I feel bad doing this...

[hippl5]

But I just have to share this. I don't want to judge other artists on based on skill level, but when they try to make money of off... just look at the image. Speaks for itself.

$5

http://www.skydosantos.com/cartoons.html

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-80953750284092_2103_3629595

[Elwell]

Unless you're trying to sell your crappy drawings of Alvin and the Chipmunks for $10, I fail to see how this is of any concern to you.

[crossmirage]

I'm reminded of http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/ebay-critique-painting.php

[Chris Saksida]

Sold!

[Krato]

he seems to be selling allot of pictures of characters i assume are copyrighted, im no expert on this stuff, but inst that illegal? --making money on other peoples creations without them knowing.

[DamnDirtyApe]

Unless you're trying to sell your crappy drawings of Alvin and the Chipmunks for $10, I fail to see how this is of any concern to you.

LOL... busted!

[nauvice]

I kind of like that drawing :(

[velderia]

he seems to be selling allot of pictures of characters i assume are copyrighted, im no expert on this stuff, but inst that illegal? --making money on other peoples creations without them knowing.

Yeah, but at the same time, it's 5 dollars, and it's a really awful reproduction. Not really defending the guy, I loathe this sort of thing, but no one is really going to court over a drawing that sold for 5 dollars.

If it was much more, I'd be concerned though.

... Is shipping included in those 5 dollars or is it separate after checkout?

[Raoul Duke]

that's cool. This kid is managing to make money off prints of his fan art for milk money. I find it cute. Why you wanna hate. As for copyright infringement. I think it would be bad PR to sue a little kid for ignorantly selling fan art. But the kid should be informed. I'm sure some lawyer will.

[DeadlyFreeze]

Need to commission me some ducktales WOO HOO.

[Zweit]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

[Kamber Parrk]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

Oh crap! That's not the beautiful Asian eyes guy again, is it?

[LORD M]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

Oh god... I remember his "How to draw asian women" which started a thread shitfest here some time ago. :P

[Whirly]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

Win! :D

[BlightedArt]

Thread hijacked.

[Armonah]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?
I love the comments on that video:

"Have you ever been sitting around on the weekend, thinking, boy, I wish I could draw a really good muscle elf?" ... No, I haven't, Bill. I really never have.


finally i can draw the musckle elf!! He ready for the fight!!!!!


Why does he have a penis on his head?

[George Abraham]

Wow.

I have put a couple of my friends out of their lunch money with turtles and Simpsons fan art back in the day.

Nothing works better than some kind of reward, every time the pictures where more extreme and experimental. Yeah!!

5$ !!! Holy crap. Mind you back then.. I could buy a can of coke, chocolate and some potato chips with the money I made.

It was a Steal!!

[Smashed_Pumpkin]

To be honest, that kid has taken his art closer to a professional career than I ever have...

[Flapenko]

Haha, I enjoyed the muscle elf videos, not neccesarily because he's bad, just the audacity of a man acting so confident about his skill and yet... not quite producing what he's saying he is :P

[Vari]

I'm reminded of http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/ebay-critique-painting.php

Oil painting of Bin Laden for only $0,99?... Sold!

[BlightedArt]

Oil painting of Bin Laden for only $0,99?... Sold!

The thought that someone would actually want that painting is funny. Unless it's pinned as a dart board or something.

[PuppyKitten]

Flapenko, I enjoyed them too! Troll or not, that man hypnotizes me in very confusing ways. I just keep clicking to see what cah-raaaazy adventures he'll draw up next! No, I'm not kidding, I really just wasted an hour of my life being entertained by those clips.

[Amarok]

That guy on Youtube is amazing. Just the sheer audacity/crazed confidence of him in comparison to the quality of his art totally made my day.Thanks for posting the link.

[Baron Impossible]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

What's the proper response to that? Humour? Fury? Depression? I'd love to just ignore it, and I should be able to, but there's something about it that makes me want to hit myself in the face.

[Elwell]

A Wired article from last year, with some background on the "how to draw..." guy (not mentioned specifically, but it does explain what's going on there):
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/all/1

[Arshes Nei]

I read the URL as "Sky DosSantos" D:

[Carnifex]

I read the URL as "Sky DosSantos" D:

yeah,my first thought was "related to dan?"

