If you like something enough that you would want to create a "likeness", then I'm not going to wig out about it. I still don't understand how that works.accidental downloading of something you found online, and making a conscious act to use it for your own profits?! I think not!Īs far as tracing, there's a difference between a child tracing and an adult tracing. It was so surprising, and when they were caught, they made it seem like it was an innocent accident. I've actually caught someone using someone else's artwork on eBay, using their work to make faces for watches sold for $14.99 a piece. There are way too many jerks out there that take full advantage of un-watermarked art and sell it off as their own. I personally don't like to watermark my work, but it's a necessary evil. I trust people in the art community and there are certain things, like style and talent, you simply cannot steal. And people always ask me for permission to use my art for personal purposes. If someone steals my work, claims to be their own, or use it for commercial purposes without my consent, I will take action against that behavior.īut so far, I haven't had any situation known to me.
There is no 100% guarantee that your art stays safe once it's online. This is a quick and easy way for people to look me up if they are interested in my work and want to see more.Īnything you post online, with or without watermark, if someone wants to steal it or trace it or claim as their own, they will do it. I only watermark my work by putting my signature and URL at the bottom of my pieces I upload online. In a high speed information world we are in, your work could be blogged and tweeted so many times before you know. Q Why do you/don't you watermark your work? Do you feel it helps prevent art theft? People tracing your work? Or claiming it as their own? Specifically, those which are found on deviantART. Usually I'd ask for peoples work without watermarks because it distort the vector art shown however, due to the nature of the article, I thought it would be appropriate to see some watermarked work. So I wanted to gather the opinions of others for today's article to see what their views are on watermarking.
This can be to assert your identity onto the piece and it can be there to help prevent it's misuse. Watermarking is when you imprint your name onto a piece of work. However we don't live in a perfect world and we have to take measures to prevent such activities from happening to the work we've spent hours, days and sometimes weeks and months creating. In a perfect world, we could post our artwork online without people misusing it or even claiming it as their own. Should you watermark your work to prevent misuse? Let's read on to find out. We'll consider the opinions of those who use them in their work. In Today's article we look at watermarking your artwork.
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