Teefury

chaos0xomega said: Purchased (sorry Zoidthulhu design, I couldn't wait any longer)... but the FB link doesn't seem to work...

chaos0xomega said: Purchased (sorry Zoidthulhu design, I couldn't wait any longer)... but the FB link doesn't seem to work...

Samson said: Nice design. Really looks good as the green on black.

household.

Shazam5 said: Gee, this design looks familiar...


http://www.francescofrancavilla.com/gallery/hp_lovecraft.html

lindsymnster said: Besides the blatant likeness of Francavilla's design, the composition and elements instantly reminded me of a Lovecraft themed shirt I picked up awhile ago from another site:


http://somewhereelse.com/shirt/08/26/2009/weird-fiction


Create you're own art please!

kgullholmen said: wow, way to be an obvious troll


if you have any problem with the design or you feel like any copyright issues might ensue ... act like a grown-up and talk to TeeFury's service department instead of joining TeeFury under two gazillion names and spamming the fork out of this place.

you. are. annoying! we got it the first time. somebody made a drawing of Lovecraft with Chtulu in the background ... big deal. oh - did you give the photographer of Lovecraft's original portrait any credits?


did you?


I didn't think so.


now either voice your concerns to the poeple in charge or stay silent ... but don't try to agitate people in a angry-child-tearing-a-napkin manner. that's embarrassing

noelpenn said: Dang it @SOTI/Solario/Francavilla

Will you stop posting as different ppl.. please.

itsbecca said: Also, your photo comment is just the silliness. Anything prior to 1923 is in the public domain and Lovecraft *died* in 1937. (As someone who only uses art legally, I'm aware of such things.)

kuhan said: Looks a lot like this. Comments?

kgullholmen said:

itsbecca said: Also, your photo comment is just the silliness. Anything prior to 1923 is in the public domain and Lovecraft *died* in 1937. (As someone who only uses art legally, I'm aware of such things.)

first: that's neither true nor would change a thing: it's still someone else's photograph, if you're so keen on naming sources, you would have to include that one as well, no matter if it's free or not. I couldn't just quote Hamlet without saying it's Shakespeare's words, not mine.


other than that I wouldn't wanna deny Francavilla his creativity or anything, I was mostly pointing out that there is obvious trolling going on here, a "lot of people" who joined today just to post the same link over and over again? c'mon ... that's ridiculous and you know it.


this and everything I said in the above comment ... THAT's my point!

kgullholmen said: wow, way to be an obvious troll


if you have any problem with the design or you feel like any copyright issues might ensue ... act like a grown-up and talk to TeeFury's service department instead of joining TeeFury under two gazillion names and spamming the fork out of this place.

you. are. annoying! we got it the first time. somebody made a drawing of Lovecraft with Chtulu in the background ... big deal. oh - did you give the photographer of Lovecraft's original portrait any credits?


did you?


I didn't think so.


now either voice your concerns to the poeple in charge or stay silent ... but don't try to agitate people in a angry-child-tearing-a-napkin manner. that's embarrassing

kgullholmen said:
first: that's neither true nor would change a thing: it's still someone else's photograph, if you're so keen on naming sources, you would have to include that one as well, no matter if it's free or not. I couldn't just quote Hamlet without saying it's Shakespeare's words, not mine

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ohcararara said: Is this same artist as the one that did this print I have on my wall? http://www.francescofrancavilla.com/gallery/hp_lovecraft.html


Because if it is, awesome! If not, a little too similar for me to be comfortable buying.

Conor said: I'm sorry but...

Are you all blind?


The similarities between the two pieces are minimal. The composition and shape of the face comes purely from the photograph and the background elements have very little in common.


There's 1000's of art pieces and t-shirts designed every minute, it's inevitable that some pieces will look slightly similar but people claiming it's stolen and the like are clearly jumping on the bandwagon and/or can't see.


It's not theft.

It's not even that similar.


Calm down kids.

