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Have a look at this topic in the Forums: Piracy in art and working for free
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Ah... Copying - or making one's own version of someone else's work is one thing, (especially if permission has been sort beforehand) - but stealing is something entirely different... Bad!
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I often make my own versions of stuff that I like. I find it very therapeutic!
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"Dreaming in Colour?" (Just a suggestion!)
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Nice! Koi art is also needed on another of my web sites at: KoiFreaks.com -> Gallery -> Koi Art
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Lovely! I bet your Mom was chuffed! Where's Autumn, by the way?
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I'm starting to change my mind on this free art thing. I will always paint for free when my daughter asks me to make her a painting of Demi Lovato - (or whoever happens to be her hero of the time!) And needless to say, if I can do a free painting for a good friend - and if that saves me the headache of trying to think of anything else to buy for them, then I will continue to do the odd free painting. But my days of painting on demand just because I enjoy doing it, are fast coming to an end. I read an interesting article on ft.com With jobs, make sure it pays to play This bit was particularly instrumental in causing me to adjust my opinion on the subject of painting for free: My emphasis on the bit where it say's: "If you are paying someone to do something and it’s no good, then you can tell them to do it better." Words of praise are all very nice but how will I ever know if my art is really any good, until someone at least, is prepared to part with some hard-earned cash for it?!! And my apologies to the Financial Times! (Anyway, I didn't cut and paste the entire article... 'just quoted the relevant bit.) And I quite agree with them, in that high quality global journalism requires investment. So does my art!
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Since when did Stilton have a sell by date?!
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Nice one!
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Internationally renowned photographer David Noton very kindly gave me permission to use his photograph Portrait of a girl, Vang Vieng, Laos as the basis for a practise painting - and I did warn him that the results of my efforts would probably end-up bearing very little resemblance to his excellent photo. I wasn't wrong!! If you check-out the link, above, you will see that the subject of the photo was a child - whereas my feable attempt has made her look like a young lady. Still, even though this looks nothing like the girl in the photo, I kind of like her strange expression - and I did have fun trying with this one! Members can view and comment on this image in the Gallery at: http://www.artfreaks.com/forums/index.php/gallery/image/6225-vang-vieng-girl-in-her-early-twenties/ Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted.com/imageproducts.cfm?ID=1271385&RID=23179Free -
From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings
Internationally renowned photographer David Noton very kindly gave me permission to use his photograph Portrait of a girl, Vang Vieng, Laos as the basis for a practise painting - and I did warn him that the results of my efforts would probably end-up bearing very little resemblance to his excellent photo. I wasn't wrong!! If you check-out the link, above, you will see that the subject of the photo was a child - whereas my feable attempt has made her look like a young lady. Still, even though this looks nothing like the girl in the photo, I kind of like her strange expression - and I did have fun trying with this one! The original 1.23MB file of this image can be downloaded in the Downloads module, at: http://www.artfreaks...early-twenties/ Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted...71385&RID=23179 -
Hello and welcome to ArtFreaks.com! Sorry about the cumbersome registration process - it's the only way that I can keep the spammers out these days. You can get a free upgrade to the Full Members group, simply by updating your profile, posting a few comments or uploading some art or photography in the Gallery. As a spam control measure, New Members have some restrictions with regards to posting and things like messaging, use of the free Classifieds module, Downloads, etc...
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From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings
From a photo of Demi Lovato. I made this as a present for my youngest daughter, who is one of Demi's biggest fans! Prints and gift items featuring this image are available on ArtWanted.com at: http://www.artwanted...62644&RID=23179 Download the original 1.2MB file in the ArtFreaks.com Downloads module at: http://www.artfreaks...55-demi-lovato/ -
Welcome to ArtFreaks.com! You are now a Full Member of the site. Any problems with uploading or whatever, give me a shout!
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Brilliant! I love this!
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Interesting! I've never really thought much about that... I guess pretty much everything in human life is tribal, then. You've got to give your critic credit for his brazenness though! Then again, it's easy for people to insult others online. I suppose they think that the likelihood of getting a punch on the nose from someone on the other side of the country, or the world even, is pretty slim!?!!
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From the album: Some more recent pastel paintings
From a photo of a friend. Sorry.. Not much good..! Anyway, I decided to upload it so at least you can have a good laugh! To be fair, this was a very small painting and I think I can do better when I get home and get back onto some nice big pieces of watercolor paper again..
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