just found out today some scumbag has lifted images of my art from my website and used them on t-shirts the art was from two Tales of the Buddha pin-ups that had the copyright symbol on the art
this guy claims to be a fan and has had the nerve to link to my website
the art on the t-shirts are not fan drawn they are direct copies of my work I've passed on the info to Bad press that publishes Buddha and i hope we can stop this person making money from our copyrighted character to say I'm angry is underplaying it.
UPDATE THIS GETS MENTIONED ON BLEEDINGCOOL.COM SWIPE FILE HERE'S THE LINK
http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?18910-Kobe-Bryant-And-The-Stoned-Buddha-A-T-Shirt-Swipe-File-Special
UPDATE 21.6.2010 GLAD TO SAY THE THE MATTER HAS BEEN FIXED AND THE WORK HAS BEEN REMOVED
HAWARD ART HOUSE THE BLOG OF JON HAWARD Comic Book Artist + Storyboards + Character Design
That shit makes me so mad. I had some guy email the other week & tell me how much he liked my work & that he wanted me to let him use some of it for free on the t-shirts he was producing. I told him he couldn't, but I have no doubt he is using them anyway, making money of my work. That's some shitty way to treat an artist that you're a 'fan' of.
ReplyDeleteI hope you manage to nail this jerk Jon.
well sent a message to the website that has the work on there and sent all the info to Alan and Sue BadPress
ReplyDeletethis is the last thing i needed to deal with right now
I've had that happen to me as well Jon. People like that just get right up my nose. I hope you can get it sorted fella.
ReplyDeleteTake care mate... get in touch if you need anything.
Same shit different day huh Jon, drives me mad. Feel for you mate, people seem to think artists make a mint so its fine to steal. So wrong.
ReplyDeletethanks Simon and Graeme
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