Fan art

Like the term fan fiction (although to a lesser extent), this traditional meaning is now sometimes confused with the more recent usage described above.

The broad availability of digital image processing and the Internet, as well as text-to-image generators, has greatly increased the scope and potential reach of fan art.

American TV producer Bryan Konietzko wrote in 2013: Rule 34, the idea that everything is represented in internet pornography, commonly takes the form of erotic fan art.

[2] Fan art can also serve as cultural commentary or criticism, presenting established characters in new situations or contexts which would never appear in canon.

[3] The legal status of derivative fan made art in America may be tricky due to the vagaries of the United States Copyright Act.