I subscribe to a wonderful Newsletter called Empty Easel / that provides a wealth of information that I consider…
I subscribe to a wonderful Newsletter called Empty Easel / that provides a wealth of information that I consider valuable to any artist. Some of the topics include painting tips, articles on famous artists, articles on art movements and art styles, articles on how to market your art, and much more. I replied to an article titled Are Personal Art Websites the Best Way to Promote Art Online? / and the website owner, Dan, replied to my email quite quickly. My reply to the article stated that I had good success on Google by submitting my name and URL, and if you typed my name in, it would show up on the front page. What follows are Dan’s comments and suggestions which I think are very good ideas for those of you out there to increase the traffic to your Portfolio, and to RedBubble as well. Increasing the traffic provides benefit to all of us in the long run. Hi Terry - Yes, PayPal works well for artists. The only problem is integrating it nicely. Some artists do that better than others. As far as finding yourself with searches, RedBubble seems to be doing well with Google results. What you might try to do is target some key words for your artwork in addition to your name. I know RedBubble has a journal/blog feature that gets picked up by Google, as does the description of your artwork, so make sure to write detailed descriptions of your artwork wherever possible. Also, you might title your artwork like this: Cosmic Dust: Blue and Gold Fractal Art Because Google takes titles seriously, and if you’d like to be found for terms such as “fractal art” or “digital art” you should put those in the titles, right after the ACTUAL title of your artwork. Or. . . for every artwork you upload, write a blog post about it. That would allow you to give more detail, and put more keywords into the title of the blog post. Just to show you how your blog is already TRYING to work for you, type this into Google: Create Upload Phew Those are the “keywords” you’ve put into your latest blog title, and you’ll see that Google will bring up your profile on RedBubble first because of it. Now imagine if you wrote a new blog post and titled it: Gold and Blue Fractal Art: Digital Artwork by Terry Krysak You might start getting searches for those keywords instead. (And see how you can include both “art” and “artwork” in case people search for one or the other…) These were just some random thoughts as I looked at your RedBubble profile, Terry. Perhaps they’ll help a little bit. All the best, / -Dan Another excellent article on EmptyEasel is 7 Tips For Selling Your Art Online I hope that you find this information useful, and encourage you to sign up for Dan’s newsletter and start enjoying the benefits right away.
Call me discouraged, call me frustrated, but how in the blue hell is everyone sellin’ shit but me? Ya call this a rant….idk….just kin…
Call me discouraged, call me frustrated, but how in the blue hell is everyone sellin’ shit but me? Ya call this a rant….idk….just kinda down I suppose. Thought the Sunflowers actually woulda sold, but spose I am wrong. Ya I know, I sound like a whiner and that I am complaining, but I am honestly starting to question my images’ abilities to be sold. Here, DA., etc…..Sure, my stock does ok I ‘spose, in a sense, but my really best images….nada…..maybe it’s just not fit for people’s walls…..I just don’t know what the hell to think anymore. I honestly don’t. Sigh….
The Myths and Realities of Digital Image Theft / ...
The Myths and Realities of Digital Image Theft / By / Jon D. Ayres Being involved in digital art and photography for many years I have seen many misconceptions about digital image theft, especially lately. Of course any photographer and digital artist should be concern about having their work stolen and at present to only sure fire way to prevent digital image theft is just not to place your work on the internet, but lets be honest, image theft just does not happen as much as some people claim it does. For example, look at the number of people who are members of Red Bubble who post their work, how many have been caught using work they stole or have been caught stealing work posted on Red Bubble? Only one or two that I’m aware of, how many do you think are uploading work they stole? Considering the number of posters and the number of new members and post made every day, I would say the number of digital image thieves is very small if any at all. I read where one poster stated that they would no longer trust what she sees on Red Bubble because one person was caught uploading work that he stole from other artists and that is sad. I tend to trust people until I have a reason not to and when I see art work on different sites of the Internet, I will give the artist the benefit of the doubt until I have a reason not to because I consider myself also an artist. I take my own photographs and do my own post processing and conversions and I can prove that fact at any time to anybody, I want people to appreciate my art as I appreciate others art. From the forums of Red Bubble, it seems that some seem to think as Red Bubble becomes more popular, it will attract more image thieves. I can not argue with that, but let’s take a look at the types of image theft. Too many artists as I have said many times before, fail to even consider the business side of selling their art, they want to place their work on the Internet for people to see, admire and purchase, but are so afraid that somebody may steal their work and this fear many times lead to them taking actions that may protect their work in a small way if at all, but the price they will pay will be in lost sells and less admiration and appreciation for their work. Business is risks and gambles, both in a brick and mortar store or an Internet store and unless you’re willing to take some risks, you really have no business trying to sell anything. Lately on the Red Bubble forums I have read where a few people are saying that they are seeing more and more work submitted by people who are using work and photos which are not theirs. I somewhat wonder just how true this really is, because very often, things are not the way it seems, yes, this also applies to digital art thieves. But like I said before I like to give the person the benefit of the doubt until I have reason not to. Of course, f you think somebody has stolen another artist’s work, you should bring that to the attention of the directors and administrators of the site so they can look into it. But often times what looks to be somebody else’s work in reality is not anybodies else work but the submitter. A good example of this is on several of the larger stock agencies. When I first started looking for a stock site to host some of my photos, I always do a search to see just what my competition was on the site and who are posting work like mine and what they are posting. Often I was in shock by what I found when I did a search for photos of Moscow. One every large stock site, looked as if the people posting photos of Moscow were all on the same tour, taking photos of the exact same things almost in the exact same locations, standing in exact same spot. That was how close most of the photos of Moscow matched each other, of the 30 or 40 people posting photos taken in Moscow; they all looked as if they were all taken by the same person. So you have to be very careful in making accusations against somebody. Also if an artist buys a photo they like from a stock site or photographer, many times they can use that photo in their art as they see fit and I have given other digital artists to use my photos in their art for free. I retain the copyright of the original photo and the artist has copyright on their art. You have to be very careful with making accusations against somebody. Of course we artists all have to lookout for each other, but that also is a responsibility to try and be absolutely sure before making n accusation against anybody. When I first started working in photography and digital art, I learn the importance of having a good attorney retained to handle situations such as this, its sad that in today’s world, every business or individual involved in business needs an attorney, but that is a fact and I have one. If anybody steals my work or other legal photo and digital art issues that may arise, then I let my attorney handle it, that is one of the reasons I have retained her. In the early days of the Internet, I remember people only uploaded their images to show what they could do and many times the artist would be flattered if you said I would like to use your photo or art and they would let you use it for free, you only had to give recognition to the artist. The Internet was a gold mine for the ad agency, magazines and post card companies looking for digital art to use and in many cases for free. Even today there are many free graphic arts sites, one of the stock agencies I use even has a free section where photographers can donate work that can be downloaded and used for free. Though not as common as it used to be, businesses, companies, publishers sometimes seem to think they can download and use photos and graphic arts from the Internet for free. Case in point, here in Moscow a couple of years ago, a phone card company took a liking to the work of a local Moscow photographer and downloaded some of her photos to use on phone calling cards. The photographer just happen to be walking by a shop that sold phone cards in the subway and noticed several cards for sell with her photos on them, so she bought one of each and when she got home called the phone card company who tried to tell her that because her photos were on the Internet, they could be had for free, and they refused to pay for the work they took. Luckily the young lady knew an attorney who called the phone card company and told them that unless they were willing to pay for the work they stole, the matter would be settled in court. The young photographer ended up getting $500 per photo, which was about twice what she would normally get. That is why today, most businesses and publishers do not steal photos and art work from the Internet, because it is a no win situation for them and they know it. Yes, some businesses still take photos from the Internet, but they generally are small businesses who think they can get away with it without it being noticed, larger businesses and publishers know better and if they do not, they legal team will remind them. But this still does happen from time to time, consider Rebekka