It can be tricky to understand issues surrounding copyright and fair use, especially as it concerns art and visual imagery. As an artist, you should know whether your sources for inspiration are within copyright and be aware of what rights you hold for your artwork.
"As an artist, appropriation means taking in an image that is not your own and changing it significantly to suit your own personal vision. Plagiarism is the act of copying from another person without significant change [or attribution to the original creator] ... As a rule of thumb, a found resource image must be at least 65% changed to be considered an appropriation." — Weber, Pam (n.d). The difference between plagiarism and appropriation in art. Ink for all. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
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