On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Anahita and Yaqin wrote:
> Thanks for the response! The backgroung pics I mentioned are the landscape
> photos from the themes. Is there a way to tell if a photo is PD or GPL
Hi,
An enormous fraction of the coolest-looking backgrounds used by folks
displaying screenshots are from digital blasphemy.
http://digitalblasphemy.com/
As it says on the DB sight, 35 of the DB backgrounds (wallpapers) are free
and if you want access to all 400 you have to pay a modest fee (I think
it's well worth it).
A 1-year membership is $25 for personal and $50 for commercial. Creating
posters for sale would fall under commercial, of cource, but since he's
talking about web sites, I would think you would additionally have to ask
for permission for what you're planning on doing.
Aside: I think if people use DB backgrounds for public display (or any
type of work someone else created), the source should be credited (at
least in fantastically small print) -- not just to be polite to the source
but as a service to the viewers. And it's just good all-around for the
spread and advancement of ideas.
Aside#2: IMO some of the screenshots on e.themes.org are works of art
themselves. Transluscent and tinted eterm windows with
bizarre/arcane chat sessions or shell wizardry going on make for some
serious eye-candy.
Aside#3: Eric Knight Holbrook's digital art gets used on many a
screenshot I've seen. This guy definitely charges money, though perhaps
you could persuade him to be reasonable. I'm not sure of his gallery's
current URL, but while you're searching for it you could also look for
Bryce and POV-ray (the 3d art programs) galleries to find other
Holbrook-like artists.
-Chris
