How do you create your best work. Do you plan and think about what you want to achieve, do you previsualise the end result in your mind b…
How do you create your best work. Do you plan and think about what you want to achieve, do you previsualise the end result in your mind before you even start, do you let your environment inspire you and make the decision on the spot. Do you tune out and go into a diffrent place to get inspiration. Does your art or photography just happen. I am normally going out with a very general idea and then let the environment inspire me. My best work or best shots happen when I stop thinking and start being. This may sound extremely cheesy but it is like the camera dissapears and there is just me and the subject left. When do you create your best work?
After viewing a few works around RB tonight, I felt compelled to determine two things: ^1. If it is legal to use, edit, or alter pho…
After viewing a few works around RB tonight, I felt compelled to determine two things: 1. If it is legal to use, edit, or alter photographs of other professional or nonprofessional photographers or artists. This includes photographs of paintings. / 2. If it legal to resell imagery/photographs of other professional or nonprofessional photographers or artists. I was unsure if it were legal/appropriate to make a profit from a composition, montage, mosaic, or crop parts of an original photograph. I viewed a lot of interesting ‘images’ that comprised of montage, mosaic and composition work , and asked: “Is it truly legal to sell this without the permission of the original photographer or artist?” I’ve seen a few montages that incorporate record-covers into interesting circular formations. It looks nice, but is it legally allowed to be sold? There’s no question you can create it and store it on your own computer, but can you sell it to others if you are not the originating artist? Your work might be original … but the images used to create it are someone else’s! A lot of googling, reading, researching has gone for the past THREE HOURS. Verbal debate with my wife on the matter was interesting. We both agreed and disagreed on a number of issues. Thus, I had to compile the list of sites we read through… These web sites may help you to determine if ‘imagery’ may or may not be able to be sold through Redbubble: 01. Legal Pitfalls in Taking or Using Photographs of Copyright Material, Trademarks and People / This one is VITALLY important we all read, specifically Section 1.5 / 1.5 Will you do something that actually constitutes an act which the copyright owner has the exclusive right to make? / As indicated earlier, photographing a copyright work is considered a way of reproducing the work, and this is an act which the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do. This is why you may need to get prior permission to include a copyright work in your shot. Some other activities that only the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do (and for which you may need permission) are: / 1. Making prints of a work, scanning it into digital form, photocopying it, copying digital works, etc.; / 2. Making a collage from several different photographs or images; / 3. Adding new artistic elements to an existing work (e.g., colorizing a black and white picture); / 4. Photographing someone’s work and then displaying the photo to the public (e.g., exhibiting the photo in a gallery, supplying copies to the public in postcard form, putting it on a website, sending it to customers via email, etc.). 02. Publicity Celebrities and Photographs … 15 Minutes of Fame Is A Property Right By Andrew Hudson, PhotoSecrets.com 03. Business of Scanning Art and reselling , Photo.net, July 2004 04. The Law for Photographers: Do I Need Permission? An Introduction to the Legal Aspects of Travel Photography , By Dianne Brinson, copyright attorney for PhotoSecrets.com 05. Copyright : It Costs You Nothing 06. Digital Manipulation of Photography 07. What is Copyright Protection 08. The Australian Commonwealth Consolidated Acts … Copyright Act 1968 09. All of Andrew Nemeth’s Articles and Essays . These make great reading. I started writing this article at about 10.00am. It’s now 1.40am, and my mind is filled with new information that has revolutionised my thoughts about photographing people in public places! 10. Privacy Laws, Commonwealth of Australia Before you react, I don’t mean to be a killjoy. / I applaud the amazing efforts and creativity of the people that spend time producing their work. But I also want you to know what is appropriate and fair use of intellectual property on the internet. You might find yourself in a lot of hot water if you don’t take a read of the websites listed above! So take care when you the following statement on a web page, in a book or wherever … “All images and content on these pages are the exclusive property of name of artist. They may not be saved copied reproduced or used for any reason without written permission from name of artist.” Take care when you present the image of a celebrity within your montage. They may not appreciate you making money at their expense. Would you like to go up against Bono, dollar for dollar? I suspect he can afford bigger lawyers. This post also is a follow up piece to the previous article of a similar nature Laws Against Defacing Art
I have just received my Red Bubble cards in the mail. I had read that they were excellent. I had also been told by a friend that the qu…
I have just received my Red Bubble cards in the mail. I had read that they were excellent. I had also been told by a friend that the quality of the photographic paper was very, very good. And they are just perfect. I showed my co-worker and she was so impressed that she said she wanted to order some works as Christmas cards. I decided that my first order would be from photographs I have taken of our farm. I actually joined Red Bubble to upload my essays so I do admit that I am not a “photographer” (and I am sure that others will agree) but over time I decided to add some photos and they are ones that mean a lot to me and my family. Someone actually bought one of the photographs as soon as I made it available as a card. Thank you to that someone! Recently I have been trolling through the site and I have begun to compile a list of photographs from various artists. Thanks Red Bubble for the opportunity to access these wonderful works.
