Friday, October 07, 2005
Photomanipulator
For those of you that don't know, I am a bit of a Photoshop addict. I spend maybe 20 hours a week on Photoshop a week, taking bits of pictures and putting them together with other pictures to make whole new pictures. :)
That's the reason I wanted to go to Floriade and went so mad with the photos. It is much easier, from a copyright and permissions point of view, to make photomanipulations using either free photos or photos that you own in the first place. And for some bizarre reason, I tend to do lots of manipulations with a strong childlike fantasy element. Even though I have a strong contempt for adults that decorate their houses in pictures of fairies and princesses and unicorns, that (the fairies at least) is mostly what I make! I know it's hypocritical, but there it is...
For example, here's a pic I did using one of the Floriade photos that I took last weekend:
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The reason that I am so conscientious about copyright is that I actually bought myself a print account at deviantART and am trying to sell my art. So far I hae sold one picture (not counting the ones I bought at cost as gifts) for a total profit of $7. Woo, go me! I'll be paying off the mortgage in no time...
Uh huh.
That's the reason I wanted to go to Floriade and went so mad with the photos. It is much easier, from a copyright and permissions point of view, to make photomanipulations using either free photos or photos that you own in the first place. And for some bizarre reason, I tend to do lots of manipulations with a strong childlike fantasy element. Even though I have a strong contempt for adults that decorate their houses in pictures of fairies and princesses and unicorns, that (the fairies at least) is mostly what I make! I know it's hypocritical, but there it is...
For example, here's a pic I did using one of the Floriade photos that I took last weekend:
(Larger image here)The reason that I am so conscientious about copyright is that I actually bought myself a print account at deviantART and am trying to sell my art. So far I hae sold one picture (not counting the ones I bought at cost as gifts) for a total profit of $7. Woo, go me! I'll be paying off the mortgage in no time...
Uh huh.
// posted by Cass @ 5:45 PM 
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First sale !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats man. Bet you got a buzz out of that.
Awesome pic. Where did the faerie come from? Is that a copyright image too? Or a cass made fairy from scratch.
Heh - unicorn pictures. As long as your fairies are sometimes evil, and they avoid pastels or pinks then they're ok by me.
Congrats man. Bet you got a buzz out of that.
Awesome pic. Where did the faerie come from? Is that a copyright image too? Or a cass made fairy from scratch.
Heh - unicorn pictures. As long as your fairies are sometimes evil, and they avoid pastels or pinks then they're ok by me.
The wings are from www.sxc.hu, which is a site that has free to use stock. The girl is a stock owner on deviantART. She lets people make prints of her stock on the condition that they send her a copy. That's what I meant about the whole buying prints for people as gifts thing. :)
PS I've never done a picture of a unicorn. I've done a pegasus and a gryphon and a hippogryph, but not a unicorn. I did consider it once but couldn't find a pic of a horse that I'd have wanted to use.
Ah so its 100% legit. Even better. I have sold maybe three things in my life to nerd mags. But the high I got from that was worth far more than the money.
In fact I spent the money from the first sale framing a copy of the cheque they sent me. How lame is that?
Hippogryph eh? That'd I'd like to see.
In fact I spent the money from the first sale framing a copy of the cheque they sent me. How lame is that?
Hippogryph eh? That'd I'd like to see.
Yup. I wouldn't want to get sued because I made $7 off someone else's work without permission. Really really not worth it!
The hippogryph is here. The forelegs were far and away the hardest part!
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The hippogryph is here. The forelegs were far and away the hardest part!
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