Discussion
150 creative works found
-
WHAT SELLS- 2 questions
by Jienn HeibloemI would like everyones opinion about / 1- what sells- is it a view that makes a serene or emotive statement about the landscape? Is it …
I would like everyones opinion about / 1- what sells- is it a view that makes a serene or emotive statement about the landscape? Is it a visual diorama unique and vibrant, or equally a quaint digital impression of paint strokes or a vector creation in line and tone? or maybe its something else? / lets not be vague here and say its in the eyes of the buyer- lets try and be specific…..can we ? / AND question 2- / How do you gauge the quality of your work in view to its saleability? / might it be about the content, the attention to the digital reproduction, the composition, whether it has a contemporary appeal,......is it just luck to find a buyer, or is it about exposure, in this case internet exposure, or in view of the proposed exhibition coming up, exhibition exposure???? / I would like to hear from the people who have bought work here and the people who have sold something, and everyone elses’ opinion especially those experienced in marketing. / I look forward to our discussion… / xxJiennxx
-
Nothing ground breaking here, however, I thought I’d upload this image as I like the area I took this image in, behind one of Frank Gehry’s buildings alongside the Hudson River – also like the way the elements interact with eachother, from the concrete slabs and glass, incidental vehicle and the two people….
-
San Gimignano, Italy 2006 A group of men enjoying their mid-morning political and football discussions.
-
Public phone Costa Rica – Young school children play with public phones at Playa Del Coco, Guanacaste region in Costa Rica on Independence Day. They used the time of getting / for the parade just fooling around with the phones. Being on the other side of them, I couldn’t resist… / / /
-
Taken on those most famous of steps leading to the Opera House. The Sydney Images
-
Two fly-like Sirrels from the Weganian Empire have just met at a local fair. They thoroughly enjoyed the fair, the food and each other. Now the bigger female, Srees, has decided that she wants the smaler male, Firrr, as her live-bond partner. Well, in the Sirrel society you don´t disagree with the wishes of the females- you might end up as dinner. Made with Apophysis.
-
Sandakan, Sabah/Borneo – late into the evening the local cab drivers discuss the issues of their world. Just using the light from the cafe and moonlight with ASA1600 – hence the grain within the pic, camera held against a window frame to stop movement with a 1/20 sec exposure. Canon 300D ; Tamron 70-300mm Winner of Art House Productions International NIGHT LIFE, (ON THE STREET) challenge
-
Digital oil created from a photograph taken / along the Ashuelot River in Keene, NH / (USA).
-
Next Supper – “The last supper” – parody of clones
-
borrowing an idea: where is the line?
by Jo O'BrienYou may not know this about me, but I’m an insane Tim Walker fan. If you don’t know wh…
You may not know this about me, but I’m an insane Tim Walker fan. If you don’t know who Tim Walker is, I’m afraid we can’t be friends anymore. It is imperative that you seek out his work and drool while uttering three syllable adjectives to describe how wonderful it is. Now that we’re better acquainted, I’d like to draw your eyes to exhibit A: / Tim Walker’s ‘Lisa Cant with 80 White Rabbits’ originally commissioned by Vogue, and published in his book from last year entitled Pictures. And now I’d like to present for you, exhibit B: / The Dotti commercial from this month’s Cosmopolitan Now, I know what you’re thinking – they are nothing alike. Look, in the second one the girl is wearing a hat. Totally different. However, I do not agree with you. In fact, I’d go so far as to say this is a direct copy off of an awesome idea. And unless they have hired Tim Walker to shoot the Dotti commercial and he decided to rehash his own idea (Sorry Tim, but I wouldn’t love you as much anymore), then someone else has forgotten their imagination at the door. I can appreciate a homage to a great talent, I can appreciate that inspiration comes from all around, and I believe that no idea is truly original (that we merely rehash a concoction of our lives experiences). But where is the line? Where do we stop saying “this was inspired by” and start saying “this is a copy of”?
-
A FEMALE CARDINAL AND A JUNCO TAKE A LUNCH MEETING AT THE OAKWOODS NATURE PRESERVE, FINDLAY, OHIO.