Whether you just admire aircrafts this group has a little bit for everyone to enjoy young and old. From NASA, wartime aircrafts, sky ship…
Whether you just admire aircrafts this group has a little bit for everyone to enjoy young and old. From NASA, wartime aircrafts, sky ships, hot air balloons, and even some fantasy aircrafts! Join us at the Aeronautics & Aviation Group and share your stories, artwork and photographs with us and let the skies be youre gateway to flying high. Aeronautics & Aviation Group
Ever been to Africa? Ever wanted to go but havent the time? Well why not join our newest group. We share artwork, photographs, stories an…
Ever been to Africa? Ever wanted to go but havent the time? Well why not join our newest group. We share artwork, photographs, stories and adventures. We’d love to have you partisipate and tell us about safaris, the culture, locales and more. You dont have to travel to see the amazing creatures and lives of others when you join us on the African Art & Writings Group. African Art & Writings Group
Are you displaying any of your own Redbubble Artwork within your home? / How many? Card, Canvas, Frame, etc? / Feel free to display t…
Are you displaying any of your own Redbubble Artwork within your home? / How many? Card, Canvas, Frame, etc? / Feel free to display the link/original image from within your gallery. I’m keen to know how many artists buy their own work. Because, as I often say to other artists, if it’s so good to put onto Redbubble for someone else to purchase … Have you bought it yourself? Answer this any which way you want, I appreciate your thoughts on this matter. This is the first of a variety of questions I will be asking Redbubble Artists over the next few weeks.
It’s not sales and marketing, it’s marketing and sales. How can you sell something before you’ve marketed it? / Anyhow, for those who thou…
It’s not sales and marketing, it’s marketing and sales. How can you sell something before you’ve marketed it? / Anyhow, for those who thought this was going to be an expose on how to market and sell your redbubble art, you might be slightly dismayed. I say slightly because the message is surprisingly simple. This is marketing . I plurked about my recent befriending of a fellow train-catcher that resulted in a discussion that enabled me to promote my photo-hobby. This is sales: I sold a framed image from my RB gallery today. This is Naked Porcupine , medium, black frame, bright white matte. / For the tech-nerds at Redbubble headquarters who are saying ‘Hang on, hang on, our records show that YOU bought this from your own gallery!’: Yes, you are right, I purchased it myself. Let me explain why: I told a handful of friends earlier today that I’d be ordering a heap of cards and shirts this weekend, and that if they wanted anything in particular to tell me the names (and style) ASAP so I could include them. Within 10 minutes, a request for the aforementioned frame was asked of me, plus a request on how it could be paid for quickly and easily without using online facilities. / I agreed to pay for it myself and deliver to its new home … whereupon payment will be made. In closing, this is for those readers who’ve been hanging out for my usual marketing tips that bring in the sales, here they are: 1. Promote your work wherever you are: / ... Including public transport, family events, football stadiums, your local pub’, and online social networking (and in this circumstance, plurk.com) . / 2. When introducing yourself to new friends, tell them you are a photographer/artist/etc. / ... Don’t be embarrassed to tell people what you enjoy. Even if it’s only a hobby now, a little bit of exposure might be all the push you need to make your time and energy into a career. / 3. When asked to see your artwork, have it available. / ... Finally having an Apple Touch is worthwhile for something more than getting email and free wifi ! / 4. Be prepared to buy your own work if that’s what it takes to sell your artwork. / ... I have two boxes of my own cards, plus an online list available for people to choose which photographs they’d like to buy as card from me . / ... I also keep a handful of cards (protected by individual plastic bags to include the white envelope within the card) in my day-bag for letting people see and feel them. Everyone wants to know about the quality of the paper, the gloss of the image and to see them in-detail. Hope this helps you, because it all works very well for me!
