Should You or Should Not?

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Zatanna
Tags: copyright, greg horn | Categories Comics, Drawings, Ramblings

This has been bugging me for a while. Since I can’t explain it well, I’ll just give you an example.

The artist Greg Horn allows/encourages people to make signatures and avatars from his work. He also doesn’t mind when people photoshop some of his work to look funny. Do you think it would be ok if someone made a signature and/or avatar without asking for his permission? Chances are he won’t mind, so do you think you shouldn’t bother e-mailing him to ask?

Or do you think you should e-mail him to ask anyways?

Would it matter if he refuses to let you use it? A lot of his work belongs to companies so if they allowed you to use his work, would his refusal be overwritten?(Unlikely scenario)

If a company encourages fan art/fiction and so does an artist, should you ask for permission anyways or do you think that it shouldn’t matter?

That thought pops in my head every once in a while. Especially now that I’m thinking of starting up a few fan listings.

Unfinished Sketch

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Zatanna
Tags: DC Comics, donna troy, Drawings, sketches, troia | Categories Drawings

It’s Donna Troy, aka Troia! The sketch is far from finished, I had a burst of inspiration to draw using my tablet. I just gave up and told myself to stop trying to make them realistic and I actually had fun doing it lol. I have some unfished paintings of Elektra and Emma Frost too but it’s on my other computer and I’m too damn lazy to switch computers.

I’m still working on the Donna Troy drawing though.

[EDIT]Here’s Troia further worked on.[/EDIT]

[EDIT]Troia further worked on.[/EDIT]

Donna Troy/Troia is copyrighted and trademarked to DC Comics

School,Astronomy,and Psychics

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Zatanna
Tags: astrology, astronomy, derren brown, geometry, projects, School, Science, You Tube | Categories Drawings, Europe, Rants, Science

Ecck, sorry I haven’t updated in over a week! School started last week and I barely had time to do anything! I also didn’t even draw last week because of school. The second day back, my biology teacher says we have a project; we have to write a report on five scientists that contributed something major to biology! He gave a list on scientists and said to pick five and pick only one of those five to present. I hate presenting stuff; I don’t like talking in front of a crowd and the thing is, we can’t turn in our reports unless we present. The only upside to the project is that there is no page length, but we have to be detailed about how they conducted their experiments.

What I think is worse than that is that I’m starting proofs in geometry, jeez those things are so confusing(most of the time). If you know how to solve the diagram it’s not so hard, but what’s hard is naming the properties! And I love how the hardest thing in geometry is the most important.

To anyone who had (and passed) geometry, how did you survive that chapter?

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So,who here is interested in astronomy? I find is fascinating, there’s so much we don’t know about the universe, I also love reading theories about the universe. One example is that when black holes are created, another alternate universe, aka a parallel world, is created. I just love reading all these theories, my favorite so far is the 11th Dimension theory. Even though I like reading about astronomy, I wouldn’t want to work in that field; too much science for my liking.

Okay talking about astronomy seems really nerdy so I’ma talk about Derren Brown. That guy is awesome, I never herd of him until a few days ago. He’s a “British magician, psychological illusionist, mentalist, and skeptic of paranormal phenomena”. I spent the better part of Saturday night watching You Tube clips of his show(s) in the UK, they’re absolutely amazing! My favorites have got to be the zombie, Russian Roulette, and the varies clips where he shows how psychics, mediums, and astrologers trick people into believing they’re the real thing. Though my favorite out of all of them is the chess player trick where he beats four professional players and draws two.

I can totally see why he’s banned from casinos LOL, I suggest that if any of you guys are bored, then watch some of his clips!