Just to let you all know.
I was walking in Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, the largest market in the world and I saw so many designs I've seen in anothersite and even DeviantArt printed on cheap t-shirts there. Many shops sell shirts with the same or similar(different colors) designs and it's very hard or impossible to hold them responsible because there are too many of them spread out everywhere and the people who sell the shirts probably took them wholesale from somewhere else. One tee costs about 100-250 baht. That's USD2.88 - 7.19 each. And they're being printed in bulk and sold in other markets and malls too. Of course there are local designers coming out with their own designs and labels but I'm a little disappointed(not surprised though) to find out about those art thieves. Some designs I saw were done by friends/artists I know. There's nothing to do about this but just thought I'd let you know that your art may be printed and sold cheap in Thailand(maybe other places too) without your permission. And err...I hope it's not the other way round.
I was walking in Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, the largest market in the world and I saw so many designs I've seen in anothersite and even DeviantArt printed on cheap t-shirts there. Many shops sell shirts with the same or similar(different colors) designs and it's very hard or impossible to hold them responsible because there are too many of them spread out everywhere and the people who sell the shirts probably took them wholesale from somewhere else. One tee costs about 100-250 baht. That's USD2.88 - 7.19 each. And they're being printed in bulk and sold in other markets and malls too. Of course there are local designers coming out with their own designs and labels but I'm a little disappointed(not surprised though) to find out about those art thieves. Some designs I saw were done by friends/artists I know. There's nothing to do about this but just thought I'd let you know that your art may be printed and sold cheap in Thailand(maybe other places too) without your permission. And err...I hope it's not the other way round.
All the anothersite designs I've spotted here in Holland turned out to be bought in places like thailand.
Only one was an actual anothersite shirt.
I bet that also goes for other t'shirt sites.
I wonder if there is a possibility of these tee-shirt sites selling the designs to other shops overseas? I mean, in anothersite, if something gets printed there, then the artist has gotten paid... Persoanlly, I'd see it as a big compliment if my designs were worn and so popular in other countries. But I can see how it is also unfair, because the artist doesn't get recognized for his/her work at those rip-off shops (unlike anothersite, where the credits are printed inside shirt).
I don't think anothersite or other Tee sites would do that. They would loose their customars, and especially designers if they did, and were found out.
The designs are here on the net, and the images can be stolen.
They won't have a 300dpi file to work with, but it could still be done with a worse quality.