DO PEOPLE STILL USE LIVEJOURNAL FULL

widely selling, popular books like Steal Like an Artist and Big Magic remain popular because they reinforce the easy solution they offer artists: you don't have to do the hard part of inventing and thinking, you just have to sit at your desk going through the physical motions. that is not inspiration, and that is not being creative. it does not mean to basically recreate someone else's art or product. The definition of inspiration means to feel mentally stimulated to be creative. I am so dismayed by how many artists think it's okay to just create their redraw of something that already exists, invoking enough changes to not have a copyright issue while trying to cash in on the intellect of another. If you are an artist, it is your job to be original, to draw from your personal history and experience, and not to create derivative products siphoning off the original ideas of others because you're greedy or lazy or a misguided fan - or at worst, sociopathic. but unoriginal artists are also a serious problem and we should all be furious and relentless about this Someday I'll write a post about that stuff, too.Ģ. I've discovered takedowns on a couple other sites like DHgate and eBay are complicated in their own ways to get set up but equally worthy of doing. To register for takedowns, you now must go to - and it's more challenging to do a take down now. takedowns on alibaba have changed since my previous post the world just trying to make and share my art.ġ. The art that is so personal and so important to me, and is worth defending. It's absolutely unfair, the amount of time and energy required just to protect the things i've made, the art i'm trying to live off of.

DO PEOPLE STILL USE LIVEJOURNAL FULL

The last year of my life has been about defending my copyrights more than ever - literally every day of the year - and it's exhausting and a full time job.

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