Author: Josten Dooley

The legalities of image use while blogging

So the other day (yesterday to be exact) I received an email from none other than getty images. The email states

Dear Josten Dooley ,

It has come to our attention the following image(s) represented by Getty Images are being used or have been used online to promote your company.   

There is more but that is just a snippet from it. But I want you to know if you are a designer or whomever make sure you are careful. Because I for one thought that something like this was rare to happen. Because I thought oh I found this image I’ll use it and link to the person whom owns the photo. Well that does not work if you think it will.

The main thing to remember is that there are ton’s of royalty free images that you can find on various sites. From now I will definitely be using my own and royalty free images. I’m still in shock of such a thing happening with my blog. So take this as a lesson from me and make sure you do not do the same.

How to change the world with your work.

 

I constantly make sure that whatever I am doing I put myself into the work. By doing this I feel you put out better quality work. This also could be another way to describe having passion for what you do. The work ethic and belief that you have will depend a lot upon yourself. Then also it will depend how much and how hard you are willing to go farther than the other person.

So start putting yourself into your work and then you will start to see changes in you and the world around you.

 

Stretch your mind

 

This has been a thing that I work on continuously. Stretching your mind to the limit requires quite a lot of getting out of your shell. By that I mean it requires you to develop your own system of thinking. This means the things you learned as a child develop what your own thought patterns.

Stretching your mind is possible if you believe it is. Everyday you should be learning. By learning I don’t necessarily mean learn by reading a book. Because reading a book you will only get a certain amount of knowledge and a certain type. Fore example if you read garbage then what you expect your mentality to be like.

Take this for instance if you learn something new everyday that you did not before how much knowledge do you think you’d have then? You can do this immediately and I am not kidding. But you cannot get caught in the clouds by people lying to you. Do your best to not let that happen.

There’s tons of people who just do what they can to get by. Those are the people whom don’t set goals, just do what the job requires and they don’t really feel as if they don’t deserve more. You could be currently without clients and feel like you are never going to get any and or that you have to sell yourself short. Stop right there you are valuable. Your skills are valuable. But be honest with yourself about your worth. Don’t try to be a CEO and your really just a manager.

Keep learning and never settle with what you are just told to believe. Seek the truth and knowledge. Because at this moment you are not complete with anything. There is always room to learn, improve and achieve more. The last thing I’m going to ask you are you going to stretch your mind?

Carpe Diem

 

This was the first time I seen where this quote had came from was when I was watching Dead Poets Society. The speech that Robin Williams gave still resonates with me to this day. The honesty and truth behind it is like no other. I wanted to take time and dedicate a calligraphy piece to Robin Williams. Because he touched my life like no other with his movies. Just thinking of how many times I watched Jumanji or Ms doubtfire to name a few makes me smile.

Here’s a beautiful tribute video of a Robin Williams speech. You remember that if you ever need someone to talk to feel free to contact me anyway you feel like it and I’ll give you the time. Not to end this on a sad note lets remember Robin for the beautiful movies and laughs he gave all of us.

Beauty is embarrassing

 

I must say after watching this documentary Wayne White definitely inspired me. I feel I learned a lot more about taking the opportunities that you are given. Also the effects of trying to Mr big shot and think you can do so much work alone.  I recommend giving this a watch. It will teach you the importance of many things in life.

Pixel Albums from Chris J Davies

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Recently I was contacted about some very interesting work from Chris J Davis. The style and approach to taking away as much as possible from an album cover but keeping it legible. The other thing that I enjoyed about this was learning that Chris used a certain type of code to achieve these effects.

I for one had no idea such a thing even existed to achieve such an effect. The only other place I thought you could do this was in photoshop or illustrator. Below here is another album cover from Chris. Also there is many many possibilities I could see this working as. Even for a poster design and having a certain effect when you pass by and even pasted on the street for the concert. It would be nice to see how this would turn out when they get printed.

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