Re: A note about credit and initials

Jonathan Oglesbee wrote:
[snip]
>    But, some of this is just getting out of hand.  I got some people
> writting me for logos; now, I don't really do logos, but they can write me
> all they want.  But we all see a lot of postings from people requesting
> logos, their name, ect., or little signatures, ect..  I recently saw this
> answer to someone wanting a logo for something:
> 
>                ..*****|""""\.  / \   |  _ \ | |/ /
>                 ..****|"""" ) / _ \  |   \/ |   <
>          KCK__  __.***|""__/ /_| |_\ |_|\_\ |_|\_\___   ____  __ __
>         /_  _/ / __/ / _  /  / _  /  / / /_  _/ /   / / _  / / // /
>          / /  / _/  /  \ /  /  \ /  / /   / /  / / / /  \ / /_  _/
>         /_/  /___/ /_/\_\  /_/\_\  /_/   /_/  /___/ /_/\_\   /_/
>    You know, that is kind of bad taste, to put the "artist's" initials into
> this thing this guy (who was too lazy to make his own) requested.  Some
> commercial artist drew the Taco Bell logo, and the Wal-Mart logo, and the
> Saturn logo --- but you don't see his initials incorporated into the logo.
> If you make someone a logo, then you sent them a letter or posted it here
> on this newsgroup, and I am sure they know who they got it from.  If they
> want to run around saying "I did it, myself", well, so what?  You could
> always produce the E-type correspondence to show them up to be a liar, if
> you want to bother.  Or you could just shake your head at their
> incompetence, and remain smug and secure in your ability(?), whilst you
> laugh at their idiocy.
[snip]

You, and anyone else, hereby have my permission to move or completely
remove my initials from any of my work so long as you do not explicitly
or implicitly claim such artwork as your own.  How about that, Jonathan
- will that make you happy?

I am simply proud of my work, and initials give a way for me to show
that I think this piece of artwork worthy.  There have been a few times
where I sat down to fill a request or draw a something, and just
couldn't get it right.  But for me to post it, and with my initials, it
must be of a certain level of expertise (it must look *something* close
to what I am trying to represent).  So, I will still continue to put my
initials on everything I make and post.  I know that anyone can strip my
initials off and portray that artwork as their own.  And I know that if
I really want to I can produce a date stamp, e-correspondence, or some
other proof that that artwork is mine.  But, it's not about that at
all.  It's about the fact that I am proud of that piece of artwork. 
Besides, it's just plain common courtesy for you to attribute credit
where credit is due.

BTW, thank you for holding my artwork up as the example :P 

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