Property releases – musings

[ChristineParticipant]

I am curious to know if anyone knows why agencies require property releases for artwork that has been scanned or photographed but not for work that is produced purely on the computer

For instance this image, created purely on computer and my first attempt at creating a person from scratch would, I assume, not require a release although it would if I had painted it? (drawing is not my strong point, I just wanted to see if I could do it so)

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[shelma1Participant]

It depends. With vectors they don’t require a release if your person doesn’t look like a real person, but they want one if they think it does. (They want releases for realistic-looking houses as well). Shutterstock recently asked for a model release for one of my illos, even tho that character (who doesn’t look like a real person) has been in my port for years.

With jpgs, they want to be sure you haven’t just photographed or scanned someone else’s work, so they ask for a release. Or they ask for a jpg of the original sketch so they know you actually drew it. iStock used to be much more strict about, that but everyone’s become pretty lenient lately.

[ChromacoParticipant]

I have some silhouettes that are created from a modeling program. I don’t include a release but I do send a note with the name of the program and an explanation of how the images were created. That works almost all of the time.

[ChristineParticipant]

Thanks for your responses, so sometimes releases or explanations are required for digital painting/creations then.

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