The Copy FAQ

[WhiteDark_Magician_Girl]

So referencing is okay?

[pesantbooties]

bump

[mourning dove]

Are these okay?

Photomanipulations using stock photography

Dolling

[andy852]

people like drawing

[roguepirate]

i can draw razz

[Tetris-boy]

alright well here's something i really don't like about this thread.... see in one of howtodrawmanga's books it says you can take the pose and that's all fine... it's not copying as long as it's maybe in another style, diffrent characters etc... but you guys say you cannot take poses from others huh? well then i guess all the poses in the world are gone and there's no point in drawing anymore huh? let's all just give up cuz we all wanna be so original that we can't use an old pose? haha i think not.. so what do you think of that? you still gonna go hey i've seen that pose before! and take it off? you might as well just take all the art off of gaia then.. stare

[gpooj]

I really don't see why it's a problem to draw an existing anime character.
There IS a thing called doujin, and people actually sell that stuff.

If it's Japanese material there is really no copywright violation in replicating it, even if you went as far as marketing your own manga of it.

But whatever, rules are rules...

Anyway, here's a question: What if your friend can't draw worth a decapitated gummibear, and you can't color worth a decapitated gummibear.

If you draw a thing, and your friend colors that thing, would either of you get decapitated for posting it?

[FlaminHotAsian]

hello

[Bare Naked Mizzie]

gpooj

I really don't see why it's a problem to draw an existing anime character.
There IS a thing called doujin, and people actually sell that stuff.

If it's Japanese material there is really no copywright violation in replicating it, even if you went as far as marketing your own manga of it.

But whatever, rules are rules...

Anyway, here's a question: What if your friend can't draw worth a decapitated gummibear, and you can't color worth a decapitated gummibear.

If you draw a thing, and your friend colors that thing, would either of you get decapitated for posting it?

There is a huge difference between drawing an existing anime character (FAN ART) and copying an existing anime character exactly as shown in official art (COPYING). Fan art is allowed, as long as you draw the character in an original pose, and/or style. You can't see a picture of Inu Yasha that you like, copy it, and then post it here--you just stole art. You also cannot copy someone elses fan art, or original art.
You can, however, draw a picture of Inu Yasha that you thought up yourself, in a pose that isn't easily recognizable as official art.

As for you actual question:
That could fall under two categories-- an art trade, and collaboration, depending how you want to phrase it.

If you draw a picture, then give it to your friend for coloring, it'd be nice if we had a copy of the uncolored version as well-- You can post it, you just need to state who did what. If you colored, you need to state in nice big bold letters that you just colored, and the same if you drew it. You need to give credit where credit is due.