Well... this is kind of like the lounge..., Exept you talk about graphic design. Options

[*Uronacid*]

Before posting realize that I am only referring to the Graphics Showcase section, thank you.

I don't waste my time the graphic showcase section anymore because I rarely see anything original graphics. It seems as just about every piece of "artwork" is a/an:

• Blend
• Icon
• Signature
• Vector-overlay
• Photo-manipulation
• Collage
• (note: I am leaving out colorization, because copyrighted images are generally needed to do this)

made using copyright images. I'm not saying that it doesn't take great skill or effort to create these pieces, but I am saying that it limits your creativity. I hate seeing people create a collage of copywrited images and call it their own work, yet I see it all the time. I upsets me. If I ever saw someone take my work, create a blend, and seriously call it their own, I would be furious.

Alright, to be fair, I know that even I occasionally create things based upon the copyrighted work of others, but the majority of my artwork is original. I rarely see completely original artwork found in the showcase forum. It seems as if 99.9% of the creations seen on Createblog are made using copyrighted images. I have a better chance at getting someone pregnant while wearing a condom than seeing a completely original piece of artwork on this site.

Many of you may think I'm complaining, but I'm not. I'm only stating the truth. This is createblog.com. A place that was supposedly grounded on creativity, and the only thing I see is copyrighted images being claimed by impostors as artwork. Do you think that this is creative? This wouldn't be such a problem if it wasn't such a frequent thing. Look at the first page:

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168267
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=168121
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6287/danfu4.jpg
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=167545
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=167584

*sigh*

What are your thoughts?

[freeflow]

I tend to do some of the stuff you listed above (as in blends, etc but not the stealing images part. I tend to credit the people who's resources I use.) but if I could do stuff from scratch then I would . Have I tried, on my free time yes. It would be fun to see many other types of artwork made from scratch but not everyone can come up with stuff like that. So it really doens't bother me at all.

But I do see your point, but as Lucy (or *insert name you wanted us to call you here* ) said, it doesn't bother me as long as credit is present or if you can obviously tell they are not trying to say the made things or took things that they didn't.

i knew i shouldn't of made that post... (but seeing as how i never made one... whatever)

There is nothing wrong with your post, your was listed because it was on the first page. You are obviously not trying to steal the image used. Its not like your posting say " I CR3ATED THIS CUMPL3T3LY ON Mi OWN." Its crap like that , that really shouldn't be posted, but I would encourage that you post more of your designs. (I know I didn't comment in the topic, but I don't in a lot, but I still view them.)