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Fan Art LawFan Art Law by $techgnotic
Fan Art Law
Mon Sep 10, 2012 by $techgnotic
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t seems there’s nothing quite as dear to the hearts of many of our deviants as their production of fan art, and at the same time, there is nothing so knotted with legal and ethical headaches. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but in the form of fan art it has also become one of the most frustratingly complicated. At some point, the sheer volume of fan art around a single property may become so large that the issue rises to another level of scrutiny by the creators of the original work.
With this dynamic in mind, we thought the following panel that Josh Wattles, our Advisor In Chief here at deviantART, and a mystery guest named Harold Smith, gave at Comic Con this year might be of immense help in understanding the ever evolving elements of fan art
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Love trying new and different techniques to add depth and interest to my work. I am self taught and my programs of choice are Photoshop, Poser Pro, Marvelous Designer, Hexagon and Bryce. 
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They are the darnest things. I love your id picture and all of your works, they are wonderful. I like the name Kachinadoll, when I was a small boy my family went on old Route 66 thru New Mexico and I got a Kachina from a café near Gallup. 
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