Guoleifsdottira, one of flickr’s most popular photographers. She’s posted the above composite to her flickrstream and written a post about how she’s been ripped off by Only-Dreaming, a London based print-selling company. Rebekka says that this store stole her photos, sold them for thousands of dollars and now will not pay her for what they stole from her. Rebekka tells how a friend of hers came across their store on ebay and recognized one of her prints. Rebekka looked into the matter and discovered 7 more of my photos being sold there. “I spent a good many days researching, going back thru their customer feedback, and was able to track back the sales of at LEAST 60 prints made from my images. These prints sold for a total sum of 2450 british pounds (around 4840 US$ )” said Rebekka. So far Rebekka’s attorney has only been able to get her images (which are all right’s reserved) off of Only-Dreeming’s website. Rebekka is an art student and single mother and could not afford a long drawn out legal battle. Only-Dreaming claims they bought the high resolution photos and did not know they were stolen. I tried Only-Dreaming web site and only the main page works, so maybe they are out of business now. The second group of image thieves and the largest group are individuals and make believe artists and photographers who steal other’s work and claim it is their own. It is these thieves that I find the most disgusting. But even though lazy no talent sewer rats like this make the largest number of digital art thieves, considering the number of talented true artists today who post their work on the Internet, the number of lazy sewer rats will always be small. They seem to think that because there are so many digital artists posting their work on the Internet and there are so much digital art that they can help themselves to what ever they choose and nobody will notice, famous last words. I did a web search for that person who caused such a uproar on Red Bubble who was caught steal digital art, named Donkeyass or something like that. I noticed their web page is gone now, but that person still has artwork posted on quiet a few digital art agencies and sites. But word is getting out about Donkeyass. Thieves are not known for being smart, that is one reason why digital art thieves are pretty easy to catch. Just look at that fool Donkeyass, posting his stolen art all over the internet, as if nobody would notice it. Just how do you catch digital art thieves? To a small degree its luck, as in the case when you accidentally stumble onto your work being used without your permission by another, most stock agencies are like large families, the membership generally look after one another. If you’re a member of a stock agency, then you generally look at other members photos and art and you have your favorite artists. I generally also look at other art and photography sites and have my favorite sites, if I notice a photo or art work on another site that looks like something another member of the stock agency I’m a member of that another member may have done, I will let them know about so they can check it out, same if I notice a photo or art piece in a magazine or advertisement, I will mention it the member I know, at least congratulate them, so they at least know their work has been noticed and if it is unauthorized use, then they are aware of it. Most stock agencies take image theft very seriously, both the thieves who steal members art and members who steal others art, so make the stack agency aware of images which may have been stolen. Some stock agencies use digital finger prints, each photo or art work uploaded to the site is digitally fingerprinted, then if the photo is right clicked, downloaded or saved, it can be traced right to where it was downloaded and by whom. There is nothing wrong with saving a photo you like, its how you use it that can cause trouble. Here is a very interesting link on digital fingerprinting: http://www.blogherald.com/2007/12/03/digital-fingerprints-for-images-detecting-image-theft-for-free/ / Canada has a new digital police force whose job is to search the Internet for digital thieves. Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves / http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/2007/07/canada-seeks-digital-cops-to-catch.html / This is only a few of the many ways to catch digital thieves. How not to protect your work The methods vary, but remember, there are ways around most methods of protection if a thief knows what they are doing. Some mistakenly believe that disabling right click saving will protect their work, but I’m afraid these people only have a false sense of security. All a image thief has to do is use a screen capture to save a photo or art work. I have an Adobe program that I use to save web pages to make my own reference manuals (for my own use), I remember not long ago on one of the Red Bubble forums a lady saying how well protected her photos were on her site because she had disabled right click saving. Well, I copied her complete web site in less than 30 seconds, then extracted all the photos from the pdf file, nothing any easier than that. In less than 30 seconds, I had a copy of every photo and art work on her site. There are programs where all you have to do is enter a web address and it will download every photo or picture that are on the web site. So you can very well see that disabling right clicking does nothing. As a matter of fact enabling right clicking has helped me make sells. Many of my clients like to save my work and show their clients if they are interested in having my work, so I have no problems with right clicking as long as the person doing the right clicking does the responsible thing. I’m against disabling right clicking for several reasons, first, it does not work, second, I make sells by allowing people to right click and save a low resolution copy of my work and third, I live in Moscow, Russia, my family likes in the US, I want my family to be able to right click and save my work. Now if you right click my work and save it then use it yourself for financial gain gain or claim it is your work, you better hope that I do not find out about it. Watermarking is one of the best ways to protect your work, but many people not only watermark their work wrong, but also have no idea of the real reason for watermarking. Most people feel that watermarking is to make it hard for an image thief to use their work, well guess again, a good image thief knows how to remove most watermarks. Some think that by putting a big watermark across the middle of your artwork will protect it and in most cases it does, but it also makes your artwork look very bad and unprofessional and could very well cost you sells, that is why it is not bothered with by most digital thieves, they only want good art. In my and a lot of other people’s mind, a big bold watermark across a photo or art piece completely destroys it. Faded watermarks or transparent watermarks are better, but faded watermarks still take away from the photo. But this really is not the purpose of watermarks. Watermarks are for showing that a photo is copyrighted and how holds the copyright and in my case to show that I am the artist who created the art and that in a lot of cases keeps image thieves away. The purpose of watermarking is not to make it hard for an image thief to steal your work, but to show who owns and copyrighted the work. Then if the case ends up in court, the image thief is already sunk because even if they remove the watermark, that only makes your case stronger. The image thief has lost before they even began, that’s why most professional image thieves stay away from watermarked photos. And for this purpose, a small watermark is all it takes. Remember, if a professional image thief wants your digital art, they can remove a large watermark just as easy as they can crop a small watermark on the corner edge of a photo. Watermarks are for showing who owns a photo and the copyright and this is very strong in courts of law, especially when you show that the watermark has been removed. For this reason, watermarking is one of the best protections for photos. But only if you do it right will it help your sells, not take away from your sells. There are many digital arts now, the competition is very strong and if your going to make sells, you have to provide a pleasing to the eye product, do not let your watermarking take away from your work, if you do, a buyer will go somewhere else to find their art. As I said, most professional digital art thieves and businesses do not try and take watermark photos because they are copyrighted and if caught, it could be very expensive for the business or pro image thief. But the lazy make believe digital artists are the main ones who steal watermarked work for their own use or to claim as their own work and in a lot of cases the individual make believe digital artists can be the hardest to catch because they can hide among the true digital artists, but they are also the easiest to catch, because they are stupid. How do you protect your digital master pieces? Every stock agency, every art site, every web page where photos can be posted, should make it clear that digital art theft will not be tolerated, either by people downloading art (by downloading I mean for their own use) or by artists who are members of the agency. That all work is copyrighted. That fact alone is enough to make most people leave your work alone. And that if caught, the agency will take what ever actions needed to rectify the situation and by legal means if required. This warning should be placed on every page which has a photograph or art work is found. Do not make threats that only encourage image theft, its like waving a red flag in front of a bull. The digital image thieves who know what they are doing are few in number and will not be stopped no matter what, but thankfully they only concentrate on photos and artwork that big money can be made on, not art work like on Red Bubble or other stock photo sites like this. Face facts, if your work was truly good enough to make big bucks, you would not be here, would you? Your stock agency should refuse to use hot linking, hot linking is one of the easiest way for the digital image thief to steal images, all they have to do is copy the code and place it on their web page and whola, look at what they have now, your photo or photos all for themselves. / If you’re more worried about people stealing our masterpieces than you are about selling them, then do not list your gallery or portfolio on the Internet search engines. The less people who know about