So, recently I came across an image that was definitely stolen, and was being passed off as an original, whilst being irritated by people praising the artist I discovered some1 had outed the work as theft. It was proven through this new website/program thing.

Tin Eye Reverse image search. (Thank god someone finally made this)

Basically the site runs images through its library of images on the net, obviously it doesn’t have every image. But its getting there. Recently, if I come across a ‘painted’ work which seems ‘too good’ I might quickly tin eye check it. And! a huge amount of images come back with numerous matches to photographs.

I would like to trash talk said artist about it, but unless there’s virtually no difference to the photograph I am hesitant. For one reason only.
There are folks out there who will get an image they like, tediously trace the outlines, and then meticulously start copying the details of the shading. I really don’t know how they enjoy this process, or what value is in it, but that’s their business. Either way these replication painters have blurred the lines of painting/photograph, which is annoying. =d

What do you people think? Give tin eye a shot, you can get a plug in on the site to make checking images super easy. Prepare to encounter highly suspicious works that are *almost* identical to their photo counterparts..

Ee-gads its late. Although I am certain there is coffee in the house somewhere I think sleep is the wise option on this occasion. With the imagineFX deadline looming tomorrow, and my first ever sports poster virtually completed, it seems like a good time to call it a night.
I also started my Painting process course [...]

What ho everyone.
I said I was going to blog everyday for a while to get into the elusive bloggy spirit, and by god I’m going to do it!. In a blatant ‘What I’ve done today’ style, I’m going to start off with .. Well, what I did today, (shocking, I know). After my surprising win [...]

For some reason I always imagined that once I had my own space to write out my views, thoughts and ramblings I would rise with ease to the task, the words and ideas would flow out of me as rapidly as they come in.  Yet, quite the opposite has happened, I find myself stumped for [...]

So!, recently I’ve been hitting some frustrations in my evolution as an artist, thus I’ve embarked upon several ventures to speed up the process.
Firstly, Im forcing myself to fit in 30 minute sketchs each day. I always end up getting sucked into a sketch for hours if its going well, and I wanna get over [...]

So, been a few weeks since my first and only post. Really must get the hang of this blogging thing.
At long last the many years of animation in IADT has come to an end, and after many a sleepless night, and one almost degree destroying juice spill involving my precious laptop (which is still [...]

Why hello there. Welcome to my little website/blog/portfolio or whatever you want to call it. Needed a place to send anyone who wanted see all my stuff, and here it is! although granted there’s very little up here at the moment =[, I'm working on it I assure you. Hopefully the fringe benefits of the [...]