Of late, part of the process for me to really cast myself into the story I'm writing has been the generation of cover art (though in my case it's forum header art, or a large banner if you will). Stick-figures being the extent of my own skills, that finds me instead using my own photographs, cropping them out, overlaying them on other web found content, adding text and so on.
That brings me to my problem...
My Western novel I was able to use a straight up photo of mine, and add some text. The SF/Dystopian novel I've rough written and forum posted, while I pick at it I included in one of those composited images I described above. For the prequel novella to it, I've generated a second piece, both of which are exactly what I want.
That said, with the novel I utilized background art by a discoverable artist. I've sent him numerous emails and tried to contact him through various other means, but have yet to get a response (as further, all of his personal websites fall into disuse)... On the novella, I found a photo that works, and after numerous image searches cross-referencing all the places it is posted, it has become rather clear to me that the photo has been utilized and shared so many times that it's doubtful I'll ever discover the originator. More so, after literally checking every site I could find it, I still can't discover the photographer.
So the question is, what to do?
Personally I'm thinking in the end it doesn't mean anything beyond 'open source or no, simply don't use it for profit.' However I thought it might be nice to see what everyone else thinks.
Thanks for your response!
K2
That brings me to my problem...
My Western novel I was able to use a straight up photo of mine, and add some text. The SF/Dystopian novel I've rough written and forum posted, while I pick at it I included in one of those composited images I described above. For the prequel novella to it, I've generated a second piece, both of which are exactly what I want.
That said, with the novel I utilized background art by a discoverable artist. I've sent him numerous emails and tried to contact him through various other means, but have yet to get a response (as further, all of his personal websites fall into disuse)... On the novella, I found a photo that works, and after numerous image searches cross-referencing all the places it is posted, it has become rather clear to me that the photo has been utilized and shared so many times that it's doubtful I'll ever discover the originator. More so, after literally checking every site I could find it, I still can't discover the photographer.
So the question is, what to do?
Personally I'm thinking in the end it doesn't mean anything beyond 'open source or no, simply don't use it for profit.' However I thought it might be nice to see what everyone else thinks.
Thanks for your response!
K2