[Baron Impossible]

A Wired article from last year, with some background on the "how to draw..." guy (not mentioned specifically, but it does explain what's going on there):
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/all/1

I recall reading that a while back, come to think of it. I reckon my memory must have self erased to spare me the trauma.

[Dusty]

But I just have to share this. I don't want to judge other artists on based on skill level, but when they try to make money of off... just look at the image. Speaks for itself.

$5

http://www.skydosantos.com/cartoons.html

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-80953750284092_2103_3629595

After all that, you didn't even link the best picture?
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-80953750284092_2103_3533967

[Schnookiefoo]

But... can he draw muscle elves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjJb6DMlJ1Y&feature=related)?

Holy crap. I don't care how much of a market there is for such useless videos, how that man lives with himself is beyond me. o_o

[Arshes Nei]

After all that, you didn't even link the best picture?
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-80953750284092_2103_3533967

*adds NSFW tag* ;)

[Falchion]

*Snorts* I think I know this guy...

[MatejaPetkovic]

ha ha, this one rock!

ready to pop lovely mermaid by Jeffie
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/mermaid_big2.jpg

i assume these are corals ;)

M

[Randis]

Looks like a lot of work to me.
For that rate i would have to paint 124082364 images a week to pay my bills.

[Hookswords]

ha ha, this one rock!

ready to pop lovely mermaid by Jeffie
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/mermaid_big2.jpg

i assume these are corals ;)

M

I gotta admit, the idea of a pregnant mermaid never occurred to me. The idea alone is worth $4.19

[Bill]

Exactly how do you get a mermaid preg... no, nevermind.

[Bill]

Holy crap. I don't care how much of a market there is for such useless videos, how that man lives with himself is beyond me. o_o

Who sais he lives with himself? He probably lives with his mother.

[Reymus]

Exactly how do get a mermaid preg... no, nevermind.

How do you NOT get a mermaid pregnant? Seriously, they're like swimming, talking, guppy-making machines.

[Elwell]

Exactly how do get a mermaid preg... no, nevermind.
Sea men.

[DeadlyFreeze]

I don't get it, I'm gona ask mommy...

[Dorkthrone]

ha ha, this one rock!

ready to pop lovely mermaid by Jeffie
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/sqezavela/mermaid_big2.jpg

i assume these are corals ;)

M

What the hell? I like how this person couldn't even exert enough effort to make the water look even vaguely like water.

Exactly how do get a mermaid preg... no, nevermind.
Somewhere on the internet, there are probably at least ten websites devoted entirely to figuring this conundrum out.

http://i.somethingawful.com/u/elpintogrande/march10/dog_big.jpg
I will never sleep again.

[FourTonMantis]

Who sais he lives with himself? He probably lives with his mother.

Did anyone notice his facial expression while drawing? That is one sad, sad man.

[Bill]

Sea men.

If only there were some way to hit both a 'Thanks' and a 'Groan' button on the same post.

[Dorkthrone]

Did anyone notice his facial expression while drawing? That is one sad, sad man.

Did you tell how monotone his voice is? This is definitely a broken human being who is trying to drown away his sorrows with muscle elves.

EDIT: I couldn't let this video pass by. I could make a joke about DeviantArt right here, but hey.
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This channel is a goldmine.

[FourTonMantis]

did you tell how monotone his voice is? This is definitely a broken human being who is trying to drown away his sorrows with muscle elves.

Edit: I couldn't let this video pass by. I could make a joke about deviantart right here, but hey.
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this channel is a goldmine.

NAH-ROO-TOO

[love tank]

he seems to be selling allot of pictures of characters i assume are copyrighted, im no expert on this stuff, but inst that illegal? --making money on other peoples creations without them knowing.

It's actually not illegal, according to an interview with some comic book creator on NPR I heard the other day.

The work is completely done by hand, which means people are buying an original production, even if the subject matter is not original. What would be illegal is if he made a copy of a comic strip or took a direct still, printed it, and sold it.

