In a previous entry, I talked about my decisions to make my Flickr portfolio, for the most part, creative commons licensed.
Well, curiosity got the better of me, so I went out looking on the Googles for pictures of mine.
First I had to get through the weeds. There are a few websites that offer up Flickr galleries for backgrounds and such, as well as one that just offers up Flickr again (I think for looks, mainly).
I did actually find some people using my pictures for things out there. I just thought I'd highlight a few.
The last is coffee shark sleeps. This image is made with sketchbook mobile on my HTC Incredible using a stylus. It was a part of the 365 project, and specifically my all-fish-February. Coffee shark made a few appearances that month. The article is about technology, and apparently a shark dreaming about coffee. Which, I know, is a common thing. Actually it is about how technology is a force that contributes to changes in culture.
I found a few others, this blog uses a Trinidad picture for its background. This blog uses the same pictures just outright. This dictionary of stuff uses one of my Swedish panoramas in its entry for Stockholm. All very cool.
Oh, and what would the internet be without a blog of cats.
But… but… you weren't PAID for any of that! No. No I wasn't. And that is ok. Nothing above is a paying gig that I have somehow lost by licensing my stuff by CC. All of them have, as they were supposed to, credited me with the picture.
My only wish with all of this is that somehow I'd known about these things. I know that isn't a part of the requirements… which I am certainly ok with. From an artist standpoint, I'd like to see what the kids are doing out there in the wild.
I've updated my Flickr profile with more information in hopes to get feedback when someone grabs a shot for something they are working on. Still, in the end, it is a good feeling to see that something I did wasn't just appreciated by strangers, but used by them for something.