your work or where to find, the lesser number of digital image thieves who can find your work. If your more concerned about selling your work and being an successful artist, then submit your gallery and portfolio to Internet search engines. Business is risky, just look at the number of businesses robbed and broken into each day, even on the Internet, but you can make your Internet business safe if you choose to. Use numbers instead of letters or place a number somewhere in the photo name, misspell the photo name, but be careful if you want customers Using low resolution photos as examples is one of the best ways to protect your work, I know some have said, “Oh I downloaded a photo from Red Bubble and made a post card with it” I mean really, now how about trying to resize that photo to a more useful size, you may be able to get a 4 inch by 6 inch card made using that photo if your lucky, but any larger forget it. Having low resolution examples is the best way to protect your work and one of the ones I prefer most. Make it 4×6 inches (or smaller) at a resolution of 72dpi and that’ll make it near useless for printing purposes, unless the user wants to shrink it to half the size 2×3 inches to get a good resolution for printing. Watermarking your photos, some believe they need a big watermark across their photo, I do not, and a small watermark is all that’s needed. Some like me place it in a corner of the photo, some place it in the middle and others somewhere like curved around a car wheel, on a church steeple or in another unnoticeable place in the photo or art work. The reason for this is to be able to prove that the image belongs to you. But to ruin the image in an effort to save it, defeats the purpose of having the image for sell in the first place. Digital art is now very competitive, will no telling how many artists doing it now. You have to keep your work appealing and a big watermark across your work just is not very appealing to most people looking to buy a piece of art. Though watermarking can make it a nuisance for the person to steal it, but watermarking is ugly, and you’d pretty much have to destroy the photo before someone like myself would have trouble removing it, is that the type of work you want to present to prospective clients, I sure do not. You may want to consider copyright protection or registering your copyright just in case you ever have to go to court. There have been a few cases where the court has ruled against the artist who created the work because they were unable to prove that they took steps to protect their copyright. Cases like this are few and far between, but they do happen from time to time. Some stock agencies mark their photos with digital fingerprints. Digital Fingerprints allow a photo to be tracked, who downloads it, time it was downloaded, where it was downloaded to. Stock agencies have found that just mentioning that their photos are digitally Fingerprinting scares away most digital thieves. There is only foolproof way to protect your digital art and that is just not put it on the Internet at all. No matter what means are developed to protect digital art on the Internet, it will only be a matter of time before a way to defeat it is found. Just last month in St. Petersburg there was a hackers convention, one of the sites hacked was one of the larger popular stock photo sites, the hackers were able to bypass the security of this stock agency and download every photo on that site. If you so paranoid that you think that your masterpieces will be stolen, then you should not place them on the Internet at all. If it can be seen with a browser, it can be taken, plain and simple. How do you find out if your work has been stolen? / 1. To find stolen text or articles: Check any search engine using exact original text near the top of your page and put it in quotes, also search for the title of your work. / 2. Find stolen images: Use Google’s Image search or any other search engine that allows you to search for images and use any word that would describe your image. You can also search for the image file name but if they are smart (luckily most digital art thieves are not) they may have changed the name. / 3. Use CopyScape http://www.copyscape.com/ which allows you to enter your web pages URL and it will bring up any site with your content on it (this often results in directory listings with a list of your menu links or other text) so look for listings with a significant amount of words being copied. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Steps to Remove Stolen Content / This information comes from Lori’s Web Design http://www.loriswebs.com/stop-stolen-content.html I used this information as my source for this part of my article, so I can not and do not in any way claim this to be mine, I rewrote the indo like I did in school when I had to do a report. So I give full credit to where I found this info. J. D. Ayres / Try and find the contact information for the web site where you find your stolen work. Most thieves are trying to sell what they steal or claim it as their own and usually always have contact info on the page. If they have no contact email on the website which is rare, then contact the sites hosting service. / Check their domain Whois for contact information. All registrants are supposed to provide contact info. Use InterNic Domain Names Search to search for the registrant’s or administrator’s contact info. There are several ways to search for contact info, Mapquest, USPS (United States Postal Service for those who do not know), Whitepages, Yahoo’s People Search, name search on Google or Yahoo, and the phone company where the thief is located. Many cities have online phone directories all over the world. If all of the contact info for the domain is false and the phone company says there is no person by that name listed in that city then this domain was likely purchased for illegal practices which is against the law. You can report them to the org that regulates registration of domains with Internic’s Whois Data Problem Report. They will then try to contact the owner of the domain and if this is not resolved within 15 days they will remove the domain. You will have to provide proof that you own the content in question and include all valid info to support your claim in your letter. / You have to be able to prove that you actually own the work. It is best to have your work registered with the US Copyright office, but not necessary really. You will then need to use proof from a third party online, for example, an electronic copy (save a browser copy) of Google’s cache of your page or website with a date. I generally make .pdf copies of every web page I have material on, so there is no question about when I posted it. I also never use my original photos for my work, only copies, so if needed I can provide the original photo with EXIF data and meta-data. Hopefully you have already done this from the start so if your wrk is stolen, you can prove who had the work first and posted it first. If your website with the stolen content has been online more than 1 year you can provide a link to the Way Back Machine which keeps copies of websites and will provide 3rd party proof who had the content online first. This does not prove who owns what, only who published it first. / Write the owner of the site with the copyright infringement and send a cease and desist letter. Even though you can do this yourself, it is best to have an attorney do it because attorneys are not brushed off as easily as individuals are. You may want to try writing and sending the letter yourself before contacting an attorney or just skip this part all together and contact the Internet host of the thief. / First look for the hosting company’s Terms of Service, every host site has them on a web page with rules about using the site. Most Internet providers (at least in the US) have strict rules about copyright infringement. Quote those rules which apply to your situation in your letter. The thief’s website will probably be removed if you can prove that they have content on it that belongs to you and is there without your permission. Some hosts will take the stolen content down immediately and possibly even remove the whole website. Some hosts will insist on your sending a DMCA report by certified mail according to their rules which are either on their website or they will send you by email. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law which implements two 1996 WIPO treaties. It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as DRM) and criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, even when there is no infringement of copyright itself. It also heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. On May 22, 2001, the European Union passed the EU Copyright Directive or EUCD, similar in many ways to the DMCA. / In rare cases contacting the offender or their hosting company may not provide the desired results, then look over their hosted sites and write all their advertisers, sponsors, membership organizations, subscribers, Internet Service Providers, Google AdSense as well as any other PayPerClick Services, Yahoo Directory, DMOZ directory, including those who are linked to their website. Inform them this person has stolen your copyrighted material. / If you have been unsuccessful so far, you have one more option left to you before taking legal action, to file a DMCA report with Google or Digital Millennium Copyright Act report. Also file a DMCA report with all the search engines this site is listed with. This is a very long and time consuming process and must be filed via regular certified mail. Make sure you have your facts correct and are completely truthful because if you are not, it could result in legal penalties for you. But this last method is very effective; outside of this your only recourse is taking the thief to court. / Of course all of the above really depends on the country where you live, the country where the thief lives and the country where the thief’s web site is hosted as to how you can deal with the situation. How many digital art thieves are caught and how many get away? I There really is no telling, most US businesses and publications no longer take images and use them without permission because of the legal ramifications, remember I said most, some US businesses still do. From what I have seen on the Internet, it seems that the largest group of business digital image theft goes on in Britain now. Only-Dreaming as mentioned before is a British company, Active Magazine another UK outfit, http://www.leelau.net/2006/activemagazine/activemagazine.htm / I guess UK businesses are like how US businesses used to be, if its on the Internet, then its free for the taking, US businesses pretty much wised up after a few lawsuits. But digital image theft happens all over the world and the only way to stop it is not with software or disabling this or that, but for the honest digital artists to look out for one another. Be careful and try not to jump conclusions, but when you see something that may not be what it claims to be, contact the stock agency or web page director and tell them, I’m not sure, but I think this image may belong to somebody other than the person who posted it here. I maybe wrong, but maybe you should check this photo. Also contact the artist you think the photo may belong to and tell them that maybe they should take a look at the photo and see if it is theirs or not. If all the true digital artists unite and stand together and start kicking some digital thief tail, it will not take long for people to wise up. Of course there will always be thieves, that’s a fact of life, but if we unite and say “enough is enough, we’re not going to take it any more” it will not take long for this problem to be a lot lesser of a problem. / Jon D. Ayres Sources: / Design http://www.loriswebs.com/stop-stolen-content.html / Lori’s Web Design http://www.blogherald.com/2007/12/03/digital-fingerprints-for-images-detecting-image-theft-for-free/ Digital Fingerprints For Images: Detecting Image Theft for Free Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves / http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/2007/07/canada-seeks-digital-cops-to-catch.html
This morning I received an email from a beautiful lady who is in the USA and often commissions me to do work for her or clients. / She wan…
This morning I received an email from a beautiful lady who is in the USA and often commissions me to do work for her or clients. / She wanted to use some of my artwork that is on Redbubble and that is all great as far as I am concerned. However…in her email were copies of my artwork, taken from Redbubble, obviously I can only assume – by the right click method – and these images are HUGE and of quality resolution – definitely good enough to print, and I want to know WHY IS IT SO EASY for someone to take my images in top format from Redbubble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF a friend has done this, with the good intentions of paying me for using them, HOW MANY have done it with lesser intentions! And I will never know. / Redbubble – please explain! / Or else I will be removing all my work from RB! I also must add, I have the setting on so that a large watermark appears on my images, but there was no watermark on any of the ones she had sampled, even works that I have up on RB that are marked as NFS! / I am very upset about this. Please check out the forum post
Thanks Col for permitting me to use your wonderful, dotty image! :P / A collaboration by accident of sorts… ;) oxo Just a small, silent sentiment, extended through the fibre optic cables of cyberspace to an old friend. I want to create an image from it one day, before, both the concept and feeling fade from my failing memory forever… There are many, tormented, creative, lost souls out there, drifting around in space, infinitely and endlessly just like us… We’re all simply floating around like shining, particles of dust, trying to find ourselves, in order to be able to connect the dots… No need to respond, I just wanted to let you know that you’re not alone… xox I’m not sure if he’ll ever really be able to hear it… the scary thing is… Tomorrow I may not even mean it any more. xox Goldilocks and the 3 Soul Dots The strange but true story of an uploaded image… It sure took a while to be able to get it up there… ;) / -wow… that first one was big… ;-o / hmm… now it’s too small…:( / -okay, let’s try again… 3rd time lucky maybe… / I feel like freaking goldilocks lapping up the porridge!:\ / -sigh… / damn! / shit! / fuck it! / aaaaaargh! / -I _shall persevere with this…:| / -mmmm? / mmmmmmmmmmm… / aaaaaaaaaaaah…. / Yes!!!:) / -Finally!:) / -Just right! / sigh… / the end
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For Mister Sorry about the wait, I’m shit at multi-tasking… ;-)
I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT…
I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY COOL HARDCOVER PUBLICATION. HERE IS SOME INFO / YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU MAKE AND THE DATE IS LEFT OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BUT GET IN QUICK. * THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION THAT I STAGED FOR THE GROUP CALLED ‘THE ANGELS’ PRODUCED SOME AMAZING IMAGES, HIGHLY UNIQUE. THEY WERE SHOT WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MATERIAL FOR DIGITAL ARTISTRY. THE CHALLENGE IS FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS TO TAKE YOUR PIC OF ANY OF THE SAMPLE IMAGES BELOW, HAVE A PLAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN TRANSFORM THEM INTO REAL ANGELS WITH WINGS AND THINGS… oh, i f you don’t have a spare pair of wings floating around try something sureal, mythological, futuristic…... . THREE OF THE BEST WILL BE OFFERED THE ENTIRE COLLECTION TO CHOSE FROM AND PROVIDED WITH THE HIGH RES IMAGE TO WORK WITH. SOME CLUES….....? / imagery to represent / ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS all due credits of course. / HERE ARE THE IMAGES GOING INTO JIUCY, GLOSSY PAGES My weaknesses: / Classical mythology, purple, blue, red, gold, fantasy, sureal, scifi, paris, 1920- 1950, favourite times 60’s & 70’s, favourite gods, demi gods, bacchus, pan, diana, athena, neptune, hercules, hermes, adonis, icarus, oh did i say ICARUS? favourite moveis, the 13the element, dead man, elizabeth, 300, favourite music, french, mademoiselle K, manu chau, donavan, favourite designers: jean paul gautier, de la renta, jimmy choo, kanzai yamamoto, favourite art: japanese woodblock, kabuki, manga, marquesian tattoo, favourite cultures: japanese, italian, polynesian have fun… but before you do…........READ THE FOLLWING AND DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO ABIDE BY THIS CONDITION. IMPORTANT NOTE: TO PROTECT THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:* / . / (THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES HAVE GRANTED THEIR APPROVAL FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATIONS OF THEIR IMAGES SOLELY FOR THIS CHALLENGE ALONE. _SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK MUST BE FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY AND ANY WORK YOU DO ON THEIR IMAGES MUST ONLY BE FOR THIS CHALLENGE AS SAMPLES AND NOT TO BE USED OR EMPLOYED, PUBLISHED, DISPLAYED ANYWHERE ELSE APART FROM THIS JOURNAL ENTRY. / IF YOU ARE SELCTED FOR THE FINAL IMAGE A FORMAL AGREEMENT WILL BE DRAWN UP TO EMBRACE SHARED IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDITS. / ‘fallen angel’ courtesy of Missy Miss / / / Over the next day or so i will post some more up. I have permission from the photographers to offer their images up for this project, they are also very excited to see what you can do with them. ............go for it. !! / take out the aparatus and background and turn them into amazing Arc Angels would be cool….. i like mist and mystical, rich tones and intensity. THE MORE CAPTIVATING THE BETTER. COVER IMAGE BABY!!! / #3by me#4by me. CHECK THIS OUT GUYS* i have been given permission to post this bubble up…... Aloramyst wrote you a BubbleMail about 3 hours ago: Alateia, I would like to offer up my entire Redbubble portfolio which contains over 1500 pieces of artwork for collaborations for digital artists for your Digital Artist’s Front Cover Challenge. They may manipulate any of the images to be a part of this challenge only. I have an abundance of artwork ranging from magical, fractal, nature shots an more. I would luv to see what others can do with them in combination with your provided models. Here is a link to my portfolio if you’re interested in making it available to others. I THINK THATS A WONDERFUL IDEA, HAVE A LOOK THROUGH HER COLLECTION… SOME AMAZING ZTUFF…......ooooo this is getting FUN!! TAKE A SNEAK PEEK AT THE COLLECTION / the password is … crusifix
So, since I am part of the Promote Each Other Group, I have decid…
So, since I am part of the Promote Each Other Group, I have decided that one way I can help to promote other RB artists is to present everyone with my current addictions for the previous month. These will be highlights from my favorites list presented here. There is no real theme – just stuff that I like and people/things that have caught my attention!!!! This first edition will showcase more than usual because I am going to be picking my top seven favorites in each category from my long favorites list of all time. In future months, I will narrow it to five and only pick from the previous month. I will not give reasons as to why I picked a certain piece or artist, I will simply let the selections speak for themselves. If the artists/writers would like me to write a review of their piece or interview them for it to appear on my blog and anywhere else the artist/writer would like, please contact me and we can work something out! I am planning on doing some artist interviews, and stuff on these lists will have first priority! I will also being adding more Bubble Sites to next month’s list. So, if you have yours done, let me know and I may add it! Anyways, without further adieu… / AUGUST ADDICTIONS 2008 – A Red Bubble Showcase Note: Hoovering over images and links will give you more information! IMAGES CLOTHING WRITING Making Sense of Senses Exclamations Paper Boats AN INTERVIEW WITH YOU! sLuDge The Flashing Notebook Hair Trigger JOURNALS HEY ! im baaa-aack Tutorial: Photographing the Milky Way with a standard DSLR camera Cool Effect with the Shape Tool How to Be Creative Protect Your Copyright – URGENT ACTION REQUIRED Photographers – What are you paying for? – Part One Resolution, Pixels, And DPI CREATIVES GROUPS BUBBLE SITES Carrie Glenn Studios B. Moore Photography & Design Moments Remembered PERSONAL NOTE: If anyone would like to use this idea in their own journal, please feel free and leave me a note about it here with a link because I would love to see it! Maybe I will even start showcasing Showcases! GROUP HOSTS NOTICE: I am submitting this to all of my groups, not as spam, but as in hopes that some of my fellow group members are either interested in this or are represented here. Please feel free to not accept it into the group if you feel it does not meet group guidelines. Thank you.
