RodBarker
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 p.1 #5 · STOP stealing others artwork! | |
Hmmmm , where to begin !
First of all I dont like being called a thief and I guarentee you that you would not call me one to my face so please try and reframe from it here when you only know half a story.
What I have done is completely legal and is open for argument , it is the grey area of copywrite that falls somewhere in the middle of fair use and freedom of speech and freedom of artistic interpretation , with the digital age the courts are finding out what artists have always known , the creative process of any art piece in history was a stolen idea or resource and passed under the hand and mind of the artist to emerge as a unique creation of its own , Tiger Woods lost a copywrite court case on this very issue concerning a smudge painting that was mass produced and sold , he lost because the finished article was deemed an art piece of its own .
What art work did I steal , what percent of the finished composition is yours
what percent is mine ? and where is the transformation from one to the other occur
Is my end resulting art piece carried by your small part of the whole ?
Or is the end resulting image carried by its own merit as a piece of art and is therefor a legal entity of its own standing ?
I understand your claim that I just smear pixels is ment to be belittling , but if you would like to do what I do just to show everybody how easy and common it is Im all eyes .
The piece in question was an art exercise in lighting and learning , when I do an image like this its low res never sold or printed , its just a no gain excise in art , I never tried to hide anything like a thief surely would , I showed what bricks I used in building the house I had in mind and it was a fun exercise not a profit making one .
You make this sound like Im selling close up calenders of your friends image at the local market ,,,,,
This is how my artpiece in question came about , when Im bored I will play a little game where I do crazy random word searches for images in google and quickly flick through the thumbnails and select a group of random images that caught my eye then I get my daughter to pick a group out of them , then I will try and build something out of them , most get thrown in the doodle bin some like Dog The Bounty Hunter I post on this board for the sake of art , its not about ripping anybody off no body is selling anything here .
When I sell an image it is a framed comissioned portrait that I photograph , these are what I have posted 99.9% of the time on the board , Im surprised that some people are brought to tears over something thats just a smeary photograph .
I will continue to do what I do and I consider myself an artist , I know when my work is not enough developed by my mind and my hand , I know that I can use an unknown random little boy in boots or a garden gnome in its place and still create an art piece that the end result is my creation , everything in this world is derived from something , the point is when does the clay become a brick become a house , my art is never a mere copy of somebodys elses work , and I will glady champion that point anywhere you like , you can tell the judge Im a thief and I will show the judge Im an artist !
Your friend takes great photographs Im glad you posted his gallery which I havent seen before , very nice work .
Before I fininsh , somebody asked how would I like my stuff being used by others , go for it I would be happy for you to create art out of anything Ive had a hand in , just make it stand on its own and be off good taste and you wont here peep out of me , on the contrary I will be flattered to be chosen to be part of the process .
Rod
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