DanaeMarie483 said: I WANT THIS SO BAD BUT I ALREADY HAVE A MILLION BLACK SHIRTS :(((((

Solario said: A witch hunt implies that it's unearned prosecution. This is someone clearly taking someone else's design (composition, elements, and all) and using [... stuff ...] incarnted plagerists should be shunned, legally prosecuted and shamed.

tiin said: I would question the artistic sensibilities of anyone who refers to this as plagiarism (or "plagerism" for the functionally illiterate types).

Solario said:

tiin said: I would question the artistic sensibilities of anyone who refers to this as plagiarism (or "plagerism" for the functionally illiterate types).

Oh, look - a personal attack. That's certainly strengthening your case.


And Francesco pointed out an act of plagiarism on his twitter; he didn't advice anyone to raise a fuss about it. One would assume that a basic moral code would be a good enough reason to do so.


And Greed? No. Francesco is not printing t-shirts with the design, so the only thing he's doing is protecting his copyright and pointing out blatantly immoral and possibly illegal actions by a major t-shirt website. Don't try to make the corporation the little guy in this.

ohcararara said: Is this same artist as the one that did this print I have on my wall? http://www.francescofrancavilla.com/gallery/hp_lovecraft.html


Because if it is, awesome! If not, a little too similar for me to be comfortable buying.

vanessal3000 said: Tee Fury, I'm surprised you have yet to make a statement regarding this. Sure this shirt is only available for 24 hours but do you realize the damage you are doing to your brand by ignoring it?


Mr Francavilla has thousands of twitter followers, on top of the retweets he will get from other comic book artists and fans who share his stance on what is being done here.


I'm sure you'll just delete this comment, but I hope you read this before you do.

kgullholmen said: it's not a rip-off at all .. it just uses the same source photograph and put Lovecraft and his most famous creation into one picture ... and that's not exactly sooo far off that it couldn't have come to several minds at the same time (and I bet there's more of them out there)


bet won: I mean designs like this or this or even that

vanessal3000 said: Tee Fury, I'm surprised you have yet to make a statement regarding this. Sure this shirt is only available for 24 hours but do you realize the damage you are doing to your brand by ignoring it?


Mr Francavilla has thousands of twitter followers, on top of the retweets he will get from other comic book artists and fans who share his stance on what is being done here.


I'm sure you'll just delete this comment, but I hope you read this before you do.

opeth31 said: Don't buy this shirt. They stole the Design from Francesno Francavilla.


http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/26/rancesco-francavilla-teefury-lovecraft/

RiotDemon said: The similarities are basically if they were both told to draw Lovecraft with a book and a monster.. its a shame but I don't know if I would call it a blatant ripoff.

Solario said: Oh, look - a personal attack. That's certainly strengthening your case.

And Francesco pointed out an act of plagiarism on his twitter; he didn't advice anyone to raise a fuss about it. One would assume that a basic moral code would be a good enough reason to do so.

And Greed? No. Francesco is not printing t-shirts with the design, so the only thing he's doing is protecting his copyright and pointing out blatantly immoral and possibly illegal actions by a major t-shirt website. Don't try to make the corporation the little guy in this.

Pandora69 said: I LOVE this design. It is similar to Francesco's, but as someone pointed out earlier...if someone said to draw Lovecraft holding a book with Cthulhu behind him, they would be similar, but it is a different interpretation. Also, my husband has a killer Cthulhu tattoo chest piece, and it is very similar to the depiction of Cthulhu in this picture. I bought the shirt for him. :)

Sanzen said: franc may be the original but either way I like Jimiyo's design better.

emilyesse said: I suggest people check into copyright law more closely before they form an opinion as to whether something might be copyright infringement; including looking at what courts have decided in similar cases. Otherwise, any opinion posted here is just an uninformed guess at the law.

Francavilla said: This is a blatant rip-off of my design http://www.francescofrancavilla.com/gallery/hp_lovecraft.html and both the artist and teefury will hear from my legal.


Francesco Francavilla