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About Me Varied / Professional Premium Member Nina BolenFemale/United States Group group avatar #Re-Plushed
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Hi Nina -

I'm not even certain where I got the idea for this particular Gryphon but
you are correct, it does bear a likeness to yours.  I have removed it from
my website.

Rick Bulman

That's why I always say what my artwork is based one.  For example my Fire Gang soft sculptures are not exact copies from the movie but based on the creatures from the Labyrinth & so I always give credit to where the idea came from.  This artist did change my artwork but artist can get something called "trade dress" trademark/copyright which basically protects their "stye" or artwork not only their images.

So I was sent a link by a friend to this site [link] after they where searching for Celtic Gryphons.  If you google Celtic Gryphon my artwork is the first to come up under images.  Pretty cool right?  Well not anymore because it seams people think it's OK to just steal my artwork.

This artist [link] has a "Celtic Gryphon" that looks a lot like my artwork


There are small changes [link] like he changed the back paws a little and took out some of the detail on the wing.

Now my image in my gallery was uploaded back in 2006 you can see it right there on DA's info & this artist says he's only been painting on stone for about 4 years making his work from 2008.  

I don't really know what to do :( I've contacted that artist via e-mail & have had no response.  Do I need to get a lawyer?  I would just be happy if they guy would give me some kind of credit like "based on the artwork of Nina Bolen" and I don't think he sales prints so one painting I guess would be OK but it looks just like my artwork.  Down to the fact that the Gryphon is smiling.

I don't get how people think they can get away with this :(
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Mood: Astonished ~MizuPics May 12, 2012
You're *not* a crazy bird lady? ^ ^

I'm a crazy writer looking for people that love their African Grays and can tell me a bit about them.

Here's my dumb crazy writer thing I did: way back in 8th grade, I had a dream that was an awesome beginning and end to a story... with zero middle. I tried writing it and it just died in the middle. A lot.

Then I got the crazy idea to add an African Gray... and the whole thing just clicked. :D I almost can't stop writing it except for lack of info on birds! >.< Aargh! It was mostly the 'parrots live as long as humans' that got me started (as opposed to dogs/cats/toddlers, and now I have something to build the human's personality around that leads to that specific end.

I have 2 'real life' bird experiences: an adorable Budgie my sister got to borrow from school for a week (man he was cute!) and my friend's family Cockatoo who was meaner than heck, and after doing a lot of research on African Grays, I think I know why. Parrots. Are. Not. Dogs. In. A. CAGE!!! >.<

You like your birdies! Anything you want to tell me about day-to-day life with Jasmine (or your other birds) would be awesome. What does she like to do? What does she like to eat? What do you guys do together? Do you ever drive each other nuts? How does she handle other birds? Does she talk at all? Do you shower your bird? Was it hard to train her? I'm aiming for realism.

Also, a little more 'novel specific': the dream started out with an earthquake... so Manda (main char) and Booji (African Gray) are playing together (Booji's out of his cage!) when their apartment pretty much collapses around them. All I know is 'parrots really don't like change'. What does Manda have to do to get Booji calmed down? They have no apartment and her bird emergency kit (which she did prep!) got eaten by the building getting mashed. She's currently got the stuff on her neighbor's coat rack to build a harness out of and that. is. it!

Any info you want to give'd be great. Thank yew!! I can use just about anything in the novel as inspiration, and if you'd like Jasmine and you to be credited, I'm going to a writer convention in February with the finished book. :)
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*enchantmentsart May 13, 2012  Professional General Artist
Just send me a note ^_^ it's much easier than trying to write back & forth on this page. :hug:

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~cynder200022 Apr 21, 2012   Digital Artist
[link] please tell others

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*enchantmentsart Apr 22, 2012  Professional General Artist
very cool thanks for sharing!

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~cynder200022 Apr 23, 2012   Digital Artist
any time!

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=vonBorowsky Apr 11, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
What color do you want for the custom plastic box of your purple dragon (of our trade)?

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*enchantmentsart Apr 11, 2012  Professional General Artist
Oh I think I'll let you pick ^_^ just surprise me.

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=vonBorowsky Apr 11, 2012  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
Ok! =D

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*Amberanime1 Apr 4, 2012
Also how much would be a sculpture?

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*enchantmentsart Apr 4, 2012  Professional General Artist
depends on a lot of factors. What you want? What size? painted or using the clay as color? For example something like this is between $10 & $15~ [link] each while something like this~[link] is $100+ depending on size and detail ^_^

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