One of the things that has held me back on releasing my entire back archive of 3D work is the way it would be treated. Images I created from decades ago have had credits cut off and ownership has been claimed by others. Of the two meshes I have released to people (one to Atlom and one to Joey Bonice) I can tell you how I've been credited (or in one case not that much without prompting).
We've all been guilty of stuff like this in the past - after all, what's the harm in misusing an image, or what's the harm in using someone's mesh and reskinning it?
The harm is disrespect.
Renders take time; they are scenes set up by the artisit - even production renders (WIP images) take time and have to be set up and lit. And as for the actual meshes themselves... Hours, days, months, years can go into them. Time is what the cost is. Time. And time is a precious thing; it's a finite thing that we all must bow to. So if I share a 3D Mesh with you, or my artwork, or my writing - what I am sharing is my time.
Now, I have been targeted before. All of my work on deviantART was cloned, and someone made an accusation that they were the real James Snaith and I was a fraud. They tried to get me shut down and claimed the accolades I have (and I have a few) as their own. Bottom line, they were shut down quickly. I've been around too long - been published (oh yes, I have horror stories out in the world of print), and my style is my own. Still hurts that someone would do that. Still hurts that someone is lying about owning your work (time).
So no, I don't take kindly to not being credited for my work. Because, like us all, my time is limited. Of the five years the medical profession gave me, I've around 2 left. And the way things are deteriorating, I can't even promise that. I can't really walk anymore. That has an impact. I can't spend the hours a day I used to on projects because I get too damned tired. That has an impact. I smile, I joke, I pimp my wheelchair out and try and have fun - because the reality of what's going on sucks. And the kicker? When they do this heart op, it will stabilise me as I currently am. No improvement, just... status until the next breakthrough that could extend my life.
So time, time, is something that's precious to me. Because time is the only real commodity that I have that I can give.
Sticking my name on a credit isn't going to demean or kill you, it will, however aknowledge my time. And that, at the end of the day, is all I ask.
More soon.
We've all been guilty of stuff like this in the past - after all, what's the harm in misusing an image, or what's the harm in using someone's mesh and reskinning it?
The harm is disrespect.
Renders take time; they are scenes set up by the artisit - even production renders (WIP images) take time and have to be set up and lit. And as for the actual meshes themselves... Hours, days, months, years can go into them. Time is what the cost is. Time. And time is a precious thing; it's a finite thing that we all must bow to. So if I share a 3D Mesh with you, or my artwork, or my writing - what I am sharing is my time.
Now, I have been targeted before. All of my work on deviantART was cloned, and someone made an accusation that they were the real James Snaith and I was a fraud. They tried to get me shut down and claimed the accolades I have (and I have a few) as their own. Bottom line, they were shut down quickly. I've been around too long - been published (oh yes, I have horror stories out in the world of print), and my style is my own. Still hurts that someone would do that. Still hurts that someone is lying about owning your work (time).
So no, I don't take kindly to not being credited for my work. Because, like us all, my time is limited. Of the five years the medical profession gave me, I've around 2 left. And the way things are deteriorating, I can't even promise that. I can't really walk anymore. That has an impact. I can't spend the hours a day I used to on projects because I get too damned tired. That has an impact. I smile, I joke, I pimp my wheelchair out and try and have fun - because the reality of what's going on sucks. And the kicker? When they do this heart op, it will stabilise me as I currently am. No improvement, just... status until the next breakthrough that could extend my life.
So time, time, is something that's precious to me. Because time is the only real commodity that I have that I can give.
Sticking my name on a credit isn't going to demean or kill you, it will, however aknowledge my time. And that, at the end of the day, is all I ask.
More soon.