On the way home from Wal-Mart, the place of blender triumph, I did some drawing and painting. Still not finished with the piece, but, he…
On the way home from Wal-Mart, the place of blender triumph, I did some drawing and painting. Still not finished with the piece, but, here’s an album that shows some of the work in progress. “Work in progress”http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=82013&l=2831d&id=612813763 Hopefully that’ll work, anyway! Though, I shall probably have to change the name of the album. I mean, once I figure out what the name of the painting is, anyway. Otherwise, if I used the same album for all pieces, it would get nigh on confusing to us all! Especially me! For those too lazy to go and read the description, I shall post a couple of the photos here .. if it works! lol That’s the first wee drawing of the painting, done in charcoal on canvas That is while still in the van, but having started with the watercolor paints. No, i don’t usually paint in the van. Sometimes, though, you know, you just gotta do what you gotta do. I had the paints, they were watercolors, my clothes were black, and we were on our way home, so if there had been any major incidents or accidents it wouldn’t have been too big a deal. The main thing i learned from working on this painting, is that I am really, really bad with brushes. Well, the business end of them. I can kick butt with the handle, doing quasi-pointillism
Having your photograph used as a CD cover by one of the biggest bands in the history of contemporary music, with no cash transaction? / ...
Having your photograph used as a CD cover by one of the biggest bands in the history of contemporary music, with no cash transaction? Hiroshi Sugimoto did it with U2 in a slightly more unorthodox arangement. Here’s the story
I’ve seen so many people still asking why they’ve still not sold any artwork on Redbubble! So I’ve compiled all my enterprising, marketin…
I’ve seen so many people still asking why they’ve still not sold any artwork on Redbubble! So I’ve compiled all my enterprising, marketing, sales and money-based articles written over the last two years. I really REALLY hope you enjoy reading and applying them into your sales-campaign. First, let’s take a look at you, the artist within. Wait, that sounds like the first article… 01. Defining the Artist Within / 02. I Have a Special Condition! / 03. Keep that Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive / 04. Two Crafty Ways to Become a High Profile Photographer / 05. Playing the Popularity Game Without Caring if You Win or Lose / 06. What Makes You Think Your Art is Good Enough? Here is the guts of this article, the really in-depth stuff that should help understand how to better use Redbubble in your venture to either make money or make a name for yourself: 07. Are You Selling More Artwork ? / 08. Helping YOU Make a Profit on Redbubble ! / 09. Pleasure from Profit from Pleasure / 10. Quality Marketing Equals Sales / 11. Selling Your Art Successfully / 12. Sell, Give, Donate and Use Your Skills / 13. My Marketing Strategy / 14. How to Sell Anything / 15. Tips to Successful Photography. / 16. Twelve Months on Redbubble The trick is to read each article, and then ask yourself: ‘How does this apply to my situation?’. I’m very sure you’ll find a way to incorporate the ideas I’ve used here to improve your situation and increase your sales! I look forward to hearing how much more sales you make over the next few months!! EDIT [11:32 PM 15/05/2009] / Some of you will now want to run an exhibition, gallery or stall of your artwork. For that I have compiled another list of links that should help you! / ... Running Sheet for Exhibitions Since this is my article, I have to get a few shameless-plugs in here somewhere. I have T-shirts for sale that will get you noticed! / ... Your Name on a PHOTOGRAPHER Shirt / ... Photographer Shirts / ... Redbubble Shirts for Artists, Writers and Photographers Postscript / I started writing simple tips that any Redbubble Artist could use. I don’t write them so much any more, but I keep them here for my own reminder. I hope you enjoy these two that relate to this post enormously: / ... Tip #001 / ... Tip #004
I’ve just found out how this article _… 16 Ways to Increase Sales...
