You don’t need to leave based on one person’s opinion. Many have opinions, do your thing and let those who want to support you do so.
You don’t need to leave based on one person’s opinion. Many have opinions, do your thing and let those who want to support you do so.
I see what happened now. Were you following and viewing her work? If so, would it be fair to say you knew she wasn't taking credit for the portrait? It was painfully obvious the art was added on top of an existing image but in this case, I don't think I ever saw her try to take credit for anything other than her additions. She wasn't trying to pass these off as created from scratch, which is something the real art fraudsters often attempt. At the same time it is customary to provide sources when doing this kind of work for profit, in most cases. There must be some happy middle ground stuff here somewhere?
Yes I was fully aware that the art was about taking existing things and making something new with them. I was not deceived in the slightest. I don’t feel she ever was implying anything else.
Yes to make it all kosher a source to the original image would be best as she is profiting from it, but I feel this is not plagiarism and I have no issue continuing to support her works.
Art is complex and individuals who keep trying to make it black and white or a blanket for all things are just wrong imo. To me this has to be taken case by case basis. If someone is tracing others works and not adding anything and then passing it off as their own, fine.. but that is not what is happening here and I disagree with Jaguars conclusions as well as his technique here.
If some of those originals came with the fine print stating they cannot be altered or reproduced, that's not good. There are plenty of fair use sources and even some photographers here would most likely allow her to have some fun. This doesn't have to be the end and this sucks because her blog here was just starting to take off.
These productions of hers aren't just simple push button filters. I see idiots all the time take a photo, apply a filter, then say,"I painted this." And they use those cheap filters everyone has on their phones and laptops. Those people can screw off with their feebleminded attempts at being an "artist."
Yup.
Thats the standard, default, automatically granted copyright under the Berne convention that every artistic creation, like a photograph, has, unless a more permissive licence like CC is explicitly expressed to cover the work. You cannot make derivative works of copyrighted works, without permission from the author, much less for profit, and much less without even crediting the original work. It is just wrong from every possible perspective.
Like you say, there are many images under Creative Commons licenses that she can use with no problem whatsoever. Also, you say it was evident to you that her works are not from scratch and that she was taking credit for the transformations, that is not the case, if you dont credit the original work, you are implicitly taking credit for the whole, just like if you write something and cite nothing. Moreover, if what she wants to take credit for is the transformations, then the audience needs to see the original image in the post, to see what exactly that transformation consists in, dont you think?
or how can you assess the transformation without seeing the original?
I'm aware. Assume copyright. That's the industry standard. Much of that exists to protect the work of the starving artist, so they don't have to lawyer up and fight corporate thieves.
You're right about providing sources. I can't argue this. Getting permission from the original creator is sometimes as easy as sending an email, if that's a requirement. She failed to follow standard practices.
This artform is welcome here but it does come with a lot of loose ends that need to be tied up before it can be published. It would be wrong to give some artists special treatment and let a few things slide. Fairness in a world that seems so unfair, right?
you still dont understand how a validation driven solipsistic mind works, apparently.
I understand how free will works and I also understand you aren’t the law here. Maybe kitty needs to have their claws trimmed as they are getting a bit out of hand. 🙂 Feel free to DM me, I as told you repeatedly, but this isn’t a game you want to play with me.