RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

I never thought it would come to this, but I think it's time I revealed the truth.

I know what you're thinking; "I thought she'd be a Team Jacob sort of girl!" and you'd be right! ...that is if I read those books at all and was able to take a side...

Still. All of those years of me hating vampires...their emo qualities, the fact that they are parasites, no one can seem to agree on what actually kills them, and now their newfound sparkly features...I was lying to myself. I had no idea that I was pushing away that which I truly loved because I was too afraid to understand what I was feeling!

So now, it seems, it is time I come to terms with my inner Fangbanger and admit it: Vampires are the shit. Besides, even if Edward sparkles...so what??? So do many good things like...nickels! And mica! It's good to be a vampire! Not only do you get to live for freakin-ever, but you SHINE in the sun without the use of tanning oil! (So what if the sun burns and destroys other vampires...minor detail)

AND the number one reason to be Team Edward:

You get to play baseball games in thunderstorms with your overpowered friends. ENOUGH SAID! I am sold!


Back to eating my waffles now. (My CSS is all funkified..wonder why? la la la la)

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

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RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

I realize saying things like this is usually in bad taste, but I'm just not sure what to make of it. I do not know who moderated this report ticket, but perhaps if someone out there does know they can help me out a little.

So. Yesterday I found a deviation that used my stock without crediting or notifying. I submitted a report ticket because quite frankly, I try to avoid dealing with art thieves for fear that I may catch what they have, and received this in response:

"Your My Work Used Violation Report on -omitted- was reviewed by a member of the staff and action was taken, marking the report as Invalid.

Additionally, the following comment was provided:

A member of staff has reviewed this report and found that the concern expressed was valid but required only that the Artist's Comment area be edited.

No action was taken beyond this minor change. The report was marked "Invalid" due to the minor correction required.

Please click here for more information.

This message was generated automatically.

-- deviantART Staff"

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So. Let me get my head around this. Because the moderator edited the artist's comments, this is meant to be satisfactorily resolved? Do my rules not clearly state I need to be credited and notified? That would mean that just adding a credit is not, in fact, satisfactory. I didn't even know anyone but the artist could edit the artist's comments.

Now. Because the work used improperly was Stock Art, does that mean that the moderator considered this to be outside the realm of art theft? Is art theft minor? I'm confused. I thought Stock was art...I didn't realize that dA suddenly felt that it wasn't. Stock and Resources get DD's and everything.

Perhaps someone can shed a little light on this for me. You know. Before I drop another sum of money into costumes and stuff. I love you guys, but I don't feel comfortable submitting work right now.  

Now. In general, today has been awful. I am cranky, pantsless, and it's been one thing after the other. Nothing is where I left it, I'm missing my most awesome class (which is a shame, because I have a lot of aggression to take out), and I have a tension headache.

I woke happily to find the above note in my inbox and a comment telling me "There is hope in Jesus. Seek it."...and you know? I'd dearly love to see someone invest technology to install an e-punch button on my computer. And maybe just for kicks, a groin-punch button...because sometimes it really is that bad. If science really wanted to out-do itself it could install a button that would permanently prevent asshole users from breeding. Like a punch to the genes.

Oh yes. I am snarky today, but my boiled blood has calmed for now. Now I'm just fucking confused.

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

It has come to my attention that there is zero quality stock available of the one and only Zorro.


My heart has an 'F' carved on it where a 'Z' should be.


This is a sad day.


If there are any males out there with the panache to pull it off, I will use your stock in a manipulation. IF the MALE STOCK ARTISTS OF DA FAIL ME, give me two weeks and I will rectify this glaring error with my own means. Which means, of course, we all win.   


That is all.



/somewhat silly journal

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

Personal Serious Stuff

I apologize for not being able to find words to answer everyone that commented on my last journal. I can't really say much more about that situation because I'm being careful again. You guys probably don't need to be hearing about my personal life, but as my personal life has been very hard to deal with lately it appears my dA involvement has waned as a side effect. I've uploaded a little stock here and there, but I can never be very sure whether or not it's useful. I've taken to seeing how many times a picture is downloaded to determine whether or not it is appreciated.

