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Dreamspirit In reply to Catharsisky [2004-11-26 23:45:08 +0000 UTC]

Only one lays overtop the image. Artists do as they must to protect their art from unauthorized reproduction, but as this is simply a sketch, well. ^_~

Glad you like the flow though. ^_^

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Catharsisky In reply to Dreamspirit [2004-11-27 00:16:24 +0000 UTC]

it doesn't matter where it is if its still in the picture, you should know that as an artist, people see entire pictures and can't seperate individual bits, and all that writing is leading the eye in the wrong direction and turning it into somthing elce.

I understand you feel you need some sort of way of stoping it being stolen but you don't need that much.. Personally it's never somthing i felt keen on, I never really needed credit for anything, people can steal it if they want, it'll mean it's getting out there, but I totally understand other people's desire to hold onto ownership of somthing they are proud of.

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Dreamspirit In reply to Catharsisky [2004-11-27 02:44:38 +0000 UTC]

Well, if you look at most of my other pieces, there's not as much writing:

https://www.deviantart.com/view/11657562/

This one is just tiny, and had my real signature and title of the piece already on it. ^_~ I sell a lot of art as it is (commission, originals, the whole deal) and have never had a problem with major theft issues since I started using more prominant watermarks.

Each to his or her own, I suppose, but since people online get to see my artwork free of charge, and because I've had issues in the past that ended up involving lawyers (which cost me money: imagine, a lack of watermarking my own work online led me to spending money out of pocket), it's the only way I feel comfortable displaying my artwork online at the present time. Now I keep my name and website in a readable area in a corner, and a watermark over the image itself. It's not perfect protection, but if it makes me comfortable, it's very, very worth it.

Hope that explaination helps.

-Kymba

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Catharsisky In reply to Dreamspirit [2004-11-27 14:54:32 +0000 UTC]

That kind of thing like what you linked me too is much better, it doesn't take from the image at all.

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Dreamspirit In reply to Meliss [2004-11-26 22:11:53 +0000 UTC]

It's on a kind of sandy-colored paper. The grain and color are the actual paper (and I simply ADORE toned paper like this! I should use it more often!)

Thanks for the comment!

-Kymba

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Meliss In reply to Dreamspirit [2004-11-28 15:21:45 +0000 UTC]

Cool I think the color tone looks great! You're quite welcome!

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Dreamspirit In reply to shadeofnight [2004-11-26 22:11:01 +0000 UTC]

Actually, on this one I didn't really reference from photos, I did, however, try to locate a photo of a person's face in that position without any luck. I definitely need to get back to looking up anatomicaly references in my horses and humans, though (my lack of knowledge shows!).

Thanks for the comments!

-Kymba

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