Let's talk about Pixabay. My experience by frozenstocks, journal
Let's talk about Pixabay. My experience
For anyone who hasn't found about Pixabay it's a free stock photography database that's been garnering attention lately. I wasn't aware of its existence as for my art I either create it all from scratch myself or use paid stock from Fotolia or Shutterstock to avoid restrictions. I was introduced to Pixabay by a friend who praised it for the quality, variety and ease of access, actually called it 'best stock website' since the late sxc.hu. I loved and used sxc stocks frequently in my art in the early days, so Pixabay seemed like a blessing when I heard of it.
So I looked around, was impressed with the quality of some of their stocks and signe
So just what is stock anyway? by skydancer-stock, journal
So just what is stock anyway?
Stock resources are images and resources provided by a photographer, model, commercial or amateur artist, which they may or may not charge for, as obviously there are many many stock companies that manage stock for photographers commercially.
Stock may also be a collaborative and cooperative venture where imagery is placed for the use of other artists to create derivative work from, or for where its not possible or not practical for the artist to work with them face to face.
Stock may also be your own work, photograph or modeling that you use in your own artwork, either as references or as photo collage and manipulation work. Its a very wi
Thank you PirateLotus-Stock! by Cassy-Blue, journal
Thank you PirateLotus-Stock!
Today is PirateLotus-Stock (https://www.deviantart.com/piratelotus-stock) is retiring from being a Stock and Resources community volunteer! Let's all go give Erin some love! She has been an integral part of our community for the past several years through picking dd's, features, and being a part of projects like the Art History Project. She was my CV training person and taught my the ropes of doing the cv stuff which was totally awesome.Once again If I could I would shove Erin's entire gallery into this, but I can't so here's some of my favorite stocks in her gallery!
:heart: Thank you PirateLotus-Stock (https://www.deviantart.com/piratelotus-stock) :heart:
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“Art Theft” and “Plagiarism” are now common ways to say that someone has copied something from your creative work. Many on DeviantArt consider any taking from an artwork to be “art theft” whether or not as a technical, legal matter the theft fits into another category of behavior as well such as copyright infringement. Whatever term is used, it certainly feels like stealing.
“Art Theft” as a crime involves physically taking, stealing, a physical artwork, which c
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Copyright laws are a set of defined rights given to artists by the government. Copyright turns everything an artist makes, as they make it, into a protected form of property assuming what is being made is original to the artist. Copyrights protect a specific expression of an idea or concept but copyright does not protect ideas.
Copyright law protects artists from copying. That seems pretty obvious. But it’s much more than that. Copyright is made up of a group or a bundle of separate powerful exclusive
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Just because your work appears on the Internet does not mean you have given it away. Access should not be confused with ownership. You still hold the rights and can exercise control over your work. The realities of the Internet may make it seem like a futile task. Not true.
There are a number of measures you can use to protect your rights in the digital space. These options range from the simple to the sophisticated. Some cost money, but a great deal are free. It is helpful, when you are weighing the various
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We start with the idea that pretty much everything you use in a creative work that doesn’t come originally from you and that comes from someone else must be used with the permission of the original owner.
Every time you use someone else’s work with their permission, it comes with a license. Stock, even free stock, clearly falls into the category of creative content that is licensed. The same is true when someone uses your work with your permission even if it isn’t stock. The license is frequ
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How would you feel if someone defaced, mutilated, destroyed or simply threw out your art? How would you feel if someone displayed your artwork but put their name or someone else’s name as the artist? Would you feel a piece of yourself was destroyed also?
Moral Rights protect against art destruction, art misrepresentation and false credit. Copyright law protects the economic interests of the artist and follows the work, not the artist. Moral rights protect the artist’s personal interests in and for