I am suffering quite a bit from the Winter blues, but also from some things that just cannot be avoided or resolved. I've buried myself in artwork, but cannot seem to finish anything. There are little things that keep me from going "forget it. I'm staying in bed today", though, and that's not nothing. My family is still waiting with bated breath to be sure my mother's three growths in her breast are not cancerous. Waiting game, you are my life.

Will I get through it? Hell yes, I will. Does it still suck? Yep.

Stock Stuff

Until our xmas tree is dismantled, we really don't have any room in my living room to do stock. I had purchased two dresses that I intend to use for a new model stock series, but as the majority of stock uses aren't me I figured I'd wait on that until I had a clearer idea of what I wanted to do with them. ( I turn a lot of people off of arting for some reason! D: Not everyone, of course. But a bunch!) Since ~TheArcher777 is going to Scotland for a year for Grad School, I'll be having to do a lot of shoots with her to make up for the time she'll be gone. D: And I'll miss her, but it's part of her destiny to be a scholar. Incidently, she's desperately filling out scholarship apps day in and day out, and trying to sell her prints to make grad school more affordable. Her car also recently died. (if you want to see HOW dead it is, check her scraps. )

Being in charge of a club or a stock account with rules can be a real bitch, especially when you are forced to be the bad guy that enforces them. I hope that people will learn to forgive me for having to be a complete ass. I feel sympathy and understanding to everyone that was or is in my current position.

There have been some marvelously beautiful uses of my stock lately, and I find that very encouraging. You guys are doing a great job. I always try to make a concerted effort to comment on an image that uses my stock, but I'm human and still tend to miss things.

I still owe some contest prizes, and they are forthcoming. I will note everyone that is receiving one when they are in the mail.

These images are just begging to be used.
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That is all.

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

I've not been around much, so I apologize for not being able to comment or add your deviations to my favorites lately. I've also not been able to shoot any new stock, due largely for lack of space in my apartment during the holidays.

Anyway, this new year just started, and I've already been dealt some evil blows from low places. I don't really want to share too much about it, but suffice it to say that patience does have an end. After such a long period of putting up with abuse, I have to put my foot down some time. This has nothing to do with stock, or art, or even dA, but strikes on a much more personal level.

I wish I could explain what I mean. Someone I love very dearly, a family member, is very sick. This person has been mentally ill for so long, and despite old wounds healing and toughening they are still capable of delivering fresh new ones. I know they aren't solely to blame due to the illness, but it doesn't stop me from feeling terrible and used all of the time. If they said something to hurt me, or a sibling, that comment still cuts deep even if an hour later that person denies they even said it...then chooses to deny it further by saying "well, okay I said it, but you have to learn to let go of it. I can't have that guilt on me."...well. That's nice for them, but I still feel the wound, and they deserve to feel the guilt for it. I've run out of patience for all of this. It's abuse, and even if it means I have to let them go and cut them out (no matter how badly that hurts) I guess I have to.

My siblings and myself, we've taken quite enough of this. No more patience; hurting others is not okay. Pretending it never happened is not okay.

Unfortunately as a result of dealing with all of this though, I have not been feeling terribly inspired lately. Please forgive me. I will try to be more communicative when I've figured things out and gotten over this. I know I'm not alone, so all of you out there that are feeling this too--I'm there with you. So are my siblings. It helps to have that strength in numbers.

In the meantime, before I can bring you new stock or a more cheery journal, how about some features of things that do not suck.

-Ash

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

It has come to my attention that some stock artists are making life difficult for other artists, such as myself. (Aaaand vice versa, of course.) I am familiar with the numerous problems that stock artists face, because I am one. I know your frustration over how much time has gone into creating stock images all too well. However, a simple re-examination of how your stock rules are worded can probably ease frustration a bit on both ends.