I’ve just found out how this article ... 16 Ways to Increase Sales ... accrued over 1,100 hits in 4 days : It got featured in the Daily Wrap ! Thanks Jo !
We are excited to announce the International Fine Art Society – SD (IFAS-SD) is meeting up for the 2009 “L…
We are excited to announce the International Fine Art Society – SD (IFAS-SD) is meeting up for the 2009 La Jolla Festival of The Arts IFAS-SD will be getting together Sat, June 20th at 11:30am to enjoy the La Jolla Festival of the Arts This is one group gathering you will not want to miss!!! What Is IFAS-SD All About? IFAS-SD is a group for all those who enjoy the Fine Arts and would like to share their experiences with others. We encourage artists, painters, photographers, sculptors, graphic designers, gallery owners, etc. to join and actively participate. You don’t have to be art smart, you just have to be able to enjoy art, and meeting others with the same interests. / The Mission of the IFAS is to both encourage and support the creation of and appreciation of Fine Art with particular emphasis on painting, drawing, sculpture and photography. All The Juicy Details… / The La Jolla Festival of the Arts ™ will be held June 20-21, 2009, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, on the UCSD east campus at the corner of Genesee Ave and Regents Rd. Admission price is $10 per person; active military personnel with ID are free. Parking is free. The venue is completely disabled-accessible. All animals except disabled-assist dogs are prohibited. They are also offering a $2 discount on admission when you sign up for their e-mail newsletter. The La Jolla Festival of the Arts is among the top rated art shows in California. The Festival hosts over 190 award-winning local and national artists displaying watercolors, oils, sculpture, serigraphs, fine jewelry, photography, and more. You can also expect to enjoy a variety of cuisines in the festival food area, listen to live entertainment, and participate in special events. This event is produced annually by the Torrey Pines Kiwanis Foundation, proceeds from the Festival support recreational and educational programs for San Diegans with disabilities. More recently, funds from this Festival are providing recreational and rehabilitative services to injured veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. / So come and join in the fun and the rich experience of the, La Jolla Festival of the Arts, and thanks for your support! Where Is The Festival? The Festival is located in the La Jolla/UCSD district of San Diego at the corner of Genesee Ave and Regents Rd. It is easily accessible from I-5, I-805, I-15 and CA-52 and offers plenty of free parking. Genessee Ave at Regents Rd. – La Jolla, CA 92037 From I-5, north or south bound, exit Genesee Ave and turn east (away from the coast). The Festival is approximately one mile ahead. From I-805 north or southbound, exit and follow La Jolla Village Dr. Turn right on Genesee. The Festival is approximately one mile ahead. From I-15, follow 52 west bound and exit Genesee Ave and turn right. The Festival is approximately two miles ahead. From CA-52 east or west bound, exit Genesee Ave and turn north. The Festival is approximately two miles ahead. / Want To Attend? Excellent! Give us a heads up by going to our site at www.meetup.com and RSVP, and click on the JOIN US button, all you need is a name, an e-mail address and you’ll be in like flint! How To Find Us IFAS-SD’ers At The Festival? You will find us eager and art addicted souls at the”Resturant row @ 1130 near main stage”. If you have any questions about our meetup don’t hesitate to contact either Gwenevere or myself (Carrie) by e-mail. Gwenevere – Organizer, Chairman IFAS-SD / Email: sandepps@yahoo.com Carrie – Co-Organizer, Co-Chairman IFAS-SD / Email – carrie@carrieglennstudios.com Hope to see you all there!!!
Redbubble has featured one of my first writings Mystic Weavings...
