I see your one bird and raise you a 100 birds.
I love this. It's so lovelyyy and cute.. waaaaghh..
I wish I had the patience for pixel art because it always looks so cool.
Yeah I agree too, popular games is the best theme. And I know I said I won't worry about it but then I did... We'll find a printer! It'll all be good (sorry for starting drama if I did) ;O; So many other artists sell fan art why can't we.
omg when is this thread being made. I am dying of anticipation. xD
Why not get Ka-blam.com to print? I always thought their prices seemed the most reasonable out of allprinters I've come across.
Oh nooooo.. I just realized they can no longer print hardcovers right now.. Q____Q
Can we still get a paperback made, I suppose, but that's totally not the same as a BOOK book..
(I am going to softly cry now because I though maybe in some vague future time, I would make an artbook for myself and get it printed from Ka-blam. xD)
Welp, I hope you guys can figure this out. As for the copyrights thing being an issue.. Yes, that is always a sticky one.
I think maybe if we had a very strong theme going, it could help. Something like:
"artists' commentary on how videogames transformed their world" or something like that.
I think if for example, we depicted ourselves in the role of the main characters we play as, or some kind of self-insert work, that would count more towards fair use and transformative work. Penny Arcade and other gaming webcomics sure as heck profit from their works despite the 3rd party intellectual property involved, but because it has some kind of message, critique, or deconstruction of the game or industry, it gets a pass under fair use. A small blurb explaining the image / as an artists statement could add to that.
Even sections of:
- My introduction to videogames
- Why I love games
- Those tired limitations and tropes
- The glitches that grew on me
- My vision of a perfect game / the future
Can really tie the book together thematically? Plus engage the reader as well to expand on that. I'd love to see some kind of artbook epilogue or something where others can contribute to each "section"with their own art (maybe in website/blog form?).
And it kind of goes with the theme that while GAF is not only a site that celebrates videogames and the videogame industry, it also criticizes and deconstructs it, and does it as a community.
I think we become a bigger target for trouble if it's just a book full of "pretty/cool fan artwork".
(I think that's how it works anyway. Someone else may correct me if I'm wrong!
My musings are partially based on what I read from here:
http://jomosthompson.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/does-fan-art-violate-copyright/ )
This is my first time in this thread, I started art a year or so ago, and then dropped it completely due to some other factors.
I started it back recently on and off since around summer last year, but not much of my work is actually "showmanship" worthy.
I did a few pieces recently however by requests of a few friends:
None of them are any good, so please don't be so harsh on how much I suck. I'm aware, haha.
Yessss~~! You are posting~! <3
That croc is even cuter than I remember!
Is that any particular character? I feel like it might be from an anime I have never watched, but all them school girl uniform designs all kind of blur together for me anyway. xD
Like I said, I think you are pretty good for someone that's only really picked up drawing since a year ago! And it doesn't really matter if they are showmanship quality or not. Just the process of creating and having something concrete even if it's a scribble is awesome.
