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You can get ideas from anywhere. You might for instance look at a fence and get an idea. No one will take you to court because one curl is the same as the fence. A lot of the work out there is very similar in look and style and can be assumed that it has been copied.
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That is right.......you cannot copyright an IDEA.....so if you see something and then do the same idea to create something that is fine.
But.....what I meant was you cannot take someones photo/image/piece of art etc and recolour a couple of things, put a couple of hearts or something on it and then call it yours. The copyright belongs to the original photo/image/piece of art and you have to read their TOU if they have some on their site, and see if they allow manipulation of their images. Thats like taking the lyrics to a song, changing a couple of words to it and calling it yours.......doing that will end you in court very quickly.
But just seeing something.....and a lot of artists do this....say while walking down the street, taking a drive in a car out in the wilderness, seeing something in a magazine.......will look at it and be inspired to do something ......they get an IDEA.....and thats fine.
Even looking through the site here......you see a card that takes your fancy.....and it might give you an IDEA........thats fine too.
Just dont buy that card, then recolour and claim as yours.....big nono!
Thats what I was trying to say in the other post.