Comments on: Inspiration vs. Mimicking http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/ Whimsical fashion photographer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jake Garn http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-9775 Jake Garn Wed, 13 Apr 2011 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-9775 Kay, I'm not a lawyer so I can't really comment on the legality of your question but in my opinion if your reference material is in an anatomy book for artists and you use the images as a reference for your art then it sounds like you're using the book exactly what it was intended for. But that's just me. However, you may want to consider talking to art colleges nearby and asking for references for models they use in live drawing classes, you may be able to find your own models to photograph and use as a reference. That way there would be no question at all! Jake Kay,
I’m not a lawyer so I can’t really comment on the legality of your question but in my opinion if your reference material is in an anatomy book for artists and you use the images as a reference for your art then it sounds like you’re using the book exactly what it was intended for. But that’s just me.

However, you may want to consider talking to art colleges nearby and asking for references for models they use in live drawing classes, you may be able to find your own models to photograph and use as a reference. That way there would be no question at all!

Jake

]]> By: Kay Potts http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-9770 Kay Potts Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-9770 I am a middle-aged, fairly established sculptor and have recently begun drawing nudes again. First as references for my sculpting and now more for the fun of drawing them. I enjoy extreme poses (physically challenging for the model to hold) and am struggling to find (& afford) models who can take the poses. I recently ran across an artist's anatomy book and a Yoga book with amazing photographs in them. I itch to draw them, but these would be works that would be included in exhibitions and I am unsure about copyright. I have no wish to infringe on another artist's work. I would be using the poses in a composition and doing the drawings in an different media. Whilst Googling the ethics of drawing from photographs, I found your blog. Can you direct me to any legal resources or give me advice on reproducing these photographs, albeit slightly differently in my own hand and medium? I know you said it is fine in the 'mimic' stage of your career. But, I feel that if I put them on exhibition and for sale it goes a bit beyond that. These are particularly fine specimens of models and poses, presented in textbook formats. I would really like to include them in my works, but not to the point of blatant plagiarism. Any thoughts or advice would be most welcome. Thank you, Kay South Africa I am a middle-aged, fairly established sculptor and have recently begun drawing nudes again. First as references for my sculpting and now more for the fun of drawing them. I enjoy extreme poses (physically challenging for the model to hold) and am struggling to find (& afford) models who can take the poses.

I recently ran across an artist’s anatomy book and a Yoga book with amazing photographs in them. I itch to draw them, but these would be works that would be included in exhibitions and I am unsure about copyright. I have no wish to infringe on another artist’s work. I would be using the poses in a composition and doing the drawings in an different media.

Whilst Googling the ethics of drawing from photographs, I found your blog. Can you direct me to any legal resources or give me advice on reproducing these photographs, albeit slightly differently in my own hand and medium?

I know you said it is fine in the ‘mimic’ stage of your career. But, I feel that if I put them on exhibition and for sale it goes a bit beyond that. These are particularly fine specimens of models and poses, presented in textbook formats. I would really like to include them in my works, but not to the point of blatant plagiarism.

Any thoughts or advice would be most welcome.

Thank you,
Kay
South Africa

]]> By: Britney Brown http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-8290 Britney Brown Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:08:26 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-8290 As one of those design school kids that could never quite land on a "love" I've been bouncing around the areas of art and design since before I can remember. This post just reminded me that whether I'm studying Landscape Architecture, Fashion Design, or figuring out how a damn strobe light works with my new camera, the principles of design are all the same -- its all in the tools you use to express what you have to say. My mom has told me, since I was very young that you can teach anyone to use a tool, but that you can't teach someone how to see something fantastic and thus create good design/art/awesomeness. They're born with that. P.S. In the last 24 hours, I've read every one of your blogs...keep rockin' it for us readers out here :) As one of those design school kids that could never quite land on a “love” I’ve been bouncing around the areas of art and design since before I can remember. This post just reminded me that whether I’m studying Landscape Architecture, Fashion Design, or figuring out how a damn strobe light works with my new camera, the principles of design are all the same — its all in the tools you use to express what you have to say.

My mom has told me, since I was very young that you can teach anyone to use a tool, but that you can’t teach someone how to see something fantastic and thus create good design/art/awesomeness. They’re born with that.

P.S. In the last 24 hours, I’ve read every one of your blogs…keep rockin’ it for us readers out here :)

]]> By: Rebecka http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-5087 Rebecka Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-5087 That's awesome advice, Thanks Jake! That’s awesome advice, Thanks Jake!

]]> By: Jake Garn http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-5081 Jake Garn Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:54:44 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-5081 Becka - I love this statement you made, "...To the untrained eye my work is amazing, to me it’s very bland and unprofessional." I love it because that thought NEVER goes away! To a certain extent the better you become the more flaws you discover... to me, you making that statement about your work tells me you are on the right path. You realize you can get better, if you stop realizing that then you've plateaued... and that sucks! Keep on shooting! Becka – I love this statement you made, “…To the untrained eye my work is amazing, to me it’s very bland and unprofessional.”

I love it because that thought NEVER goes away! To a certain extent the better you become the more flaws you discover… to me, you making that statement about your work tells me you are on the right path. You realize you can get better, if you stop realizing that then you’ve plateaued… and that sucks!

Keep on shooting!

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]]> By: Becka http://www.jakegarn.com/inspiration-vs-mimicking/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 Becka Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:08:54 +0000 http://www.jakegarn.com/?p=3664#comment-5017 Great post, I feel like I'm in the mimic phase in my career. I am just a student after all. You get so worked up in the technical aspect that the creative part gets a little overwhelming. That being said, I have a hard time putting my name on any of my images right now because I feel like such a poser, but I do it on occasion. Friends ask for a blog because they want to refer me so I put one up, but I don't feel so great about it. To the untrained eye my work is amazing, to me it's very bland and unprofessional. Great post, I feel like I’m in the mimic phase in my career. I am just a student after all. You get so worked up in the technical aspect that the creative part gets a little overwhelming. That being said, I have a hard time putting my name on any of my images right now because I feel like such a poser, but I do it on occasion. Friends ask for a blog because they want to refer me so I put one up, but I don’t feel so great about it. To the untrained eye my work is amazing, to me it’s very bland and unprofessional.

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