miketcherry

I dislike posting my work with watermarks obscuring and defacing the images.  But I've learned the hard way that they will be stolen if not.  I've never minded people downloading them for inspiration on there own work, or even if they would just like a small image to have.  But full blown theft and misrepresentation of authorship is totally another thing.  I've been targeted with both.  One culprit was using images of mine to represent himself as an artist to scam on women.  Then there was the message I got saying, "I really like this drawing and it would make a perfect desktop image except for the watermark".  Translation, "I'd steal that if

     Last week was a busy week, what with the new Apple OS Mavericks upgrade that totally wrecked my computer (luckily it was the laptop I use for the internet, I have a second computer that I do my work on).  There was also the incident of a burned out clutch, leading to thoughts of a new car for my wife.  But the BIG news was the attempted art scam.     This is particularly vile and underhanded, considering how hard it can be to become an established artist.  Which is what makes us targets.  The opportunity of a sale is so exciting, we may go to great lengths to try to close a deal.  Here's the what happens.  Someone from overseas contact

I landed in Boston last Thursday night and tomorrow I move into my first apartment in Salem, while looking for permanent lodgings, hopefully close to downtown Salem.  I hope to start drawing again soon, doing local scenery and working with some local models.