CG artwork
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CG is a term most commonly known in the West for its use in Japanese webpages to denote digital artwork. In the original Japanese, it is an abbreviation of the Japanese gairaigo computer graphics (コンピュータグラフィックス?), used to refer to any form of digital artwork, from digitally shaded doujinshi to legitimate cinema (like Toy Story). In the West, however, the term has come to be used exclusively to connote 2D digital art.
Many independent CG artists maintain websites containing galleries showcasing their art. Professional or prospective professional CG artists' websites are used typically as an artist's portfolio, displaying their work for prospective clients, and sometimes to sell some form of doujinshi.
Japanese CG images are the subject of rampant copyright infringement outside of Japan, and especially in the West. Culled from artists' websites, P2P networks and imageboards, they are added without the artists' permission to fan-sites, profit-bearing content and portal websites, and hentai pay-sites, where the viewer or buyer usually has no idea where the artwork originated.
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