Discussion Forums

I am going to be talking about the forums which struck a cord with me.

Copyright and plagiarism

Because of me wanting to sell my work at conventions I have often wondered where fan art falls within copyright. At anime conventions the sale of fan art is common place in fact there is more fan art than original creations. And that's what the con goers expect. In the discussion forum we were told you have to make seven changes to a piece of intellectual property for it to be exempt from copyright. But how many changes does the artists style constitute as? If they are using the character in a previously unseen setting/composition is that enough changes? The seven changes is very vague.

Glitch

Glitch fascinated me because if my interest in gaming and I think glitch art is rather fascinating. Do I think it is a fad? Most probably, I think if too much glitch art is made it will turn into a trend.

Meaning

This was my discussion forum and it made me evaluate my own work. Does my work have a message? Sometimes and I think that is fine I don't think creating art you enjoy that doesn't particularly mean anything is a sign of "selling out". I don't really believe in the concept of selling out. I don't think all your work should be purely decorative unless you are a textile designer or something similar.

Moving illustration

Moving illustration really made me think about the future of illustration. I don't think still print based illustration will ever really die because there is something special about owing a tangible piece of artwork rather than a digital download. But I think moving illustration has it's place mostly on online publications, apps and weddesign. I do think we will be seeing a lot more moving illustration in the future.

Ethical Issues

I think that it is very important to consider ethical issues when creating artwork. It is very easy for people to read into a piece and interprete it in an offensive way. We have to remember we can't tell every single person who looks at our work what it is and isn't about.