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Two Thoughts
I have two different thoughts to add on to the previous posts.
First thought- is regarding copyright infringement when working from photos of celebs. Consider that in addition to the problem of the photographers copyright, there is also some law that has to do with not being able to use a famous person's face without their permission. So even if I happen to be some place and I am able to take my own photo, I still don't have the right to use the image of the celebrity for the purpose of commercial gain without their permission. I forget what the law is actually called, but I think it should be looked into before using celebrities as samples.
Second thought- Since my paintings are done from a combination of source photo, notes, and a client sitting to finish the painting up, the finished painting is not going to look like a duplicate of the source photo (and it shouldn't). If a perspective client sees a source photo, they may start looking for "mistakes" and expect to see a "duplicate", and what they think is a "mistake" might be me rendering something as it really is and not being a slave to the source photo. An excellent way to show a perspective client that you are capable of creating a likeness, is to have the subject pose next to the finished painting, and take a photo of the subject and painting together. I've done this a few times, and it works great!
Mary Reilly
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