Saw a new tag popping up and am wondering if this is the correct way to tag things.
The subject is a 3D model. Instead of "nottanj_rouge", wouldn't it just be "rouge_the_bat" for the character tag and "nottanj" as artist tag plus whoever made the render.
Making a new character tag for one artist's interpretation of an existing character doesn't seem like something that's usually done.
https://e621.net/posts/4894286?q=nottanj_rouge

germanmgx said:
The subject is a 3D model. Instead of "nottanj_rouge", wouldn't it just be "rouge_the_bat" for the character tag and "nottanj" as artist tag plus whoever made the render.
Making a new character tag for one artist's interpretation of an existing character doesn't seem like something that's usually done.

It would be nottanj_(modeler), if anything. Plain artist tags are for who made the render, to avoid confusing posts nottanj rendered vs someone else rendering using one of their models. But yes, making a new character tag for someone's interpretation of a preexisting character isn't how it's supposed to be done as it just leads to confusion and tag bloat, even though there's been an epidemic of people making such tags without resistance. There's some pending BURs to start trying to undo it.

There is a discussion about these new tags that has been ongoing for about a year; currently these "3D model tags" aren't officially supported but they aren't being moderated/nuked away, either (yet). See the below threads for more context.

topic #39773
topic #40657
topic #41843
topic #43654
topic #45003