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In the grand scheme of things, is it a huge deal, no... it's a single commission for a single client but brimx153 knows the risk (or he does now) of using other peoples work as such an obvious building block for his work. Every artist has done it at least once and gotten caught for it at least once, myself included.
I'm sure a simple email to Cudby or GuyB would have gone a long way.
If you really care about the issue there are countless articles written about it on the internet... but if you're more of a visual guy you can watch the documentary "Obey Giant" which is all about how Shepard Fairey did this with the Obama "Hope" posters.
Educate yourself, then come back, and we'll have a discussion to fill in any questions you may have.
But what do I know, I've only been working as an artist for 15+ years, went to school for it, had classes on art law and ethics (this topic is literally a day one lecture), been involved in legal cases around shit like this via various ad agencies, etc.
Have a good one.
This kid drew a picture of an iconic moment in moto and at the end of the day many people captured that photo and it was also on tv. Granted it is the same angle of the photograph you took and quite possibly it is an interpretation of your photo, but at the end of the day he hand drew it and it isn’t exactly like your photograph. If it was he would have just made a photo copy not in color.
I would imagine somebody with a portfolio as large as yourself with a professional background as rich as yourself wouldn’t need to take claim of I’m guessing a 19 year olds drawing? I’m assuming I’m wrong. Times are tough apparently.
Keep up the drawing kid those are sick.
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Guy b if it not comfortable with it u can just tell me and I will delete the thread and bin the drawing ,no hard feeling s
The drawing is not the exact same as the photo . I always use artistic licence in drawing s , mostly in backgrounds ,
Akillerwombat , comparing my drawing to the hope pictures is wrong, imo. That was stealing an idea which imo is different . If you talking law . All that would happen is the photographer could try sue me . The judge would ask did I copy it from this photo . I will say No , point out the artistic differences and tell them to prove I coppied it .which they can t ( even cuby was getting confused on who took it ) that would be the end of story .
I am not that type of person , I have mad respect for cuby and guy b , that s why I have been full honest where I got the photo . But I do think I could of just said , I did not use ur pic , and prove it .
I've actually never really thought of a drawing of a famous picture , and what that might mean in the copyright rules and so forth. I mean , it's not a copy by any means , but a drawing , so it's literally 100% different.....right? That question is for anyone btw.
https://www.amazon.com/Dirt-Bike-Rider-Motocross-PopSockets/dp/B07DWPX6…
And he didn’t use video footage, he used a unique photo. I bet he carefully chose that photo for its quality. And jeez, it’s just common courtesy, to get permission to use, and to acknowledge, someone else’s work.
But then again......look at my question above. In " fine art's " such as drawing's , I don't think anything can be protected by copy right's? Because a drawing , is in itself a whole new piece of art. It isn't a copy of anything.
I obviously have no clue what I'm talking about.
... and there's no way any judge in the world could see how that ^ drawing might have been copied from a photo that you didn't have permission to copy.
From one art guy to another all I'm trying to do is give you a heads up that doing this type of stuff puts you in the "gray area" that Billy cant shut up about and people who take artists to court over "gray area" shit like "was it copied?" are willing to shell out way more money to detour other artists from taking their work with out permission than you're going to have to defend it.
You're a moto guy. You respect GuyB and Cudby. You clearly know how to get a hold of them. Protect yourself and track down who took the photo and get permission... especially if you are trying to sell it.
P.S. If you ever wonder where you got the photo / who took the photo you can drag the images into Google Image search (https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&authuser=0) and it will 9 times out of 10 you'll be able to find the owner (either individual, company, or stock site) where it came from in 5 or less clicks.
That wasn't mine to begin with though, it was my first time using Illustrator, that's why I never signed it. It's a modified Hackensmith (Ferry) with the only thing left from the original being the outline of his body and the tires. I've seen it used heaps of times. A dude on Instagram used my version and sold christmas cards, he's reasonably well known too.
I saw your Suzuki one on a website though, which is signed and 100 percent mine! It was one of those wallpaper sites.
https://thelawtog.com/someone-makes-illustration-painting-based-photogr…
Then Cudby and GuyB could arm wrestle for it
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