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and it annoys me because it's nothing but shameless art theft. Either a background-less picture of some popular character or a wallpaper made by using these transparent png images (and the maker claiming they were free stock images). DO NOT ADD THEM TO YOUR FAVOURITES. REPORT THEM!!
Rendering is originally what 3D artists do to 3D models.
Random person takes a fanart or official anime/manga/videogame art from the official website, image board (like Zerochan), Pixiv, Google image search, etc., then removes the background of the pic with Photoshop's magic eraser tool, and then posts it on deviantART as a free to use stock image. They often post them to the "Resources & Stock Images / Stock Images / 3D & Renders / Miscellaneous" category. 
as a "render" before.
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I don't know how far you've gotten into English (assuming you've ever even taken an English class) but it is a morphing language. Definitions of words change and get added onto all the time. Just because YOU don't like it doesn't mean it isn't going to happen. Now "rendering" means turning something 3D into 2D, causing something (as in, rendering one unconscious), doing something (as in, rendering a service), to provide something (like y'know aid), etc. and cutting shit out. No word in the English language has one specific meaning, and you are an ignorant fool if you believe that any of them do.
Also, I am a maker of signatures and I can say for a fact that it's not the case that "they've already done most of the work". Instead of doing what you guys think all of us do, I take the original image, usually a stock image from whatever I'd like to use so I don't hurt anyone's feelings, otherwise I ask for permission, I cut it out, then I give it a background.. some effects, foreground, border and text. You can sit there and bitch and call me a thief and tell me that it's not artistic all you like. But it takes an eye for color and design that people take for granted. My opinion will never change.
The main problem that I have with it is that people need to ASK and CREDIT the original artist. But they don't. It's annoying, and it's complete bullshit.
Also, while it's not really art, you do have to put some effort into doing it correctly or it looks like shit. It's not just like, "MAGIC WAAAAAND!" BAM. DONE. NOW IS PERFEYCT.
/rant
I think we actually agree about a couple of things. I'm not saying nobody is allowed to make a signature or anything they want using other people's art. HECK, I DO THAT TOO SOMETIMES. My problem is sharing without permission and credit. I never thought of posting the signatures/icons/wallpapers I made for myself on deviantART. Because why should I? That isn't the purpose of deviantART and it's against the rules anyway.
And I'm pretty sure I know more about the English language than some American retards. But calling them a "render" doesn't make it okay to submit them on deviantART and I am entitled to have my own opinion. They are not renders to me and I'm pretty sure the DA staff wasn't thinking about anime cutouts when they made a "Render" category on DA either.
I said that they're not art and that they should go into scraps if they come on at all. The Render category is specifically for the original meaning of the term, and I understand that.
I've already stated that we're both entitled to an opinion, and I'm glad I got to share mine with you and I was glad to see yours. I'd like to apologize if I've offended you in any way.
You can call them art, actually. Everything can be called art. But I come here on DA to see original works because DA should be about that. And I have a thing against these renders because it seems to be a fad to make them nowadays and most artists are not happy about their art being used and offered as free stock like that...
You didn't offend me. Thank you for sharing your opinion with me.
I don't know why I'm even trying...