-
A watercolor on paper work. Emotive and intuitive… I am sure that we all feel like this from time to time and a little one that I have wanted to paint for a while now. Happy to have finally had the opportunity.
-
It looks to me like one duck is trying to talk and the other duck might be saying saying “Shut up and be quiet. I’ve heard enough. End of conversation.” Lake Norman, North Carolina. / Taken with Sony alpha 300 and Minolta AF 500 mirror reflex lens.
-
fun with the pulp noir a discussion takes place in a dark, restaurant or club between two mobsters or perhaps one is a undercover agent …based off of pulp noir, mobster fiction and movies model-self -portrait and model set/design -DravenStudios Two Time Challenge Winner Pulp Noir Featured in ImageWriting (2/24) Featured in James Bond
-
AQHA palomino gelding Rowdy Cowby Star and Carson / *Featured in the Love Is A Many Splendored Thing Group July 4th,2009
-
Men Talk
by Anthea SladeA sand fly, large and black, landed on Dylan’s red nose and stung him. He slapped his nose. ‘Ouch!’ He shook his white hair, the colour…
MEN TALK featured in Anger Management 18-8-09 / MEN TALK featured in CORE on the 13-8-09 Caution A short story. / A dialogue. / Written by a woman. / Through the eyes of two men. / About their two women. 12 years it has taken me to release this short story to the eyes of the public. I have had this short story sitting in private viewing for the past three weeks waiting for the courage to put this one out there. Ushna and her fabulous group has given my humble short story voice and recognition. This is one of my most valued features. / Thank you. Voice has been in my life a central theme. When I was at University studying Masters in Adult Education, I studied Voice and its implications in Women Studies and Autobiography and Life Long Learning. I was interested in giving voice to women in my first Autobiography Two Voices Two Women, a dialogue between my mother and I. And in my second autobiography, My life of love, loss and learning a voice to my love of all the important men in my life from father to teacher to lover to mentor to muse. With Men Talk I wanted to do something quite different and write a short story not only through the voice and eyes of one man but two men. And I wanted to write through their voice about their women. This was an exciting challenge and I have always held this little story close to me and now after all these years have brought it out to the public. I have read much and studied the men’s movement and men’s perspective as much as I have studied women’s movements and perspectives. So I just want to thank my friends on RedBubble and Ushna for allowing me this wonderful platform to bring forward not only my poems that I am writing now but for also allowing me to share those pieces of my writing history that no one has ever seen before. With Love, Anthea
-
/ Oklahoma City National Memorial – another angle from previous image shot with my usual 85B warm filter on the lens.
-
A few weeks ago some of my neighbors “had words.” Nothing physical happened but lives were changed, I’m sure. I can only imagine what would have occurred if one of them HAD taken things to that physical level. This image is piles of layers and paint, a couple of fractals and photoimages. I went over the top with it, but that’s how the day affected me. So instead of letting it sit in my files until I can make it calmer (which isn’t going to happen, since it WASN’T) I’m posting it.
-
in a pub somewhere in Amsterdam just messing around these guys were totally engaged I have no idea what they were talking about….. world politics for sure or….. / the equivalent of salon goss for women and i promise, i did not lay my head in the middle of the table to take this shot by the way, (might have been just a tad too obvious)
-
This is the view up the River Tyne as it flows through Newcastle and Gateshead. A city now as famous for it’s bridges as it’s industrial past, while Gateshead is reinvented as a Art Cultural area. The coming rain storm can really be seen in the sky as the fading light bounces off the Sage. Converted into a pinhole black and white Best viewed large Featured by the kind hosts of The Beauty of European Waters Group
-
All images, graphics and written content on this gallery have been created for and are the sole property of Solomon Walker. Content and images may not be reproduced without express written permission.
