Photo Shop

Hobby of mine to google stuff and blend it all together. Is there any kind of job out there for stuff like this?

[The_Glamour_Spot]

Don't know about today, but in the 70's you'd a made a killing on Rock Groups LP covers...Nazareth to name one, would have eaten these up...sans the bare breast obviously...

Think I just dated myself...

[BigTime]

Shipwreck,
I think there is, but I don't know where.
A local Calgary photographer does the same thing, and he creates some quite surreal looking images.
Fine art or goth fans might want to hang it on their wall, but yes the 70's LP covers do come to mind as previously stated.
I love the smoking devil chick with the large demons myself, very cool.
Keep it up, I'd love to see more.
Check out Frederick's page. He calls his images "fine art" so perhaps that's the market they fit into. Editions By Frederick
Take care,
Craig

[BigTime]

Oops, forgot to post one of my own.
Fair's fair, right?


Here's my attempt at some photoshopping. I used the Flood filter, it's very cool.

[n5wd]

Mark,

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Hobby of mine to google stuff and blend it all together. Is there any kind of job out there for stuff like this?

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Yeah, there is.. it's called 'commercial artist' or 'fantasy artist'. Lotsa folks doing the sci-fantasy thing.

But, lemme ask you a question.. when you "Goggle" an image to work with, do you ask permission of the copyright holder before you use or post the image publicly?

If not, you really should consider doing so, since 'appropriating' someone else's intellectual property isn't cool unless you (a) have their permission or (b) understand the very limited provisions of the 'fair use' concept and are a educational institution, journalist, or academic doing research.

Welcome to GG - not too many members from Guam!

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Mark,

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Hobby of mine to google stuff and blend it all together. Is there any kind of job out there for stuff like this?

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Yeah, there is.. it's called 'commercial artist' or 'fantasy artist'. Lotsa folks doing the sci-fantasy thing.

But, lemme ask you a question.. when you "Goggle" an image to work with, do you ask permission of the copyright holder before you use or post the image publicly?

If not, you really should consider doing so, since 'appropriating' someone else's intellectual property isn't cool unless you (a) have their permission or (b) understand the very limited provisions of the 'fair use' concept and are a educational institution, journalist, or academic doing research.

Welcome to GG - not too many members from Guam!


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You know, I've never even thought of that. I need to learn more about that before I get into trouble. How do you tell if it is copyrighted? Like if there are no circled C's and such...

[n5wd]

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How do you tell if it is copyrighted? Like if there are no circled C's and such...

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According to the Berne Convention, which is the international treaty that sets up the basis for copyright laws amongst all of the signatory nations (and that includes just about every nation in the world, now), an intellectual property (such as a song, a photograph, a play, etc.) is copyrighted at the moment it is created! And, that copyright extends for the lifetime of the creator, plus 75 years.

So, it is safer to assume that EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET is copyrighted by someone than to assume that it's not (since most of the work you're using was created sometime within the last 75 years, right?).

Putting the copyright mark on the work is an added protection for the creator - that's why I always do it on my images that are destined for publication on the web - but it is not necessary in order to be protected by the copyright laws. And, neither is registration of the work with the appropriate copyright catalog... which, in the United States is the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.

In fact, there is a heap of information that teaches about what copyright is, and isn't, on the Library of Congress's web site...

Copyright Questions and Answers from the Library of Congress

Hope that helps a bit! And, again, thanks for asking!

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