Hello everyone .................twrphotography .......................... / came up w…
Hello everyone .................twrphotography .......................... / came up with the idea and asked me to help start a group to help artists sell their art work here on redbubble…........... We love redbubble for the community but also hope to sell a few things as well do many others on redbubble and we hope this is a way for us all to acheive this. Please take a few minutes of your time to go view and join Wishing you many sales —-—-—-—-BUYER R US —-—-—-——
Thanks so much, smithy, and a merry christmas, everyone!...
Thanks so much, smithy, and a merry christmas, everyone!
Just a few more things to smile about….. / my photo Surfin’ Cetaceans...
Just a few more things to smile about….. / my photo Surfin’ Cetaceans was featured in the Dolphins and Whales Group My image of my father on his Harley Wild Hog? was featured in the Days Gone By group; and Emotions / and Timeless were featured in the Feminine Intent Group…. Line of Bast was featured in All Things Ancient Egyptian group / and / Line of Bast III was featured in the Domestic Cats group. This is all a bit overwhelming and I am honoured! Thank you so much to the hosts of these groups for appreciating my work in this way. No need to comment on this journal, I just wanted to give these groups a bit of promo, so please go along and check out what treasures they hold….....
Often enough I find people asking for editing help that can’t afford or don’t want to download editing tools – not even free ones, for th…
Often enough I find people asking for editing help that can’t afford or don’t want to download editing tools – not even free ones, for their own reasons. I’ve spent some time checking out the online tools selection (Jo posted a listing of ten of these tools a while back). I didn’t use most of them, but looked them over, grabbed a screenshot and linked them all on a page in my blog. Besides photo editors, there are art pads and 3D avatars. I created myself one. This is “me” (minus some wrinkles and a few bulges) from the Meez site: Also on the list is one download tool that includes a community, BUT at this point in time, it’s only for mac users. Look near the bottom of the post for “Skitch”. Anyhow, here’s the list – all pretty with pics and links. Online Photo Editors and Art Tools On the list are the following: 14 Online Image editors 3 online art pads 3 online tools for adding bling 2 online tools for creating 3D avatars 2 online tools for funky text 1 download tool and online community for mac users.
I have had a few people ask me about the rights of photographers in Australia, I have these references from the Arts Law Centre of Austra…
I have had a few people ask me about the rights of photographers in Australia, I have these references from the Arts Law Centre of Australia. There is also a print out for every Australian photographer that they should carry around. I will put the link on here as well. The one rule i go by is to respect the person you are taking a photo of and people of authority. / . / Street Photographers Rights / . / Taking photographs in a public place / It is generally possible to take photographs in a public place without asking permission. This extends to taking photographs of buildings, sites and people. There are, however, some limitations. / . / Photographing people / . / There are no publicity or personality rights in Australia, and there is no right to privacy that protects a person’s image. Existing privacy laws are more concerned with storage and management of personal information and are of limited relevance to the present issue. / . / There is also currently no tort of invasion of privacy in Australia, but in ABC v Lenah Game Meats (2001) the High Court did not exclude the possibility that a tort of unjustified invasion of privacy may be established in the future. Based on this view, the Queensland District Court found in Grosse v Purvis (2003) that a tort of invasion of privacy had been made out on the facts and awarded the plaintiff damages. However, this case concerned a long history of harassment over many years and has limited application. As a result, taking photographs of people in public places is generally permitted. / . / Photographing people for a commercial purpose / . / If you are using your shots for a commercial purpose, such as for an advertising campaign, you should obtain a model release form signed by the subjects you are photographing to ensure you have authorisation to use their image to sell a product. See the Arts Law information sheet “Unauthorised Use of Your Image” for further information on defamation, passing off and trade practices law. A sample photographer’s model release form is also available on the Arts Law Centre of Australia website. / . / Photographing people on private property / . / There is no restriction on taking photographs of people on private property from public property. According to Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (1937) there is no freedom from view, so people who are photographed on their property from a public location have no legal claim against you if what is captured in the photograph can be seen from the street. The same applies to photographs taken from private land when you have permission to take photographs. You should be careful that you are not being a nuisance and interfering with someone’s right to use and enjoy the land (see the case of Bathurst City Council v Saban (1985)). / . / Can taking photos be a criminal offence? / . / The Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW) outlines a number of circumstances where a person’s privacy must be respected. For example, it is an offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment to photograph a person to provide sexual arousal or gratification if the person is undressed or engaged in a private act in circumstances where a reasonable person would reasonably expect to be afforded privacy, and he or she has not consented to being filmed. A private act includes using the toilet, bathing and engaging in sexual activities not ordinarily done in public. Similarly, the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic) and Surveillance Devices Act 1998 (WA) make it an offence to photograph a “private activity” without the consent of the subject. / . / The Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) also makes it an offence punishable with imprisonment to be in or near a building with intent to peep or pry upon another person. It is also an offence to stalk a person with the intention to cause fear of physical or mental harm. In serious cases, this may lead to an application for an apprehended violence order (AVO). / . / Also be aware that any photography construed as child pornography can result in criminal charges. For example, the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) makes it an offence to take any “indecent” photograph of a child under the age of 16 without legitimate reason. You could face significant jail time, especially if the child is under 12. Similar provisions apply under the Criminal Code (NT), Criminal Code 1913 (WA), and the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA). / . / Photography of landmarks, buildings, monuments / . / There are provisions in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) that allow people to take and publish photographs of buildings, models of buildings, sculptures and other works of artistic craftsmanship without infringing copyright. See below for more detail. / . / However, photography is restricted in some areas by local councils or authorities. For example, the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority Regulation 2006 (NSW) prohibits a person from using a camera for a commercial purpose in a “public area” without the Authority’s permission. This applies to any part of the foreshore area that is vested in or managed by the Authority and the public can use, including Darling Harbour, Circular Quay, the Rocks and Luna Park. Non-compliance can result in a fine. A person who causes annoyance or inconvenience to other persons in a public area must leave the area when requested by a ranger or a police officer, who may remove the person with reasonable force if they fail to do so. Provided the ranger has warned you that failure to comply with the request is an offence, you can face a fine. For more details, contact the Sydney Foreshore Authority (http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au). / . / Similar provisions and penalties exist for Sydney Olympic Park, prohibiting the use for commercial purposes of a camera and causing annoyance or inconvenience to other persons (Sydney Olympic Park Regulation 2001). Furthermore, an authorised person may confiscate a camera used in contravention of the Regulation if he or she has directed you to stop using it and you continue nonetheless, although force cannot be used. If your camera is confiscated, you should be issued a receipt indicating the date and time when it was taken. It must be returned to you or delivered to a public pound within 24 hours after confiscation. If delivered to a public pound, you must be notified in writing of the address. Also keep in mind that you must abide by the admission conditions on the entry ticket to events and sports grounds, including Telstra Stadium, Sydney Showground, Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. For more details, contact the Sydney Olympic Park (http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au). / . / Other penalties and provisions may exist for other areas in other States and Territories. / . / Restrictions may also be imposed by Local Councils on premises under their control, such as swimming pools. Following public concern and outrage due to “incidents” involving the photography of unwilling bathers on beaches, Councils were prompted to prohibit photography in these and similar areas. For example, you need a permit to commercially photograph any outdoor, publicly-owned space in Waverley, including beaches, parks, streets and cemeteries. It is therefore advisable to check with the Local Council whether there are restrictions on photography, however most restrictions seems to apply to commercial photography. / . / Government property / . / It is illegal to enter certain property belonging to the government such as railway yards, electrical power stations and military bases. Trespassing in these areas may lead to arrest and prosecution. For example, under the Defence (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 (Cth) it is an offence to gain unlawful entry into a “prohibited area” (including flying over it), punishable by imprisonment. The Minister can declare any area of land or water “prohibited” if it is necessary for Commonwealth defence. The same applies for taking a photograph of the area or anything in it. Merely possessing a camera while in a “prohibited area” can also result in imprisonment. Four Christian Pacifist activists were prosecuted under this Act for trespassing on the US Pine Gap military base in Australia and taking photographs in October 2006. / . / It is also illegal to photograph any defence installation in Australia under the Defence Act 1903 (Cth). Your photos, camera and film can be confiscated and destroyed, and you can face potential fines or imprisonment. You can even be arrested without a warrant. Always obey any warning signs displayed at