I speak now not as a stock artist, but a frustrated artist. I have the utmost respect for artists who are able to publish commercially and keep track of each credit for each item in an image and go out of their way to make sure each stock artist is notified and permission gained for each new upload, etc. There is absolutely NO reason someone like that deserves any crap from any stock artist.

Lately, I've been developing a series of images that I intend to be able to sell copies of separately from dA.

In my search I have noticed that some stock artist's rules are horribly unclear as to whether or not people differentiate between commercial use and noncommercial use. It interests me how I read the words "PRINTS ALLOWED" and "NO COMMERICIAL USE" within the same rule set. I sit, and boggle, and wonder if prints are being traded for seashells or barter or other such thing as to not incur a monetary gain. I find myself puzzling over it so long that I wind up noting the stock artist, and more often people are okay with me selling prints...but if I were to sell a book cover or cd cover design then THAT would be considered commercial, and thus a big no no. So, now I am left wondering how high the print run has to be before it's considered commercial, and if materials created matter.

I don't have a problem following the stock rules of others because I understand and respect copyright law, but could we attempt to make them a little more clear? This doesn't apply to everyone, of course.

Additionally, if you aren't active in your stock account anymore...could you please store your images and throw in the towel? There's no point leaving an image up with restricted rules on a dead account. People who want to use your work cannot reach you. There's nothing wrong with having restricted rules, so long as when you say "note me with questions" you're actually going to answer the damn note. Dead accounts are my current bane.

My other current bane is the sheer number of accounts that I have to play Marco Polo with in order to find their rule set. Guys-- here's a clue. If you want your stock used (and most stock artists do), why on earth would you HIDE your terms of use? No one wants to play the copyright hide and seek game.

My long story short, I wish to propose a trade of commercial licenses between stock artists who also make art. We give so much to the community, it's hard to be able to afford a commercial license. (at least for me.) You'd never have to ask me for commercial purposes, just show me what you've made and that it keeps with the rest of my rules. ( No hate art, no porn, credit where possible) I will happily fill out any forms you need if your publisher requires it. (have also done this several times in the past )

Can anyone help a girl out? I'm hardly working and the one shot I have at earning a meager income is hard to obtain. I'd do (and have done) the same for you guys. I am finding that I am starting to pay for commercial licenses for images at a time just to make sure the art I make is okay for sale in places other than dA. ( like conventions or festivals )

Are there any stock artists out there willing to help me in my quest for images I'm allowed to print off-dA? I've already spoken with some of you guys.

Just my mild frustration for the week.   Back to crafting go I! Sorry for the scattered and disjointed rant.

-Ash

RULES FOR USE OF MY STOCK

If you use any of my stock, you must credit me in your artist's description and notify me of each stock use.

MAKE AN EFFORT. Changing the colour, dropping a filter or texture over, conversions to black and white or adding a frame is NOT A MANIPULATION. Do not submit derivative works to the photography gallery. Violators of this rule will be reported.

Please, respect my models. Do not make sexual remarks or lewd comments. You will be reported for this behaviour.

No one is permitted to use my stock in deviations that promote hatred towards animals, people, religious groups, races, or any other act prohibited by dA policy. Use of my stock in pornography or fetish images are also unacceptable. You ARE allowed to use this stock in religious/spiritual devotional work so long as it does not condemn other religions. This stock provider does not care who you pray to.

dA Prints are ALLOWED. Feel free to submit your work as a print, provided you have followed the above regulations. Please notify me so that I may add it to my wishlist. OTHER commercial products NOT provided by deviantART require my written permission.

You may post derivative works containing my stock offsite in personal websites, portfolios, forums or what have you PROVIDED you credit me as you would submitting your work here.

Have fun already!

If you don't know how difficult it was to judge this contest, then you need to know that I have literally been sitting here an hour a day for a week trying to figure out which entries had such spirit that it knocked me backward. (And that is how they were judged. On the spirit of the piece, the emphasis on technical ability was significantly diminished this time around. Also, if you followed the rules of the contest you had a better shot at winning.) 'Historical' accuracy and evidence of research (beyond the ever-popular wiki quote lol)  also had to be taken into account, which benefited some and damaged others. Artist's comments that contained pertinent information were read and considered as part of the piece. The trouble is, there were about half of these pieces that contained the spirit I was looking for, so weeding them out was rather heartbreaking.

