Doug Bloodworth vs Hulk

Artist Doug Bloodworth painting his most recent work. This video was made from photos captured every 15 minutes during his work on the Hulk. Check out more work at www.dougbloodworth.com

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• Doug Bloodworth
• Hulk
• Cheetos
• artist

[cha5]

@sigmonrunner1 Probably one reason I feel a bit strongly about this is that artists from Lichtenstein onwards have always had the rational "it's just comics" and have usually never credited the original comicbook artist that they've borrowed from, who usually made little to nothing from their original work.

[cha5]

@sigmonrunner1 I believe that selling this work in a gallery and basically capitalizing on a cover and a character that is owned by another company right down to the cover logo without crediting the company or the original creator is questionable at best. As for fair use I'm not sure that covers duplicating a comicbook cover. The comics industry and their lawyers has a history of going after works like this from people who have done comissions at conventions all the way to that kindergarten case

[sigmonrunner1]

@cha5 I am no law expert, but I don't think a company has any grounds to sue an artist for such a work. To describe this piece as a derivative work, is... well, laughable. The value of the work would not be based upon any of the copyrighted content with in, nor would it be sold as alternative to the original copyrighted work. It could perhaps also fall under fair use, as a commentary and/or criticism.

[oimau]

i still don't believing..........

[soyayofu]

Excellent work! Awesome!

[jackodrums]

@cha5 You just can't with the jealousy

[woopdedo3]

This guy is a God.

[cha5]

@ThatChubbyDude I'm no lawyer but the comicbook industry has a history of going after people who use characters they own, about a year ago Disney tried to sue some kindergarden that did a wall painting of several Marvel characters, They were shamed into dropping the lawsuit I believe.

[cha5]

@ThatChubbyDude Yes but we aren't talking about potato chips, This is a reproduction of a copyrighted comicbook cover and character that isn't in the public domain and is owned by Marvel Comics & The Walt Disney company, unless this is a case of fair use selling something like this in an art gallery might be grounds for legal action. Also Doug Bloodworth has done several comicbook cover reproductions in this same vein and I believe a page or two using copyrighted artwork and characters.

[ThatChubbyDude]

@cha5 Same could be said for the cheetos/lays, etc. Unless if he's sponsored by them all to produce these works. Still, I feel so guilty and bad knowing I could the same final product with a high resolution photograph, a photoshop oil filter, and posterboard.