You should look into this yourself before trying it, because I'm not 100% sure I'm right, and the interview took place a while back, but the guy described it as legal to paint superman all day long, and sell that superman painting.

This is how famous painting replicas are legal to make and sell.

Either way, I'm buying at LEAST 50 of his "Guko" pencils. I hope he drew enough.

[SusanMart]

Exactly how do you get a mermaid preg... no, nevermind.

well, this is one question, another is - how is she going to give birth?????:girl:)))

[tobbA]

Fish usually drop their stuff somewhere and then the female comes to pick it up. So I guess that's what happens. Kinda boring, really :P


This is how famous painting replicas are legal to make and sell.

That would be different. It's legal to sell a copy of a famous painting, because nobody has the copyright anymore. The only thing that would be illegal would be claiming it is the real thing.

If somebody made a lot of money drawing superman without the right to do so I'm sure they'd be brought down.

[Ivory_Oasis]

A Wired article from last year, with some background on the "how to draw..." guy (not mentioned specifically, but it does explain what's going on there):
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia/all/1

--OT--

That is so.....so so so depressing. Just pumping out as much low quality random crap in huge quanitites to flood the internet and get more traffic? ugg....

I have even run into them while searching for information before! They have absolutely nothing of value (except getting you to go to their website so they can get a little more money).

And reading about the owner it's completely obvious he doesn't care who he cheats as long as he "makes it big".

[Ragdoll85]

Hey, if someone wants to pay him for that, more power to him.

[zx52hg]

This thread has single-handedly stolen the joy and happiness from my day.

[Jovian M]

Narutu.

[Larriva Art]

well, this is one question, another is - how is she going to give birth?????:girl:)))

Sea section.

[karma militia]

*Badum tshhhh*

[Varbosa]

... It's NAH-ROO-TOO. Good lord. My parents pronounce it that way. xD

Agh, the shame. Why do people try to sell their art when it looks like that? >_>

[pretentieuse]

Love this thread.

[Auslander]

Kids, the lesson for today is...always get paid up front, cash. ;-)

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[pretentieuse]

Rewatching the muscle elf video saddened me. That man can't be happy.

There used to be an entire Wikipedia page devoted to "The Mermaid Problem," but apparently the answer contributes nothing to public knowledge. I disagree.

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[goldilockz]

This thread delivers.

[Ceridwynne]

This reminds me of those terrible "how to draw" books that show up in barnes and noble, where the artist hardly seems qualified to lead a kindergarten finger painting class, let alone trying to teach art to others old enough to buy and use an art book.
Also: Narutu. I hate that show and even I can't stop laughing. Poor guy.
What was the name of that guy who used to be on TV and had actually useful painting tutorials? I want to look him up on youtube but I can't remember his name, only that he had frizzy hair.

[Auslander]

What was the name of that guy who used to be on TV and had actually useful painting tutorials? I want to look him up on youtube but I can't remember his name, only that he had frizzy hair.

Bob Ross. He died for your sins.

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[pretentieuse]

http://doctorwendigo.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/bob-ross.jpg

Bob Ross.

If you tell anybody about his secret little bush in the corner, he will come to your house and slit your fucking throat.

[Auslander]

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/518/bobrossru8.gif

The Chuck Norris of painting. And this was on one of his off days.

[Ceridwynne]

Hahah yes thanks all! Now I can watch his videos and remind myself why I love painting. :p (even if I suck at it)

[Dorkthrone]

Bob Ross only had one flaw. He didn't exercise while doing his tutorials.
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[Auslander]

Bob Ross is gone, but apparently, his PBS predecessor Bill Alexander is still around...he's kind of the "anti-Ross"...

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[Ceridwynne]

That--I'm not--...what did I just watch? o.-
Ah the wonders of TV (and now the internet)!

[Phuzion]

he seems to be selling allot of pictures of characters i assume are copyrighted, im no expert on this stuff, but inst that illegal? --making money on other peoples creations without them knowing.

Just FYI: No it's not illegal. You can sell an original piece of art of any character you want, but as soon as you turn it into a product, it is copyright infringement. So he can sell the originals, but selling prints would be illegal. Putting the images on shirts and selling them would be illegal. That sort of thing.

Cheers,
~D/L