Darkjedi

I play, but I keep my fun on Icecrown.

Sucks, too... because I have several thousand I don't need. I'm in an endgame guild in full purples (tier 3 - 4) and can make 250 per day easy just doing dailies.

That is... if, um... I played WOW... um... *hides*

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....why should a piece of art paid for be any different?

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There are levels of purchase in the art world. Just because someone pays for a piece doesn't mean it's theirs to do anything they want with it. Many of the limitations are unspoken, but a good example is 'don't make prints of it'.

If a commissioner wants total, unfettered ownership of a piece, the artist is usually paid more (sometimes several times their usual rate)... but they lose all control over the image. In fact, most graphic artists do their work 'for hire' and don't have any say once they turn over the piece. Movie posters are a good example; the studio owns the image and can (and will) reproduce it as many times as they want for years to come regardless of the artist's interests.

Since your piece probably wasn't work for hire (higher pay, artist loses rights, you intend to make prints or whatever), the artist can probably make a case for limiting your use of the image.

If the artist is still being a jerk, you should email them and tell him/her that you're no longer interested in the piece, you've deleted all copies, and you want your money back. Once you take a stance and ask for a refund, they'll probably relent.

He/she is shooting themselves in to foot if they don't allow you to post a piece. After all, if a customer is happy and wants to show off some work and brag about you, what better way to get your name spread around? He/she should just sign the piece, add their email and website, and watch word-of-mouth do the advertising for him.

Is the artist stating why they don't want it shown? Maybe there's more to the story.

The bottom line is, once it's on the internet, there's no practical way for the artist to stop the piece from getting around - unless they asked you to not post it beforehand, in which case they might have a case.

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I'm heading off to work in a sec... but is there a double booking for a red-light piece for Kursed with Brandon and BattleWraithe?

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On the page, there is only Battlewraithe pending for the Dark Kerse Red-light piece. It is the very last piece listed on the page. I'm still waiting for a number of pieces to be claimed and for a good number of references. ddgryphon {at} gmail {dot} com

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Ddgryphon, is that list yours? If so, I did the NSFW 'Tanks 4D Memories' one. It can be listed as Done.

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WTF is AoC?

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Age Of Conan.

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I've seen some things skate really close to porn and still be acceptable. Well I think this piece is sexy alone but i'm sure the other one is smokin!!

Again, great piece!

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The variants are the same at this one, minus the purple underwear. I did one without the bra, and one without bra or panties. I'm not sure how to deal with variant images on something like this in regards to DA, so I'm gonna let DarkEther post it and see how it goes.

Meanwhile... back to DC work...

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Here's my piece of DarkEther's "Tanks 4D Memories". I was from the 'exotics' list, so this piece is a bit racier than many. It's probably a bit NSFW.

I KNOW the private versions sent to DarkEther certainly are... /wink wink

Tanks 4D Memories in - "Nobody rips MY costume!"

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lol wow thats awesome Doug!!

I love the concept too! was that your idea or Ethers?

Either way, i wanna see the other version

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I asked DarkEther if he wanted her to be sexy, or looking more agressive. He said something along the lines of her being mad her costume was ripped by a villain... and it just fell into place.

As far as seeing the others, ask DarkEther. It's his call who he wants th share them with.

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Oooh lmao, i thought you were kidding about that!

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I've PMed DJ to check on if he thinks these are okay for DA - if so, I'll post them there as soon as I can.

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Go for it =)

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Here's my piece of DarkEther's "Tanks 4D Memories". I was from the 'exotics' list, so this piece is a bit racier than many. It's probably a bit NSFW.

I KNOW the private versions sent to DarkEther certainly are... /wink wink

Tanks 4D Memories in - "Nobody rips MY costume!"

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lol wow thats awesome Doug!!

I love the concept too! was that your idea or Ethers?

Either way, i wanna see the other version

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I asked DarkEther if he wanted her to be sexy, or looking more agressive. He said something along the lines of her being mad her costume was ripped by a villain... and it just fell into place.