such locations as you can be penalised even if you haven’t taken any photos, but have photography equipment in your possession. / . / If you are in doubt about a particular location, always check. / . / Photographing number plates / . / A number of photographers have asked Arts Law whether it is illegal to photograph car number plates on the street. While State and Commonwealth legislation permits police and roads authorities to use various Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems (like Safe-T-Cam) to monitor criminal activity such as speeding, the law does not prevent photography of car number plates. / . / You and the Police / . / Some photographers have been approached by the police while on the street taking photographs. The police may ask you to identify yourself. Generally, you do not have to comply, but there are some exceptions: / . / where you are in lawful custody, or the police suspect on reasonable grounds that you may assist in the investigation of an indictable offence (Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW)); or / where you are at the Sydney Olympic Park and are suspected on reasonable grounds of an offence against the Sydney Olympic Park Regulation 2001 (NSW). In this case, failure to comply is an offence only if you are first warned that such failure is an offence. / Under the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW), the police do not have powers to stop, search and detain you without a warrant unless they suspect on reasonable grounds that: / . / you have in your possession or under your control anything stolen or unlawfully obtained, or to be used in connection with the commission of a relevant offence; or / . / you have in your possession or under your control in a public place a dangerous article that is being or was used in connection with the commission of a relevant offence. / For similar provisions in other states, see Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld), Crimes (Custody and Investigations) Act 1988 (Vic) and Police Administration Act 2006 (NT). Do not forget the special powers that police and other authorised persons (such as rangers) may have in certain areas, as discussed above. / . / Obstruction and Public Order Offences / . / Setting up a tripod on a busy street and thereby impeding traffic is an example of an action that may amount to public obstruction. The Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW) provides that it is an offence to prevent in any manner the free passage of a person, vehicle or vessel in a public place without reasonable excuse. Police have powers to arrest any person obstructing a public thoroughfare, although it is more likely that you would be asked to move on, and only arrested if you disobey. Police have powers to give a person in a public place reasonable directions if they believe on reasonable grounds that his or her behaviour or presence is obstructing another person or traffic, or constitutes harassment or intimidation of another person (Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW)). Failure to comply may be an offence punishable by a fine. / . / For similar provisions in other states, see Summary Offences Act 2005 (Qld), Summary Offences Act 2007 (NT), Summary Offences Act 1953 (SA), Summary Offences Act 1966 (Vic) and Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas). / . / Photography and the Arts / . / Sculptures, monuments and artwork may be protected by copyright. Unless an exception applies, you need permission from the copyright owner of the work. Exceptions to this general rule are found in the Copyright Act. For example, photographing and publishing a photograph of a sculpture or work of artistic craftsmanship that is permanently situated in a public place, or in premises open to the public, does not infringe copyright (s 65). This does not apply to other public art, such as murals. If the public place is a gallery or museum, remember that your rights to photograph may be limited by the conditions of admission on your ticket. As previously discussed, you can also take pictures of buildings without infringing copyright. / . / Private Land / . / In order to access a privately owned space you need permission from the landowner, and he or she has the right to impose restrictions on photography. Therefore, you may only be allowed to photograph certain objects or locations. This type or restriction is common in many museums, galleries and sporting grounds, and may occur on land owned by Councils. Even where the landowner allows you to photograph, keep in mind that he or she may not be the copyright owner in artistic works you might be photographing. In this case, you need the permission of the author of the artwork as well. / . / If you do not have permission to be on privately owned property, you will be liable in trespass. Trespass is committed with the slightest interference with the land (damage to the land is not relevant). The owner may take legal action in trespass against you for taking photographs after gaining unauthorised entry (Lincoln Hunt v Willesee (1986)) or may be able to get an injunction to stop you using whatever footage you gathered while trespassing (ABC v Lenah Game Meats (2001)). The landowner may use reasonable force to remove you from their land. / . / Wildlife and National Parks / . / The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (Cth) includes provisions restricting the taking and use for commercial purposes of photographs in Commonwealth Reserves, including Kakadu National Park, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Christmas Island National Park, Norfolk Island National Park, Commonwealth Marine Parks and Reserves. To take photographs for commercial purposes in a Commonwealth Reserve, you should contact the reserve for a permit. Conditions may be imposed on the taking of the photographs. If in breach of the limitations, you may be fined and required to surrender all copies of the photographs and the camera used to take them. For further information contact the relevant Commonwealth Reserve. / . / Use/publication of photographs / . / Now that you have taken your photographs you need to be aware that their use or publication may also be illegal when carried out in a certain fashion. For example, the subject of a photograph may seek an injunction to stop the publication of photographs that are indecent, offensive or demeaning (Lincoln Hunt Australia v Willesee (1986) 4 NSWLR 456). / . / Defamation * / . / Defamation is the law that deals with injury to someone’s reputation. The unauthorised use of the photographs would need to lower the public’s estimation of the person portrayed, expose the person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or cause him or her to be shunned or avoided. The unauthorised publication of the photograph in itself is not proof of defamation. Since defamation deals with reputation, the likelihood of an action in defamation will be higher the more famous the person photographed. / . / For a more detailed discussion, see the Arts Law information sheet “Defamation”. / . / The law of passing off and the Trade Practices Act / . / Complications arise if your photographs are used for a “commercial purpose” and you don’t have consent from the persons in the photograph. “Commercial purpose” involves using the photograph to sell something other than the photograph itself. So if you have taken a photo of someone on the street for an advertising campaign and it appears that the person is endorsing the product or service (when in fact they do not), you may be liable. / . / For a more detailed discussion, see the Arts Law information sheet “Unauthorised Use of Your Image”. / . / Photographs relating to Court proceedings / . / Photography in courts is restricted. The law of contempt of court also generally prohibits the publishing of any material, written or photographic, that is likely to prejudice the course of justice in a matter which is still before the courts. For example, in Attorney-General for the State of NSW v X (2000) the Sydney Morning Herald published an expose on organised crime, claiming that Mr Duong was “the top heroin distributor” and mentioned pending criminal charges against him. The Court of Appeal held that the article amounted to contempt of court because it implied Mr Duong was guilty. In coming to this decision, the judges were guided by the fact that the article was accompanied by two photos of Duong, each of which were “unusually large, in colour and of good quality”. / . / Copyright and Trademarks / . / You may be infringing copyright if you photograph the whole or a substantial part of a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work, if the work is still protected by copyright. For further information on copyright, see the Australian Copyright Council information sheets at www.copyright.org.au. / . / Photographers are often concerned about taking photographs of trade marks, for example taking a shot of a streetscape that contains advertising or company logos on the side of buildings. A registered trade mark owner has exclusive rights to use the trade mark and to authorise use of the trade mark in relation to goods/services for which the trade mark is registered. Taking a photograph of a trade mark should not involve trade mark use and is not trade mark infringement. Also consider that there may be copyright subsisting in the trade mark if it is a logo containing an artistic work. / . / Conclusion / . / For further information on any of these issues please contact Arts Law on (02) 9356 2566. / . / Disclaimer * / . / This information is intended as a guide only. It does not replace legal advice obtained from a legal practitioner. The information was correct at the time of writing but the author takes no responsibility for changes in the law since that time. / / http://www.artslaw.com.au/LegalInformation/StreetPhotographersRights.asp /
My week has been both wonderful and ANNOYING! My internet provider failed to ‘provide’ for 5 days, so I do apologise if I am late in re…
My week has been both wonderful and ANNOYING! My internet provider failed to ‘provide’ for 5 days, so I do apologise if I am late in responding to messages left for me, missed them altogether or failed to make a comment on something wonderful you’ve posted!!! I am trying to catch up on the the pages that have accumulated!!!! On the very positive side, the following things happened while I wasn’t looking!................ I have now exceeded 35,000 views! I find that hard to believe, but that’s what the machinery tells me!!! The following artworks were Top Tenners ‘ISOBEL’ – in the Best Lady challenge in the Painted Ladies group / ‘SEPIA SIREN’ – finished in 2nd place in the Retro Painted Lady challenge in the Painted Ladies group / ‘PORTRAIT OF DONNA’ – in the Painted Lady challenge in the Painted Ladies group / ‘THE RED SHAWL’ – in the Drawn to Her challenge in the Painted Ladies group / The following artworks were Featured ‘ISABELLE’ – in the 1 on 1 Fine Art of Portraiture group and also in the First Things group / ‘IRONBARK COUNTRY’ in the Painted Nature group / ‘HIGH COUNTRY GIANT’ in the Hand Painted or Drawn Art of Happiness or Joy group / ‘GOULBURN VIEW’ – in the ‘Real’ Life Art group / Thank you my very dear friends if you had any sort of hand in the voting on these, or if you are a moderator who pressed that ‘featured’ button for me! I cannot ever begin to explain how happy you make me feel!!!!
