GCU Forum - Why was this rejected???

Robin_145428 Senior Member artist Posts: 251	Why was this rejected??? Dec 5^th, 2010, 11:57am I did a graphite drawing of Gable & Lombard and it was rejected by GCU.. I wanted to use it for Valentine's Day.. Can anyone shed some light on this?.. thanks
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Karen_131257 Senior Member artist Posts: 332	Re: Why was this rejected??? Reply #1 - Dec 5^th, 2010, 12:02pm Hi I don`t know who/what Gable & Lombard is/are, but if it`s a known celebrity, copyrighted image/person, cartoon/work of art etc then that`s probably the reason. Karen
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Re: Why was this rejected???
Reply #2 - Dec 5^th, 2010, 12:09pm

Hi Robin,

Being celebrities, it poses a copyright issue. You can email the reviewer and ask specifics on the rejection which might help you. If it was that title or that you used the celebrity names on the card, in the title or keywords you can change those. If it is because it is too realistic or a painting directly made from one of their movie posters, you may be out of luck.

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Re: Why was this rejected???
Reply #3 - Dec 5^th, 2010, 12:26pm

Any time you use a person,his picture,or name,you must have a model /property release. I don't know what GCU requires,but with stock agencies that is the way they work.So I suspect the copyright is what is in question. Since both of these people are long dead,and no longer active,the copyright may have expired,but I don't know how to find out about that,so if I were you,I wouldn't worry about doing a celebrity,but design another of a different subject. You certainly don't want to get ino a copyright dispute.
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Robin_145428

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Re: Why was this rejected???
Reply #4 - Dec 5^th, 2010, 12:37pm

Quote from Doreen_137017 on Dec 5^th, 2010, 12:09pm:

Hi Robin,

Being celebrities, it poses a copyright issue. You can email the reviewer and ask specifics on the rejection which might help you. If it was that title or that you used the celebrity names on the card, in the title or keywords you can change those. If it is because it is too realistic or a painting directly made from one of their movie posters, you may be out of luck.

OK I get it Doreen thank you.. It had no names the headline said "you're a Classic" and it looks pretty realistic, but you can see it was a rendering. Ill just scratch that one. But it wood have been so nice for V-Day embarrassed

and thank you both for you quick response.

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Ernestine_131365 Gold Member artist Posts: 853	Re: Why was this rejected??? Reply #5 - Dec 5^th, 2010, 10:48pm The reason most likely is that you had to have done the rendering from a photograph (movie poster or publicity pix0), as you would not have been around to actually see Gable and Lombard. The copyright in question is probably that of the original photographer. 'e'
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