-
I want the option to turn off the Share Feature ! Copyright Issues, Blogspots and the purpose of personal Journals
by Sharon MauUpdate 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. / 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! / / About once a week or once a month, depending upon how busy I am, I search for myself on the internet using many 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 careful 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 demand note for this individual to delete and immediately remove my copyrighted work/s from their blogspot. It does not matter to me that this person links my image back to my RedBubble site, I do not like the share feature. As a member of RedBubble we should have the option of whether we wish to share our content or not! / / 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 / / Second Update / 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 / / ___________ / Original Journal published 01 December 2009 / Aloha kakou, / / As I am writing I notice, as I have always noticed before when publishing my journals, I see the Tips text on the sidebar of this page states: / / “_Your journal is for non-creative writing, thank you notes, announcements, how-tos and general musings on life.“ So, with that in mind, this journal is a general musing on life, here on the bubble, on the subject of intellectual property rights and copyrights. It is my understanding that RedBubble is not a “photo sharing” site. / / I feel “feature” journals are inappropriate and are infringing on the intellectual property rights and copyrights of other members when they are created and published without prior written authorization. / / The relative security of this site is one of the reasons I joined RedBubble, and why I feel there are many professional members from other websites internationally who have joined RedBubble and published our work here, because we feel our work is safer here in a more stable and secure environment where it is not so easy to right/click and save or download our work. There is no totally secure website, of course, yet this is one of the best I have found. I also enjoy the fact that it is not a mine field and I am not compelled to conduct a mine sweep on my computer each time I log on. There are no annoying advertising pop ups on this site as well, and that is a good thing. / / When someone views my work I certainly want the views to be on my page reflected on my stats and not driving someone else’s stats. I want compliments and observations to be directly attached in a comment on my image in my portfolio, and not someone else’s. I am interested in knowing if many other members on this site share this view. / / When I feature the work of those members in my groups, it is rewarding for them and for me to have their beautiful imagery streaming through the image feed and promoted on the group homepage. / / When the hosts of the groups I have joined feature my work I love it, it is wonderful to receive the compliments and recognition and I am most grateful for their kindness and generosity in promoting my work. Yet it is also important to note that my work, my imagery remains within the relative security of my own personal portfolio where I control the content, and not in someone else’s personal journal. This should be easy to understand. / / There are many of my friends and acquaintances images in other members journals. It is why I am concerned when I saw them, because I am an advocate for rights, truth, intellectual property rights, copyrights, etc…. It isn’t personal, it is about the actions and it is about the ownership of the images. I work diligently in protecting my own copyrights as well as in protecting the copyrights of all photographers and artists, not only just myself, my family and friends. If I see your work in someone’s journal or on another website or webpage, or newspaper, or magazine, etc. I will notify you and hope you will do the same for me. It is very much like a “community crime watch” in our local neighborhoods. I’ll watch out for your home and you watch out for mine. It is about respect. / / There are very few circumstances where I authorize the use of my images. There are many members who agree on this subject, and there are just as many who believe it is okay, believing it is nice and complimentary for someone to choose their work to publish in their journal. Perhaps they do not realise the implications. / / I am curious how you, my viewers, feel about it. I have found it is always best to keep things positive on this website. We don’t want to draw unnecessary negative attention to ourselves. The impact can be very disappointing. I have seen many members lose their accounts over what many of us may consider trivial matters or disagreements. Because of this, I tend to fly under the radar, so to speak. So with that in mind, this is an open discussion and I would like to talk about the pros and cons of this practice. / / You may notice on the homepage of many members, including myself, we have posted a notice of copyright. Yet, I cannot help but be annoyed when I see members publishing these journals when it is clear they have not asked first for permission to publish a copy of the image. It matters not whether or not my work is included in the journals or if it is supposedly “well intentioned”. This is not about me or you or them, it is about the action, it is about the journals. I understand what some say they are trying to do in promoting the work of another artist. I simply don’t want to see this become a trend on this site. It hasn’t been happening before and I don’t want to see it started, yet it has begun especially most recently with artists joining having arrived recently from other websites transferring their practices from those websites here to RedBubble. There are behind the scenes private discussions on this subject as well, and there are