As far as seeing the others, ask DarkEther. It's his call who he wants th share them with.

Here's my piece of DarkEther's "Tanks 4D Memories". I was from the 'exotics' list, so this piece is a bit racier than many. It's probably a bit NSFW.

I KNOW the private versions sent to DarkEther certainly are... /wink wink

Tanks 4D Memories in - "Nobody rips MY costume!"

Something happened overnight, and my old formatting is back.

Whew!

Maybe there was just a bug on my page, but it's all familiar and happy now. I can rest easy.

Oh man... I hate it! I can't find anything, my gallery isn't showing, my friends list is minimized... ugh!

I'll be in my bunk...

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I was Reading "Shuler For Dummies" but it's a little over my head....

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LOL, you crack me up. Maybe I need to run online classes or something.

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Yeah, the tutorials look pretty sweet. What would really help me though is some solid 3D figures..... or a recomendation on a good entry level program for creating figures. My Carrara experiment is proving more dfficult than I anticipated.

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I looked over the book about creating Poser figures and thought it would be easier to just solve world hunger. Prolly take less time, too.

I've figured out how to model static figures and parent them to base models, but anything that's supposed to conform is out of my league. Thus, my heavy reliance on post-work.

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Wassy has taken on the Ms Frost one (Thanks again, Wassy!!). The other of mine should be of Tanks 4D Memories, not Dark Ether - they didn't update that one after I decided who to get.

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If no one has claimed Tanks 4D Memories, I'll take her. Send me the latest references.

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...I think she may of got her piece from this though... Not sure but this was done for her Feral Kitty a while back in April of 2007. *shrug*

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OK, I remember that piece. If she has hers, then I'll choose another.

I'll have to check out what products they offer. I'll pop over there tonight.

I sent a PM to Katfood for info, so I could possibly tackle Feral Kitty. No response just yet. Does anyone know Katfood's current status?

If he/she/it isn't around anymore, let me know and I'll pick another.

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I made my commission privately not publicly and I don't appreciate the private queue list being posted. Allow me to decide when or if I give up on MMOART.

Thank you

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Apologies if your commission with MMOArt was private. They should not have listed you on the internet if you didn't want it known.

You've done the correct thing in letting us know you don't want to participate, and that's completely cool. We're not here to force art on anyone... just help those that have become disillusioned.

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Do we have a running tally of who is done and spoken for?

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I need to see a tally as well, so I can pick someone.

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Hehehe kinda funny how the NSFW list is getting the 'most' attention ...

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In my case, that's where most of the people are that I recognize.

Many on the other lists aren't familiar to me. In fact, some might not even be COH people (I know he did a lot of WOW stuff too).

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I was actually gonna have one of them be .... uhh....uhmm.... NSFW. ...

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D'OH! I was gonna grab one of your pieces, but two others have already offered. Besides, you already have a Ms. Frost from our earlier dealings.

Is Feral Kitty still around? Maybe I can take that one.

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Suuuuuure, now anything I do can only be thought of as "Sigh, this could have been from DJ..."

=P

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Eeks! Well, that wasn't my intent. Sorry =)

I won't discuss my options until I know whom I'm gonna render. Sorry Wassy.

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D'OH! I was gonna grab one of your pieces, but two others have already offered. Besides, you already have a Ms. Frost from our earlier dealings.

Is Feral Kitty still around? Maybe I can take that one.

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Technoviking by who?

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Technoviking started the original MMOart thread, and Slavedawg has volunteered to pick him up. I don't know what character/name he is on the list you posted above.

IF you're on TA's list, and IF you got shorted a commission from MMOart, please put references to your character in your signature. I don't want to PM a bunch of people for references to pick one, and then have a bunch of excited people get mad when I can only pull off a couple peices. If you have references in your signature, it's easy for an artist to pick people as they get time.

Soul Train and Technoviking are already claimed, correct? Who else is already covered?