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Continuing Education
Feb. 17th, 2005 08:58 amI am sooo excited! I found out that Wendy Froud was teaching a sculpting/make-a-fairy class in New York in March. It is a two-day class at the Compleat Sculptor. I have signed up and paid my fee. Wendy's work is one of my inspirations, as you probably know from this blog if you are a regular reader. The chance to learn from her is something I will value and treasure. Does the Dance of Joy, which looks suspiciously like the Snoopy Dance.
If anyone else is interested you can find out more at
http://www.sculpt.com/seminars/05/Froud/Froud_05.htm
Here is another one of my Internet grips. It stems from the idea that if it is on the Internet especially if it is on an “amateur” site then anyone can use it. I know a number of people who are graphic artist and find their stuff on other people’s websites without acknowledgement of their work. Now in a new twist, there are some websites that are taking costuming information from other website and making it sound like their own including posting pictures of the costumes that were made by the person who originally put up the information. Now it can be argued that they don’t “say” that they did all this work but they do imply it. Part of my concern is selfish, I like being able to go to a website and find out how they did it. More importantly there can be information about what to avoid if you want to make this costume. Taking credit for someone else’s hard work is very naughty. Considering how much work went in to both the costume and the website, it’s not very respectful of the individual who took the time to put that costume all together. Now there are places that are clearing houses of such info but they credit the person for the work and ask before using anything. That’s the biggie for me, just ask for permission. I’ll bet most of the time you’ll get it. If you don’t then respect the person enough not to swipe it when they are not “looking”.
I am grateful for the chance to learn from someone who’s work I admire greatly.
If anyone else is interested you can find out more at
http://www.sculpt.com/seminars/05/Froud/Froud_05.htm
Here is another one of my Internet grips. It stems from the idea that if it is on the Internet especially if it is on an “amateur” site then anyone can use it. I know a number of people who are graphic artist and find their stuff on other people’s websites without acknowledgement of their work. Now in a new twist, there are some websites that are taking costuming information from other website and making it sound like their own including posting pictures of the costumes that were made by the person who originally put up the information. Now it can be argued that they don’t “say” that they did all this work but they do imply it. Part of my concern is selfish, I like being able to go to a website and find out how they did it. More importantly there can be information about what to avoid if you want to make this costume. Taking credit for someone else’s hard work is very naughty. Considering how much work went in to both the costume and the website, it’s not very respectful of the individual who took the time to put that costume all together. Now there are places that are clearing houses of such info but they credit the person for the work and ask before using anything. That’s the biggie for me, just ask for permission. I’ll bet most of the time you’ll get it. If you don’t then respect the person enough not to swipe it when they are not “looking”.
I am grateful for the chance to learn from someone who’s work I admire greatly.