To every entrant I can offer this: I was unable to comment fully on your entries to be fair, and if you would like me to offer critique or more significant comment I am more than willing. I will warn you though, I cannot tell you why your entry did not place specifically because it may cause anger, so I can't tell you that. If you cannot handle criticism, you probably just want to stick with the longer comment deal. Just let me know.

On to the Winners. Please help me in congratulating the following outstanding artists:

First place is awarded to =Renilicious
  

Incidentally, it was also the first entry to the contest. This one was also far and away the favorite of Pagan friends whom I asked to look at the entries and give me their impressions. The juxtaposition of sword and quill is a very powerful one; in fact it's so eerie I'm not sure what to say about it, but it's as if somehow the artist managed to tap into the same spirit that has called me forth as well. Congrats.

Second place is awarded to: ~Shyada

Oddly...the second entry to the contest. This is spooky, guys. I could not resist this frightening and awesome depiction of the Badb; she looks like a crimson death flower. Part bansidhe, part corvid, and a guardian of death. Certainly a lively and carefully crafted piece.

Third place is awarded to: ~JuanCSilva

For a simply unique and outstanding depiction of Manannan macLir. I was quite struck by the freedom of the brush strokes here, which were as the confined chaos of the sea itself. The image is blended well, and the use of color was most effective in depicting Manannan as the very spirit of the Sea, even though this is not his sole function. The artist also used solely stock that I provided, and that is quite a feat.


As an added surprise, I would like to name three honorable mentions who get an A for effort and other reasons:
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Congrats to  =nitchwarmer!Aseamlessbond and ~Pickyme
Each of these three has won an exclusive stock pack from me.

And now I must recover from the headache that was eliminating some seriously beautiful artwork. A very sincere thank you to everyone who took the time to participate. This contest turned out to be less "mini" than I had intended. Winners will receive notes soon.

=Renilicious wins:

-One Stock Request (to be fulfilled to the absolute best of my ability)
-Pack of stock images from the requested set for YOU AND YOU ALONE.
-A News Feature written by =suntanna
-8x10 Print from my Art Gallery
-2 Exclusive Stock packs from me
-1 Custom Manipulation by me (~Lindowyn)
-3 Month Premium deviantArt subscription from *Grinmir-stock
-Journal Features from: me, *Grinmir-stock, =suntanna, ^Elandria, !CSnyder
-Poem About the Winning Entry by ~Faoiltiarna-Wolf
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from *Grinmir-stock
-3 Exclusive Stock Packs from *HiddenYume-stock
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from ^Elandria
-1 Exclusive Background Prize Pack from *Funerium found here: [link]
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from ~frozenstocks


~Shyada wins:

-5x7 Print from my Art gallery
-1 Exclusive Stock pack
-1 Custom Manipulation by me (~Lindowyn)
-Journal Feature from me, *Grinmir-stock, =suntanna, ^Elandria, !CSnyder
-Poem About the Winning Entry by ~Faoiltiarna-Wolf
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from *Grinmir-stock
-2 Exclusive Stock Packs from *HiddenYume-stock
-1 Exclusive Background Prize Pack from *Funerium found here: [link]
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from ~frozenstocks


~JuanCSilva wins:

-5x7 Print from my Art Gallery
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack
-Poem About the Winning Entry by ~Faoiltiarna-Wolf
-Journal Feature from me, *Grinmir-stock, =suntanna, ^Elandria, !CSnyder
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from *Grinmir-stock
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from *HiddenYume-stock
-1 Exclusive Background Prize Pack from *Funerium found here: [link]
-1 Exclusive Stock Pack from ~frozenstocks

Thank you to everyone that offered a prize, a feature, or mentioned the contest to others. My notes are being written, so if you contributed you'll see one soon and if you're a winner you'll see one soon.