Post #335016 by Babalu on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 12:30 PM

Holden, I sure hope you will still do future contests. I missed out on this last one, and it sounds like fun. Maybe just add the clause that only original design work will be considered. Now granted, many will often mimic certain design imagery from the ancient cultures that we all love...lines here, textures there, even the direct use of some tribal imagery in places, but even still, manipulating elements from the past can be given a personal touch that's all one own. Like the cool boat design that won the contest. Hell, I can see where one could just hold a contest on just the "Goof" design, and get a hundred different versions...the mug you have done looks very Squid like even though the match book is similar...There is certainly no copy right on the original Goof design, or concept from 1953, any more than there is on the Mona Lisa.

Hummm...a Mona Lisa mug with an added lei, and a tropical flower behind her ear? Would it be mine, or would it have to pay some kind tribute to Leonardo as well? What if it were a sculpture instead of mug? What if it were a painting?

Hey, if Bamboo Ben wants a mug, I say give it a contest? Limit the run, and sales there of to one per patron so Ben does not buy them all up. Would we have to pay tribute to Captain Buzz?...not. However, Ben's Mom and Pop might deserve a little credit.

My 2 cents only...now, no more playing on the computer...back to work.