbeard, lunaismaiwaifu, lvl, L.Y.R.A. Animations, m@k, Malifikyse, marble-soda, MegaHerts, Megarexetera, MisterDavie, Mistydash, mlpanon, Moe, MohawkRex, Momomistress, Mostazathy, Mr KupKake, mrponiator, mrwes326, Mushroomcookiebear, MysteryBen27, Nagaseiryu, Negativefox, NightFalls Studios, ninjapony, Nonamesleft, PenguinPotential, petirep/Dawn Somewhere, Php1, PinkieSurprise/kinkiepieid, PluckyNinja, Pokehidden, ponegranate, PonyKillerX, ponylicking, ponytiki, pooryorick, Pyruvate, ObisamAnimations, Quizia, Rain-Gear, Rikose, Ruhje, Sallymon, Sapphire1010/gomigomipomi, saturnspace, semehammer, Severus, ShadesofEverfree, Siberwar, SillyFillyStudios, Skutchi, Skykain, SmittyG, Sokolas, Solar-slash, SorcerusHorserus, SpeccySy, Spitshy, Spittfireart, Sodiav, stoic5, Stradivarius, suikuzu, Swaetshrit, Swfpony, swissleo, The Weaver, Technaro, thelivingmachine02, Terrabutt, Tess, TesslaShy, Tetrapony, tt-n, UC77, v-invidia, veggie55, WarpOut, Whitmaverick, Whirlywillow, willdrawforfood1, Wreky, Xanthor, Zev, ZiG-WORD, Ziom05
 
Special mentions: Johnjoseco (this guy drew so much of pony-related content back in the day), KP-ShadowSquirrel (i miss old days when he posted tons of mlp fanart and sketches), WhiteDiamonds (I miss good old Rarijack Daily blog), Cartoonlion (was never a fan of their art, but nevertheless it still had a special place in many bronies’ hearts), Rainbow (not really missing, just uploading once every months/years), alfa995(didn’t draw ponies for years, but drew a aingle lewd mlp pic recently), Roboshi(not for being an artist but an actual faving machine), AffinityShy, askrustynail, Ghost, King Cheetah, rayodragon(special mention for sadder reasons)
GameWhiz14

Sugarcoat's Counterpart
@Red-Supernova  
Very late to response, but from what I’ve seen on forums, Minus8 admitted to being a pedophile and deleted all of his art and animations to find the mental help that he needs. I don’t know his current status nowadays, but I’m hoping he is alright. You can find out more of him here.  
@SD50-2  
Minus8 did more than saucy animations, he did some porn ones as well.
 
But, some involved underaged characters.
 
For me personally, it didn’t bother me. But he admitted to being a pedophile at one point and it kinda turned half his fanbase on him. Then for the most part, he went quiet.
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