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fan art

American  
[fan ahrt] / ˈfæn ˌɑrt /
Or fanart

noun

  • fan arts
    plural
  1. artwork made by fans of a movie, TV series, book series, etc., depicting its characters, scenarios, themes, or setting.


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An OpenAI spokesperson said: "We're having productive conversations with rightsholders around the world about supporting creativity, including fan art, while protecting intellectual property and taking appropriate action in response to copyright complaints."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

My apartment walls feature not one, but two pieces of Berserk manga fan art.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Pattie Gonia said in a video that the company “cherry picks a few examples of playful parody and fan art and tries to spin those into some kind of vast use of their logo.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Omar García Harfuch, the square-jawed face of the anti-cartel campaign, has inspired a booming market for merch and shirtless fan art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

For almost an hour, I watched morning light illuminate the fan art on my walls, printouts of images from the books and maps of Essa’s world.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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