Nichollsj85 wrote:
> This is a thought that has been bugging me for a while now:
>
> If one does ones own art, but uses another picture as a reference or
> copies the particular stance or what ever - is that acceptable, or has
> the other artists work been stolen?
>
> Oppinions would be appreciated.
NOTE - The following is just my opinion...
I use a lot of photo reference in my own art. In more than one instance I ended up
using the same reference other artists have used and have been accused of
'copying' them (it seems Terry Smith and I have some of the same PlayBoy books
although it was one of her fans that accused me)
I don't believe you can 'copyright' a pose. If you are using a magazine image for a
pose but change it by adding fur and an animal's head that should be ok so long as
you are not reproducing the photo in every detail as is. Then you would be
infringing on the copyright of the photographer for reproducing his/her composition.
If you see that another artist has created a piece you like and want to use their
pose, I would ask permission first (legal or not, it's common courtasy), then take the
pose from another angle so it becomes unique. If you happen to have the same
photo that that artist used and you work from that photo and not their art, I don't
think you would need their permission.
If the other artist has a composition of several characters intermingling and you
decide to use all the poses in the same formation then I would say you would be
infringing on their copyrighted image as you would not just be using a pose but a
complete composition they created.
Yah, it's all grey to me so I try and have my friends pose for me whenever possible.
It saves a lot of hassle :)
Wookiee's two cents
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Received on Tue Feb 22 2005 - 13:09:18 CST