competions display board

[ruths fab faces]

Hello everyone i need to vent some. I often do festivales where another facepainting company paints also. I don't mind competion ,this company used to have a board that offered not that great of designs ,poor selection .I keep my price the same as the comp. and I offer a great selection of fantastic designs and never had a worry until I got a call from my sister to come check out the new board the company put up to draw in customers .Well a large portion of the pics they put up were other face painters pics.Some were silly farm pics some snaz index pics and some were pics from other face painters from this forum. I mean some pics were of the face painter that had painted themselves and they posted as their pic on the board can you belive it. I don't think its right to entice customers with other peoples pics that you no you can't paint .We all have our stash of pics we would like to recreate but we don't put them out on our display board. People won't know that this company can't paint the pic as posted untill after they have paid and been painted. What do you think?

[Shannon Fennell]

First... do you have a website for this company? Are they posting the "stolen" photos there too? Do you have photos of the display they were using and/or names of the artists or able to specifically identify the photos they were using?

Individual artists could contact them with cease and desist letters/emails if you can provide more specific information.

[KathyO]

I agree with you it is false advertisement unless they say the artist name on the picture. Did the snaz pictures have the little logo on them - they are suppose to write the name of the artist if they are going to use them on a display board - that is the rule of the site - Gary of snazaroo can get on their case if you can provide a picture of the display board and the name of the company to him.

[ruths fab faces]

I have not seen any of the pics in question on their web site ,just on the display board .They give no credit to the artist that did these designs .I really need too take a pic at the next event we are at of the display board . I don't know if this company is a part of this forum I don't want to name names .I will give a shout out to sparkling faces they had a pic of you on thier board of a mask you had painted on yourself .Maybe you gave permision I'm not sure .I really love your work and for them to pass it off as their work is not right.

[Bec]

dude. thats effed up.

[sparklingfaces]

holy hell no!!!

I have not given permission to anyone to use my pictures.
If you have the contact information for them, please send it my.

I dont mind borrowed design but not a picture of my face!

which design was it so I can point it out

[ruths fab faces]

It was one of the painted eye mask designs done with the white line work I think they snagged the pic from your web site gallery your standing against a plane wall for the pic .I will do my best to get a pic of the board as soon as i can .I didn't think that you would have let them use your pic like that.

[sparklingfaces]

That pic was only used on here and facebook - it's not on my website.... interesting

[Psalmbook]

Get a picture of their display board at their next event & get their website info so that all painters who've been stolen from can send them cease & desist letters. You will need physical proof.

If the said face painter is reading this forum & post, they will be forewarned & can stop now before it becomes a legal matter.

Rather than steal a picture... If you like a design, re-paint it on yourself or a model & get a picture of it. That copy is yours(just don't enter it into a competition:-)

[ruths fab faces]

wow sorry for all the misspelled words I must have been so tired.I will get a pic of the board the next event we do at the same time.Thanks for all of the adivce.

[bkrvail]

holy vi, I would be mad as hell, go get'em girl!

[vampkat]

Wow, I'm a total newb but even I know that's a total no-no. i'm practicing my butt off, and I've been trying to figure out how to make a display board when all I have for models is myself and my (really tired of it) daughter...but I would still never steal someone else's pics!

[wmeventservices]

It's fraud!!!

[melisadill]

LOL. me too vampkat! But my "really tired of it" is my son, hehehe!

Sorry to hear about that kinda rotten character trying to get one up on you. They are obviously grasping to keep up. Great work on your end. Hopefully things can get resolved.

[twinkletattoos]

I can't believe anybody would have enough balls to do that. So shame.