Redbubble has featured one of my first writings Mystic Weavings , an intention poem ~ I think I’m still in shock ;) Deepest gratitude to Les Bouchard and Silver Queen of A Spiritual Walk for featuring / Innocence Lost ~ / Many thanks to Laura and Dawn of Spirit of the Native American group for featuring Bear Medicine T-shirt design / Utmost thanks to Ushna Sardar and Yellowfury of CORE for featuring 3 Faces of OWL / To the magical 7 hosts of Inspired Art AND rajee and coppertrees of “A Fractal Energy Passion” groups ~ big hugs for featuring Stellar Winds of Color / AND ~ the fabulous shilohlin and Katagram of Just Butterflies group for featuring summer fly / I’m feeling rather blessed and honored by the love, honor and respect that runs so rampant on this amazing site of heARTists!!!
I just wanted to take this opportunity to Thank each and everyone who is on my favorites list, commented on my photographs, faved my phot…
I just wanted to take this opportunity to Thank each and everyone who is on my favorites list, commented on my photographs, faved my photographs, accepted them in your groups and just made me feel so darn welcome here at RB, from the beginners, like myself, to the more expert of photographers/artists. I know that I am only a beginner at this and that there are far more expert photographers than myself here on RB, but I don’t think I expected to get such great feedback and really good responses back on my work from everyone. It is all truly appreciated and I am honored that you feel like that you would like what I have shared with you all so far. / I thank you all kindly for the boost in confidence / There will be more to come as and when I take some other good photographs. Also, this Thank you note is to all the wonderful and amazingly talented photographs and artists on my list and otherwise who have shared their wonderful talents and photos with me. You are truly all very very talented I envy and appreciate you all. / Thank you so much for sharing your artworks/photos with me. Truly appreciated. I look forward to sharing more of my snapshots with you soon and viewing more of your great works. Take care and Happy Snapping. Jay
*For everyone scouting for new artwork I Have just completed ” Beautiful Mood ” your comments on my main gallery / bio page are warmly …
For everyone scouting for new artwork I Have just completed ” Beautiful Mood ” your comments on my main gallery / bio page are warmly welcomed & answered… Cheers , Rick
My photo Tim…
My photo Time was featured in “That’s Entertainment” !
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And some more good news – Morning at the Reservoir, NYC was featured in my group Cityscapes and Skylines!
See why I titled this ” Serenity ” These grounds were so magnificent I hope you can sense the scale of these trees in…
See why I titled this ” Serenity ” These grounds were so magnificent I hope you can sense the scale of these trees in the background , the bench is huge… the color is as it appeared . each tree colorful & .glowing even though not fall …...
I am in a bit of a pickle, and it is a difficult situation to put into words. As head moderator for Adelaide/SA...
I am in a bit of a pickle, and it is a difficult situation to put into words. As head moderator for Adelaide/SA , I make the final decision on what gets approved and rejected. Whilst Dave, Georgie and Jemma have the ability to say yay or nay on your submissions, I will go through them again and remove those that don’t quite fit the requirements. This is where I am trying to be delicate in my words: The requirements . We have clearly written what is required to fit the theme of this group. In order to achieve this theme, I will say a firm NO to many submissions. Please note: / There are other groups for imagery where the main focus is animals, macros, birds, people, human portraits, framed/bordered images, etc. / When your work comprises of any of these elements ALONE (where it is the main point of focus), you’ll most likely NOT get approved for inclusion within this group. YET when your artwork includes those elements in a setting that is very obviously South Australian, then, yes, your chances of inclusion are excellent. The main point to realise is that we are looking for HIGH QUALITY artwork, images worthy of being framed and hung in your own home. Now for your thoughts on this issue… ( To both members and moderators: Please read the image requirements to know what will be approved and why some are rejected. )
PATCHWORK HISTORY / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/clothing/backgroundcolor:fafafa/bodycolor:brown/size:large/style:womens/view:prev…
