NuttsnBolts

What Are You Listening To?

Lunch break listening to Perturbator's Dangerous Days album.

What is High Casual?

High Casual: I want to call myself or this RP advanced, but I don't want to because Advanced is a slower forum and I want commercial success.

@Dinh AaronMk

But if more people utilised that section it'd have a bit more activity. xD

So bad, they're good: A Guild Watchlist for Movies.

Oh God, me and a few friends have been watching some terrible B grade trash lately. Some were so bad that we spent most of our time laughing at the ridiculousness of them.

- Flesh Eating Mothers
- Jack Frost
- Dead Alive
- Master of the Flying Guillotine
- It

That's from what I can remember...

Obsolete Angels

It's been a few days, just wondering what's happening.

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

Quite well. Sitting down after a boring day of nothing to do at work sipping a green tea. :)

What is High Casual?

I'm a High Casual Roleplayer!!!

But it's probably just someone that's making advanced type posts in a casual section. That's not necessarily a bad thing as there could be people or an RP that they want to be in within that section and that person likes do do lengthy in depth post, but it could in rare scenarios come across as a bit of a snobby title depending on how it is used.

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

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NuttsnBolts Art Archive

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This thread will mostly contain Signature images that I occasionally make and want to show off and allow for any possible critique. Several years ago I used to make about 1 or 2 a week on average but these days I can't keep up with that schedule all the time, however I will often get the feeling of "I just wanna make something interesting".

There are a few things to note:

» First off I don't do requests. Did them in the past and don't wish to do requests any more, not even for friends. I just make stuff for myself for a bit of fun, that is all.
» Secondly, these are for personal use. If you came here looking for a sig to use then please check out someone else's thread.
» Finally if you do critique and want to comment, please be nice, civil, and helpful. When I started this thread I had not opened up Photoshop for about 3 years. This is only a side hobby.

Thanks, and hope you enjoy some of my work.

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Previous Work

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Pre-Roleplayer Guild

Using artwork for characters/Art stealing. (Civil discussion please)

What's the general view about this? It's overwhelmingly common for people to include an image as a character description or as a supplement to one, yet I've seen a fair chunk of people that refuse to roleplay with people who do use an image, even if it's only a supplement.

Some people even go so far to call this art theft, and would report people who did to the admins in the hopes of getting them banned. I think this is honestly a bit excessive, but I'd like to hear other views.

Here's my take on it: It's fine to use an image so long as you do not edit it in any way, shape, or form and leave all signatures, watermarks, and other notes on the artwork where they are. Credit the artist if you can (So long as linking to that artists profile/gallery doesn't trigger the adsense, anyway.) and don't claim that you made or own the artwork. Stealing the entire character is a No-No. Write your own character for the image.

A lot of artists (and people) say to ask them/ask the artist first. That's fine and dandy, but what if the artist doesn't respond for months? Do you just use it anyway? What if, if/when they finally respond, they say no?

I know this is going to be a hot topic, so please be civil. I will monitor and report anyone trying to start fights.

@Valor

Damn, wish I saw this topic earlier as it is an interesting thing to talk about. I used to work on a graphics forum and this topic alone would span on for many, many pages as to what can be classed as yours and what can be classed as theft.

So I will ask a few things, and some may have been answered but sorry, I'm not prepared to spend my time reading ALL the posts in detail and critiquing each comment.

Are people claiming ownership for their picture that they post?
If yes, then it is theft, but 99% of people will use Google to search for a 'reference' image. That's what's important, it's a reference image. You are creating a character based on a particular person and using an image as a source to relate to. Even if you recreate Ash Ketchum in a Pokemon RP it'll be classed as a personal interpretation and the image used shouldn't be taken seriously as it is also a personal interpretation of the original character.

Are images on the internet free to use?
Sometimes... Some images are personal creations. These are generally a NO when it comes to use, but what is a personal creation because I can take a photo of a butterfly and claim that as my own, but do I own the image itself, the butterfly, of the way it was photographed with the filters, lighting and colours? It's a very grey area and believe me, it's not a discussion that can actually end.

Is it wrong to use an image and edit it?
Yes, but the next question I have to as is "Are you making money off that edit?".
So let's say I take that image of the butterfly and crop it onto the hair of a photo of a girl. I then create a character that loves butterflies and she participates in an RP. Is that wrong as it's only used as a reference image, a personal interpretation that could be no different to be cutting a picture out of a magazine and gluing it onto a photo?
This is where I do believe people get a little too protective about things that they create online. Unless they are generating an income from that image, what grounds do they have if someone decides to use their image for another creation? Musicians do it all the time with samples.
Take a look at this: This is Sparta
Technically this uses voice and imagery from the movie 300, but it's not generating income and yet it's still up... but then we compare that to Angry Joe's Nintendo Video and you will see that he got a copyright strike for just showing his gameplay of Mario Party.

So in essence I have gone off topic, sorry lol, but in reality you are talking about Copyright and it has got to be one of the hardest things to police. That's why they have million dollar law suits over small things... examples below:

GTA5 Mob Wives Lawsuit
GTA5 Lohan Lawsuit
GTA5 Music Lawsuit
(All have been dismissed on different grounds from what I am aware of as they generally came gown to licensing and parody)

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

the wannabe vegetarian in me is so grossed out by that XD
Feed the cara coffee. *nod*

How are you, Bolts?

@Carantathraiel

I'm good. Just on my lunch break and checking out a few things.

Yourself? How's the pc?