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Aloha Kakou, It is wonderful how the image feed works on RedBubble. / There are beautiful images streaming through the image feed ever…
Aloha Kakou, It is wonderful how the image feed works on RedBubble. / There are beautiful images streaming through the image feed every day. / I love that about it, and I actually seek out images on this site for that very reason, to view and admire them, learn from them, and if I resonate with it and really love the work, I favourite them. It is one of the things I love about this virtual community. If I could redesign the image feed it would stream the favourites of those on my watchlist as well as the recent work from the homepage. Depending on my interest of the day, often I type random keywords into the search browser on this site and discover the most extraordinary beauty. The portfolio collections on this site are a tremendous source of creative inspiration and I am constantly amazed, dazzled and inspired by the many brilliant and talented photographers and artists on this site. Most of my groups are specialised, and I enjoy them all. And like many Hosts on RedBubble, of those groups which I moderate, I have my favourites for the subject and content and Dimensions is on the top of the list.. I know, big surprise considering I live on the beautiful tropical island of Maui and I host the Hawai’i group, yet the lovely islands are included within this group as well as the majestic beauty of Alaska and many other beautiful people and places around the world. I love them all. Dimensions covers such a wide range of content, subjects and styles, it is a multi-faceted international community with many interests. RedBubble describes our groups as little villages and it is so true. I also love the Impressionist Art group. It is wonderfully inspiring. For those of you who have featured my work, and for those who have responded and left wonderful comments and notes, mahalo nui loa, thank you very much. I cherish every single message and will respond as soon as I can. Hopefully you will understand about Time as so much of my free time online is devoted to viewing and featuring your work :)) The images you see in the various galleries and featured in all the groups I host are chosen carefully and featured based on their own individual merit with my compliments to you. For me this is not a popularity contest. I look at the image first and then I view the entire portfolio of the Artist. I am familiar with every single member of all my groups, not on a personal level of course, yet I recognise each one and thank you for joining, mahalo for your enthusiasm, and for contributing your beautiful artistic expressions. There is so much more to moderating and hosting groups than many people realise. I do enjoy it very much. Most of all I enjoy bringing a smile to someone’s day with a feature. That is the fun part. After hosting for a year on this site I have learned so much from all of you! This experience has certainly broadened my scope, opened my heart and widened my horizons. My primary goal is to offer talented photographers and artists an additional storefront to showcase your work. It is my gift of Aloha for you. So, you may look at it this way. Consider the groups as Fine Art Galleries, as specialised wonderful shoppes where you may enter and browse around at your leisure, very much like a beautiful art gallery you would enter in Wailea or Munich, Venezia, Lahaina, Manhattan, Black Stone River Valley, Cape Town, Melbourne, Honolulu, Pa’ia, Aix-en-Provence, Udaipur, London, San Francisco, Sidney, Tempe, Tres Ritos, La Paz, Ontario, Harrisburg, Hilo, Kyoto, Rome, Barcelona, Karachi, Sao Paulo, Bangkok, etc. etc. ....... The only things missing are the complimentary Clos du Mesnil and pupu. I wish for you to know I keep all these things in mind for consideration when moderating images. While it is nice to hear from those members I promote, it is not required to receive a feature. There is no personal favouritism. For me it is purely and simply an honest straightforward approach and a sincere appreciation for beautiful Fine Art and the artists who create them. Now perhaps you have a better understanding and an idea of what goes on behind the scenes. / As a Host, this is what I do and I love doing it. Mahalo nui loa and Aloha kakou. / Thank you so much for your kindness, your wonderful reciprocity, your always welcome encouragement and positive feedback, and most of all your creative vision and beautiful art. Aloha mai ‘e, E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe. / May blessings be with you always. Sharon Mau / 25 August 2009
Hi everyone! I thought I’d post a link to a great site that allows you to kee…
Hi everyone! I thought I’d post a link to a great site that allows you to keep an eye on your images, to see if anyone is taking them and re-posting them, claiming them as their own. Otherwise known as copyright infringement, or what I think of as art theft. It’s called Tin Eye and you can either upload imagery from your computer or copy paste the online image’s URL to search. You can also find a great Tin Eye search add-on for Firefox which allows you to simply right click and check your imagery. Much faster. There is nothing that makes me madder than art theft. Here is an example This member has NASA Hubble photographs in his gallery and famous work by Clark Little I have no doubt that most of his other work is stolen too. But I wanted to say most of all, that when you’re browsing someone’s gallery, and the images seem disconnected and different from each other, and there’s photos that look like they’re from a mobile phone next to others that look like they are from National Geographic, take a moment to check an image on Tin Eye and don’t be afraid to use the “Report a Concern” button under the image. The more we help each other prevent art theft, the better for all of us. Cheers! Simone Yvette
Decided to type in my name and found so many stolen images both mine and other RB artists on this person’s gallery at Scrapbook Flair. / ...
Decided to type in my name and found so many stolen images both mine and other RB artists on this person’s gallery at Scrapbook Flair. She has a blog with some images there too.. I have just started mining the Victoria_70 gallery and saw some people’s work from RB. / Looking at the childrens images I have seen some I recognise but don’t know who they belong to… Micklyn I saw some of yours… Jacqueline Roberts too S (sandra) Guzman deahna There are some fantasy images of women too… It’s enough to bring me to tears.. / . Go get ‘em guys… http://www.scrapbookflair.com/scrapbookergallery.aspx?userid=137442
Expressing, transforming and clarifying the shades of limelight that frame our body image !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/bor…
Expressing, transforming and clarifying the shades of limelight that frame our body image My friend and fellow bubbler Sarah O’Rourke is part of the team co-ordinating the Mirrors Charity Art Exhibition along with Rhiannon Bulley, which is being held from the 15th to 24th October 2009 at the Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Darling Harbour, Sydney, the opening night is 14th October 6-8pm. The red bubble members, along with myself, who are donating art works to the Mirrors Exhibition are as follows (in no particular order): Sarah O’Rourke / Cynthia Lund Torroll / aWarr / Bec Winnel / Caitlin Shearer / Steph Granshaw / Remus Grecu / Mimi Yoon Here is a recent article which lends more of an insight into the exhibition and it’s founder Rhiannon Bulley in which I’ve had my own work Lost and Found featured, and I’d like to take the opportunity to say thank you to Rhiannon for featuring my work on both blogs. I am donating my framed original painting of Hidden Treasure pictured above with the chook to the exhibition The event also has the support of medical groups, including the Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders, the Eating Disorders Association (Qld) and The Butterfly Foundation, to whom all funds from sales will be donated. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish Sarah and Rhiannon and all the other artists involved the very best in the exhibition and I hope it’s a huge success.