PATCHWORK HISTORY / / Patchwork Elephant I have a real fascination for/with stitchery and after getting a whole dose of it through a good friend, my work started to take on more of that stitched and bound look… as you see about in Patchwork Elephant but i’ve had the fetish for as long as i can remember…probably because my mum is a super sewer and the sound of the sewing machine or watching her thread a needle are impressed deep in my psych Patchwork Quilting goes back many years. Examples of quilting have been found in tombs of Pharohs dating back to 3400BC. Joseph’s coat of many colors was probably patchwork. Even armour was made by quilting heavy fabrics together. Quilted bed covers were recorded in household inventories from the 17th century. Patchwork quilting has even evolved into an art form known as art quilts. The Amish have developed the quilting traditions of other immigrants into America, into their own style. / excerpt taken from Ezine articles Thank you to the buyer of this tshirt this morning, I really appreciate it… ..... + HISTORY KRAFT BROWN PAPER+ / / Smile Baby – Retro Tee This tee (Smile Baby) is great for photographers and camera lovers of all ages, began as a marker pen drawing on a huge piece of Kraft Brown Paper torn from a large role I’d purchased for the purpose of wrapping and sending original artworks through the post (after they’d been appropriately packaged in bubblewrap then cardboard, but i found that i had excess brown paper, and one day, while waiting for my computer to wake up, got bored, grabbed the paper and started experimenting. I played around with the paint drips and making butterflies and crowns and dresses by folding the paper in half…..but eventually just started drawing quite quickly without much though, and began a whole range of new characters all drawn onto brown paper, I made them into a couple of calendars, and they are all available here on redbubble in card/print/calendar or many of them as tshirts also. Thank you to the buyer of Smile Baby – Retro Tee your purchase is greatly appreciated by the artist Here’s the Brown Paper Creations 2010 Calendar and you can see where the brown paper is left to show through, i’ve also used white gesso in large brush strokes across their faces and bodies and a combo of pastels and ink to achieve the outcome Here’s the Children of the World brown paper girl calendar for 2010 – all the images on the back are available separately also / Kraft paper is paper produced by the kraft process from wood pulp. It is strong and relatively coarse. Kraft paper is usually a brown colour but can be bleached to produce white paper. It is used for paper grocery bags, multiwall sacks, envelopes and other packaging / excerpt from* Wiki / The kraft process was developed by Carl F. Dahl in 1879, and a pulp mill using this technology started (in Sweden) in 1890.[2] The invention of the recovery boiler by G.H. Tomlinson in the early 1930s, was a milestone in the advancement of the kraft process.[3] It enabled the recovery and reuse of the inorganic pulping chemicals such that a kraft mill is a nearly closed-cycle with respect to inorganic chemicals, apart from those used in the bleaching process. For this reason, in the 1940s, the kraft process surpassed the sulfite process as the dominant method for producing wood pulp.[2] / excerpt from Wiki Last, but not least, here’s the Love is a Big Hug 2010 calendar, which has a selection of brown paper creations with a mix of other sweet loving artworks for girls of all ages
Hi my fellow RB peeps. Thought I would show you what my artwork looks like in the flesh. I just sold my first framed print of “Returni…
Hi my fellow RB peeps. Thought I would show you what my artwork looks like in the flesh. I just sold my first framed print of “Returning Home” 2 weeks ago. Me standing proud with my artwork: / Close up: / Personally signed by yours truly 1 out of 500: / Then carefully wrapped and packaged to send off to its rightful owner! / Hope you like it!! Have a good day!
Just a quick message for Adelaide artists submitting to artwork to Adelaide/SA : *Please…
Just a quick message for Adelaide artists submitting to artwork to Adelaide/SA : Please read the slightly amended prerequisites and rules of the group . This will help you to understand the APROVE/REJECT system (that helps to ensure only the best of the best appear), and why I routinely hit the REJECT button. BTW: We encourage you to submit product-specific images to our sister site: Icons of South Australia
_As I don’t make it a habit to ‘feature’ my own work, so another moderator in ‘Adelaide/SA’ must have found this worthy of more attention…
As I don’t make it a habit to ‘feature’ my own work, so another moderator in ‘Adelaide/SA’ must have found this worthy of more attention! Upon The Hillside was featured in Adelaide/ South Australia on 28 December 2009. Chair by Night, Bed by Day was featured in Still Life Photography on 25 December 2009. It’s always a good feeling to be featured upon Redbubble groups. More of it I say!
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