Shortly after I joined here, back in 2002, someone had posted an absolutely wonderful color graphic of a whistleplayer, in his auto, playing away amidst the cacaphony of life in the fast lane, all done in intricate details, with traffic, knotted roadways, and the like. It was incredible, and I had it for a time as my screen background, but cannot find it. Anyone remember it? Anyone still have it? I would much appreciate being able to have that as my background again.
edited to ad… or to be able to buy a T-Shirt with that on it!
“Freeway Whistler” used by permission of artist Steve O’Loughlin. The original is oil on canvas 20x20. View more of Steve’s terrific Celtic art at http://www.stevenoloughlin.com/
Thanks, fearfaoin, for the link. What a great place. I’ve always had problems (maybe lack of patience?) in drawing a celtic knot. Your Cari Buziak makes it easy – as well as having some beautiful work.
I don’t know if there is any body in your erea, but you can print your image, then take to sombody(I can’t remember what they are called), And they will put on an iron on. Or somtimes the will even make a custom shirt with your image sewn into the shirt.
Some color printers, like my Epson SP 820, can print on iron-on transfer material. You just print out any (reversed) image and iron it onto a T-shirt.
The Epson material requires a light-colored T, but I found one site http://www.prodistributors.com/inkjet.html advertising a transfer paper that includes a built-in white background.
One would have to get the artist’s permission before doing that. Personally, I think C&F could market those, if he gave permission. I know even I would scrape up $15 for one.
I use it all the time… for my own designs. There is also a paper for dark shirts that works well too, though it isn’t very long lived through washing, etc. But it isn’t Kosher to take his design and print it on a T unless you have his permission. I think I might ask though. I do love that pic!
You can do what you like with the print, but you don’t buy use rights with a $10 print. You buy the print. Courtesy and the law say so. So… even though you could, you shouldn’t.
Because it is illegal (not to mention rude) to reproduce someone’s copyrighted graphic without their permission. That’s why you see the “used by permission” line on the C&F page where it appears. http://www.chiffandfipple.com/kneedriving.html
It gets to be a fine line, but basically, the artist owns the work, no matter what form it appears in, and they have exclusive reproduction rights… (see http://www.bitlaw.com/copyright/scope.html )
Now, the thought is that since you are keeping the T-shirt for yourself, and not selling it, so not making money off the artist’s work, that it’s OK, but it really still does require the artist’s permission.
So - buying a print from the artist - you can do whatever you want with that copy, but you are not allowed to make other copies of it… unless the artist says you may, in writing.