Next week will see the opening of Mirrors, an art exhibition that’s about more than just pretty pictures on a gallery wall… / Supporting…
Next week will see the opening of Mirrors, an art exhibition that’s about more than just pretty pictures on a gallery wall… / Supporting Melbourne based charity The Butterfly Foundation it seeks to raise funds & awareness surrounding the complex issues of Eating Disorders & Body Image. In a broader sense, it’s also very much about Expression though art & how powerful a platform art can be… whether that be through personal expression or in creating art that conveys a message or inspires others. Please visit the blog to read more about the aims Mirrors seeks to reflect. Many of you will know i’ve been heavily involved in putting together this exhibition, alongside founding Director, Rhiannon Bulley. / A large part of that has been selecting artists whose work somehow spoke to the issues we were dealing with… In the most part, artists who convey strong, positive images of beauty, inside & out. The support of artists here on Red Bubble has been phenomenal, with works coming from right around the globe… i am so grateful & i know i speak for all involved in Mirrors. Gracing the walls of the Mori Gallery will be: Karin Taylor / Karin has so generously donated the framed original of her inspirational painting, Hidden Treasure. / Cynthia Lund Torroll / A print of Cia’s latest beautiful work, And The Day Came is in the air on it’s way to Sydney as we speak! / Bec Winnel / Bec has so kindly sent us one of her sublime feminine portraits, a framed original yet to be revealed! Below is her latest stunner on RB, Silk Cocoon / Caitlin Shearer / Caitlin has created a stunning new painting especially for Mirrors, you’ll have to wait to see that one, in the meantime, Immaculate , is just that! / “Steph Granshaw”: http://www.redbubble.com/people/stephg / Stephs gorgeous drawing Baby Blue landed in my hands all the way from Thailand just yesterday & is being beautifullly framed as we speak! / Mimi Yoon / Who is rushing a print of her gorgeous work, wear me wear you all the way from the U.S to Sydney, right as we speak! / AWarr / AWarr’s Beautiful Anonymous series caught my attention the moment i saw it, seemingly speaking right to the heart of one aspect of what Mirrors is all about, a new BA piece has been created especially for Mirrors, BA- Weightless is a hint at it’s direction. / Remus Grecu / Remus created 3 paintings for an award-winning Anti Anorexia campaign in Europe & has very kindly allowed us to display prints of the series as well as the video you can view here / A special mention to the lovely Pip Gerard whose journal alerted me to Remus’ work. So this is a MASSIVE thankyou to all of the amazing artists here who have so generously supported this project, it means such a great deal to me. There are also a number of other artists from right around Australia donating work, as well as submissions from the public & a number of pieces from in-hospital Art Therapy programs. For those of you in the Sydney region Mirrors opens this Wednesday, 14th October 6-8PM at: / Mori Gallery / 168 Day St / Darling Harbour / If you can’t make it to the opening night, don’t worry there is plenty of time, with the exhibtion running from the 15th-26th October. The issues Mirrors looks at affect all of our lives one way or another… whether it be as directly as in personal experience or that of friends or family… or from a distance in a more general sense. / We’d love you to invite friends & family & it’s easily done here I also just need to add one more little thankyou to Karin for kindly posting about Mirrors last week… Between co-ordinating the exhibition & finishing my own painting for it, my intention to post this much earlier was a little way-laid! / There were also a small number of you whom i know really would have loved to contribute but for one reason or another were unable to. I appreciate the in principle support many of you have expressed to me privately just as much :) Hope to see some of you at Mori on Wednesday!!! Xxx Sarah Opening Night / Photo Gallery
/ Bramble Rainbowtree / Tiny and Isabella / Affirmation / Binda / Blue Pools / Lost and Found A friend and fellow bubbler gottheshot wrote me with a great suggestion for doing half coloured in images to show the before and after effects. As a child, he recalled having a book which had the images only half coloured and it came with a little mirror, so you placed the mirror in the centre, and could see the rest of the image coloured in, like magic… thank you very much gottheshot as you can see, I’ve been having a bit of a play around doing this, and added each of these images to the actual artwork now, all thanx to you! ps my work is not symmetrical, so these aren’t exactly halves, but it would be fun to get a little mirror and try this out, and i’m going to do that shortly, lol
Update 06 December 2009 Important NOTICE / / I want the option of turning off the “share” features on RedBubble. / To say this new…
Update 06 December 2009 Important NOTICE / / I want the option of turning off the “share” features on RedBubble. / To say this new feature is annoying is an understatement, especially since it was recently added without my knowledge or agreement. / On another subject: I discovered today a “social bookmarking site for pictures” ..... An extension allows someone to post an image to their account by right clicking on it.” / / At the bottom of the page there is a tab which asks / “Do you have any questions, bug reports or wishes?” / So, I clicked on that and reported my request for my images to be removed. Any tips on preventing this? I thought we had right/click protection on this site! / / Occasionally, depending upon how busy I am, I search for myself on the internet using various search engines available. It is always interesting to see what appears, what is unrelated to me, and what is attached to my name, and I have learned to be wary and careful of which websites to open, for there are some in other countries which actually are more like land mines raising all manner of red flags with my computer security software. / / Even so, I conducted a search today, a rather extensive search using my name and certain keywords. And I discovered this webpage with my image, along with many other photographers and artists. I can tell you I am very upset that so many people on the internet so blatantly ignore my copyright notice. This member does not have my permission to reproduce my image in their collection of “Favourites”. It is outrageous that we have no control over our imagery and how it is copy/pasted, downloaded/shared ….... / / You may wish to have a look at this webpage to see if your images are here as well. Some I recognise from artists here on RedBubble and some look very familiar. I am sending a request for the website to delete and immediately remove my copyrighted work/s from their site. It does not matter to me that this person links my image back to my RedBubble site, I do not like the share feature and seeing my imagery on another website without my prior written authorization. As a member of RedBubble we should have the option of whether or not we wish to share our content. / / You may open this link to view the images this person has “collected” and gleaned from the internet. / vi.sualize.us / / Here is the code for the my image, which is completely different from my own image, found in the properties of the “shared” image. / http://img1.visualizeus.com/thumbs/09/04/02/beach,beauty,ocean,sea,torrent-c2ee3bfa23547fb2d111613f9d9b23bf_h.jpg / / As clearly stated on the front page of my portfolio:* / I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs, digital art and images on this website and they are protected under International Copyright laws. My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in another web page on the internet or intranet, published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, duplicated, used in a derivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009. The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use whatsoever, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved universe wide. / / This is my original image in reference above: / / / _The Music of Light ~ Infinite Wonders / / I wish you a peaceful evening, / Aloha e Malama pono, / / Sharon
So I am seriously beginning to wonder if RedBubble is really a good tool for selling my work. In little over 2 years with RedBubble, I m…
So I am seriously beginning to wonder if RedBubble is really a good tool for selling my work. In little over 2 years with RedBubble, I made 38 (4 of which were my own) sales. The commissions RedBubble charges are borderline outrageous. The site however is great for the many other awesome artists I got to know, many of which I consider close friends. I’m curious if any of you are selling your work at other online sites, and how that is going? Any suggestions to other sites would be appreciated, I am considering Imagekind.com for sure. Or is there just a general “slump” in art sales due to the global economic downturn?
*A simple tutorial on how to remove a background from an image placed into Photoshop. There may be an easier way I don’t know. I nutted t…
A simple tutorial on how to remove a background from an image placed into Photoshop. There may be an easier way I don’t know. I nutted this out this afternoon. 1.Open Photoshop and set up your T-Shirt template to look like this. Make sure it’s set to transparent background. / 2. Select File>Place>choose the image you want to put into the template. / 3. A box will appear, like this one below, click okay. / 4. Your image will appear. Double click on the image to embed it. Select the magic wand tool and click on green background (your background-hopefully you have a one colour background). Marching ants should appear (doesn’t show here) around the image and canvas. / 5. Select the erase background tool in the tool bar. The marching ants are there to protect your image from accidently being erased. / 6. Start clicking around your image to remove background. You’ll have to zoom in and out to pick up any tiny bits that may be missed. To make your eraser brush smaller use the [ on your keyboard. To make it larger click the ] . / 7. Hopefully you’ll end up with something like this. If so save as a png file and it’s ready to upload to RB as a T-Shirt image!!! /
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