firefly/serenity painting prints

POSTED BY: krispee
UPDATED: Saturday, September 9, 2006 08:25
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KRISPEE

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:26 PM

hi all
was wondering if anyone was interested in buying prints/posters of characters from firefly and serenity?
i`m really canvassing as to demand really, if there`s enough i can afford to print some up.....i`ve posted my work here for some time, you`ve probably seen my work.....

anyway, thanks for reading....

krispee

DADA21

Friday, August 25, 2006 6:39 PM

I own a large format printer that I have lately been using to do very inexpensive prints for friends of Serenity/Firefly stuff (mostly fan-based stuff).

If anyone has any fan-based art they want duplicated in fairly decent quality (up to 3feet by 12feet), drop me a note -- I'm not charging any profit or anything, so costs are under 50 cents per square foot. If you do your own fan-based art, this would be a cool way to get that stuff out to your friends dirty cheap (like $6 for a 3'x4' poster).

KRISPEE

Friday, August 25, 2006 9:25 PM

dada: appreciated, i use my printer for some prints as well, but i`m talking about hand painted digital paintings of the characters not downloaded pictures that you print off....
stuff like this....

all hand painted digital paintings.....
krispee

ARTCAT81

Monday, August 28, 2006 6:32 PM

I am painting a serenity ship this week, what are you printing on? and what type of ink are you using? I am very interested in getting prints!

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

KRISPEE

Monday, August 28, 2006 8:00 PM

artcat: i print my own high quality printer, it`s an epson and i use their proprietory ink and papers.....i can get them printed by third party printers on various paper thicknesses at extra cost....

kris

DADA21

Monday, August 28, 2006 10:35 PM

I use an HP DesignJet 3800CP with UV/water-resistant inks. I can print any size up to 54"x1200" (yes, 4.5 feet by 100 feet)

I can do 15 3ft x 4ft prints on 32lb bond for $20 including shipping.

KRISPEE

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:31 PM

that is some size printer, Dada, i`m a bit impressed lol......are you a professional printer?
just wondering why you`d have such a large printer.......
i might try one on ya sometime, just to see the quality, i`m set to create not print so much....if you don`t mind that is, i do live in the UK though, which makes postage a wee bit more expensive.....

kris

DADA21

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:59 PM

No, not a professional printer. I dedicated (most of) my life to providing free charitable media services for houses of worship, so I've been lucky to have a lot of hardware donated to me (in the hundreds of thousands of dollars range). Because of this, I am able to also provide printing services for side projects and pet projects and friends and family -- at a significant discount (as long as I replace the media and ink myself).

Next week we're getting some even better stuff donated -- like a aqueos coating laminator that is 55" wide and does amazing glossy UV-resistant waterproof coatings. Cool stuff.

KANEMAN

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:13 PM

How much? How long? How is it shipped? Is it just the ones posted, or can you do any frame? If I sent you my pic could you add me into a painting...Like me and Morena?

KANEMAN

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by krispee:
hi all
was wondering if anyone was interested in buying prints/posters of characters from firefly and serenity?
i`m really canvassing as to demand really, if there`s enough i can afford to print some up.....i`ve posted my work here for some time, you`ve probably seen my work.....

anyway, thanks for reading....

krispee

Put this in general discussion page. Many more people will read...Trust me they want to see your work.

EMMARIGBY

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:29 PM

I was really thrilled to hear you were considering selling your work. You are definately one of my all time favorite Firefly artists (and with the talent displayed here that is no mean feat!) I'm desperately job hunting at the moment but the second I have some spare cashy money I'm gonna be dropping you a line!

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KRISPEE

Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:11 PM

kaneman: cheers, i guess i could put you and morena together, would need some ref from you though and we`d have to see how the light is....definitely possible.....i`ll post a thread in the general, thanks for pointing that out....i paint anything, honestly, anything, any character of the firefly/serenity `verse...and anything else as well....
i posted in a separate thread on 'trading' with details....

emma: thanks, took me a while to figure out how to go about posting here, but yeah, will be selling stuff soon as....appreciate the heads up....really, all the best with the job hunt, i know how that feels, good luck!

dada: ok, sounds cool indeed....i`ll let you know when i have something i`d like done, i`m having a sort out of all my work so far so i`ll let you know soon.....

kris

ARTCAT81

Friday, September 1, 2006 6:44 PM

Krispee,

your work is beautiful! I'm just starting to dabble in painting, I usually stick to oil sticks.

I love the play of light on your work

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

KRISPEE

Monday, September 4, 2006 4:24 PM

cheers, artcat, appreciate the comments, i tend to dabble in oil paints outside of the computer.....not too many people have the money to buy anything unfortunately, but not to worry......can still watch serenity and firefly :biggrin

krispee

MICJWELCH

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 1:27 PM

You might also try posting at www.serenitystuff.com There is a "Submit Stuff" link on the right near the bottom. Your work is very good. I'm sure it will be popular.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

GRIZWALD

Tuesday, September 5, 2006 1:38 PM

I hope you know your copyright/trademark law very thoroughly or this could get extremely messy for you.

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KRISPEE

Friday, September 8, 2006 3:14 PM

micjwelch: cheers, i`ll have a look at that.....

grizwald: well, i have asked around a lot over that and it isn`t an easy question to answer, no-one seems to have the same one anyway....as far as i can tell as long as you haven`t copied it exactly you are ok, and if you are only selling a few then they wouldn`t bother with you anyway, cost more than they`d get in return. if you are paiting parts and making something new from it then that`s ok as well, as far as....i have seen other artists paint these characters without submitting to Universal for copyright without a problem.....posting them on sites like these isn`t a problem at all either.
but it is a good question, one that i have wondered about, how far can you go, no-one seems to know....

krispee

GRIZWALD

Friday, September 8, 2006 3:19 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by krispee:
well, i have asked around a lot over that and it isn`t an easy question to answer, no-one seems to have the same one anyway.... no-one seems to know....

Apparently you have not asked an attorney. Where money is involved, it would be wise to get a consultation with an attorney well versed in copyright/trademark law and check what you are going to do to save problems down the road. Asking people on the message boards is not going to do the job. What are you gonna do when you are standing in court someday, say, "Well, I asked around the message boards and everybody said it was okay, so..."?

I don't mean to be nasty, I'm trying to be realistic. It's not just Universal. Nathan Fillion owns his own face. Gina Torres owns her own face. You aren't supposed to sell their faces without their permission. Is this making sense?

Posting stuff in the Blue Sun Room is different; it's a violation, probably, but nobody cares since there is no money changing hands. But when you go to sell something, you step into territory where the chances of people/companies bothering to enforce their rights are much higher.

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KRISPEE

Saturday, September 9, 2006 8:25 AM

grizwald: ok, i hear you, but in that case this is probably not worth bothering about. i have better things to do with my talent than waste it looking into something that has only 1 of 2 possible outcomes: either the attorney/solicitor will tell me i can`t do it or he will tell me to contact the parties involved. then they will say yes, but pay me a royalty, or they will say no.
either way i won`t make any money.
i have a lot of other projects to invest with my time that have no copyright issues.....

krispee