280Z28 Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 These are sketches of the emblems that I'm having made for my Z. I've been thinking about possible designs for a couple months now and tonight I finally settled on this pair. The designs are copyrighted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innerware Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Whose making them for you and out of what material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z28 Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 Guy outside of Austin named Terry Deck. They're getting airbrushed between the base and clear coats. He's been airbrushing for 15 years and has a rep as one of the best available, and after seeing his work I'm convinced he'll make them look spectacular. Edit: They are smooth since they are painted but it matches what I've done to my car.. I had the side marker lights removed and such so everything is slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhadman Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 How did you get those 'copyrighted'? Are you planning to sell them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z28 Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 How did you get those 'copyrighted'? Are you planning to sell them? If you create something, you can say it's copyrighted and it is. A registered copyright is when you file with the USPTO and can make lawsuits easier because it proves ownership. As is, it is copyrighted but in a civil case the designer (Terry) would have to prove that he came up with it before whoever it was that copied it. I'm not planning to sell them. Actually, we made an agreement that even if someone brings a Z to him and asks for those, he won't do it because he doesn't do the same car twice, plus they are personalized for me He is a designer though and would be happy to come up with something original for anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhadman Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Thats cool, man... It just struck me a little funny when you said "The designs are copyrighted". The designs look good... you should definately post pictures when they are completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 If they are hand painted each would be different. No sure what saying it is copyrighted gets you. An agreement from the painter would be much more restrictive unless there is another painter somewhere that would do them. Not going to copy them, but the comment did strike me funny too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z28 Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 If they are hand painted each would be different. No sure what saying it is copyrighted gets you. An agreement from the painter would be much more restrictive unless there is another painter somewhere that would do them. Not going to copy them' date=' but the comment did strike me funny too.[/quote'] He said if I wanted to post the sketches I had to mention it, so I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynekarnes Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 my neighbor casts gold and silver jewlery. tells me that if i can carve the original scarab beetle out of wax, he can use the lost cast style mold and make me the scarab style vent bug. hed use a soft metal maybe aluminum and polish it. if anyone has carving skills ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z28 Posted December 1, 2005 Author Share Posted December 1, 2005 The hood and pillar ones are back from the stencil shop. And here is what we've decided for the side. It's a rough photoshop but it doesn't matter since he's going to be handpainting it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 yeah the sketches maybe copyrighted but unless your pending a patent doesn't stop anybody from making something that looks exactly like it. Just a thought next time you design something. -Ed copyrights are for documents. patents are for objects. Usually how that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 A good cheep man's copyright = Photocopy the sketch and mail it to yourself and don't open it. That way you can prove that you came up with the idea before anyone else. Looks good though. I'm usually not one for simbols, becuase of precocieved ideas behind them; but now, thanks to you, I'm thinking about custom symbols. Nice stuff man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z28 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Alright y'all this isn't a thread about copyrights so can we respect the simple fact that the artist told me to put that and just stop talking about it? Thanks. "A long time ago," Vann (KraZeeZX) drew up this background for his once-was web site. I now use it as the background on my cell phone. We both thought it would be interesting to have them made, but never followed through on it. I originally asked Terry if he could put something like that on my car, and he said he could. But I didn't want something that said "Nissan" since this... isn't a Nissan. So I started trying to come up with another interesting idea. Over time, we end up where I'm at now. It's interesting that I've made [a least one of] you think about the idea of using custom badging yourselves. You ricers I will be sure to post lots pictures when this is all said and done. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003z Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 they are pretty cool. I really like the 280z28 badge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z0wner Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 could watermark the picture... hehe Looks nice, in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 You ricers It's not rice if it's functional ...now to make symbols functional... ........this could take me a while. Again though, thanks for the inspiration. I seem to get alot of that from this site. I'll post pics if I photoshop anything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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