forums on this topic also, although the ones I have seen are closed. / / I wish to open a dialogue, a discussion on this subject. I hope you understand, and it is important to note as well, that the confidentiality of our private BubbleMails are not to be copy/pasted and/or published publicly. Within the past year I have seen members suspended, and have their accounts closed for doing that. And so, here in my journal I would like to open this subject for public discussion. And let’s keep it on a positive note. / / Hosting a group so that you may offer true and appropriate “features” is an option any member may consider if that is something you enjoy doing. As new members familiarize themselves with this site, they will know by now the application link may be found on the bottom right of the page of the site’s Groups homepage New and dynamic groups are launched almost every day as we all work together to develop and “grow” this site. I created and launched mine well over a year ago and they have all evolved tremendously. For all of us we are continuously on a learning curve. All members may read and review the advanced full guidelines here: RedBubble Community Guidelines / / Even when launching group challenges, it is appropriate for a Host to ask first to use a members image, when not using one’s own. Whenever a member’s photograph or work of art, any type of imagery is used to represent a group creative challenge, or to use as a group Avatar, or for any purpose, we ask for authorization to use the image from the member first, not after we have already used it. And even then, I keep it within the group and never publish it in one of my own personal journals for the public to view. There are some groups who promote the works of other members both on RedBubble and on other related websites, and that is all well and good. The important thing to understand in the procedure is to begin with prior express written authorization. / When members create a journal for the purpose of “featuring” their favourite images or artists by using their images, especially without asking first, it is alarming to see the comments on those journals that other members are considering following suit with similar lists of “favourite images” in journals of their own. It is important to note that most members on RedBubble have posted similar copyright notices on their images and on their portfolio homepage to discourage this “journalistic” type of action. Have a look at the members portfolio homepage on your Watchlist for copyright notices. They are as versatile as the artists on this site. / / / Here follows mine: / / NOTICE I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs, digital art, literary works 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, may not be published in a journal on this site or any other website such as Facebook or myspace, may not be published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, may not be 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 prior 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. / / When we like an image and think it is very beautiful, or wish to “save” it for easy reference with the possibility of perhaps purchasing it in the future, we favourite it. This is what the Favorites feature is for. In doing so we create an archive virtual gallery of those images we love the most, by those artists we admire, and by favouriting the image we also send it streaming through the image feed for those who have added us to their Watchlist to see and notice. The “image feed” and “Favorites” function is what drives the site. As Hosts, we also drive the site by choosing the best among the best among those images submitted and accepted within our group art archives for featured works. That is a true feature. This way the image itself still remains within the content of the portfolio of the member. I am not entirely sure that the capability of copy/pasting location codes from the properties of our images is a good thing if it is going to be used in an inappropriate way. Even if it is a small image, I don’t want to see my work on someone else’s webpage. Consider the fact that if your image is not offered for sale, the clear gif will not protect the image if someone knows how to write the code. It is not so difficult to do. And then, they can paste our images anywhere on the internet, in a comment or a blog, etc…. with or without permission and with or without proper credit. This is one of the reasons why I have chosen the option of a watermark in the centre of my image. / / What I want is very simple. I would like to focus on promoting our own work, use our journals as they are intended for “non-creative writing, thank you notes, announcements, how-tos and general musings on life” and continue focusing on interacting in the wonderful international social network we all enjoy so much here on RedBubble with family, friends and acquaintances. RedBubble produces quality products and it is a wonderful free storefront to showcase and market our work. / / I would like to have your feedback on this issue and see your thoughts on this subject. Whether you agree or disagree, please post your thoughts on members publishing “feature” journals with the use of other members images without prior permission in a comment below. / / I wish you a peaceful evening, / Aloha e Malama pono, / / Sharon
RedBubble is a great place to find art, design, photos and writing from over 80,000 talented people.
You can buy their stuff
On stunning greeting cards, awesome t-shirts or beautiful prints to hang on your walls.
Risk Free Returns
It’s really simple. If you’re not happy with your purchase for any reason, we’ll fix it.
About RedBubble
Since February 2007 we’ve shipped over 313,800 items to more than 70 countries around the world.
Join In
Sign up for your free account, upload your work, join some groups and share your creative genius with the world.