Who is the artist that draws the Devil in My Sig??
 

I know I've seem that image of the devil and others like it a few times. Anyone know who the artist is?

Thanks .. I may buy a poster or two if i can find them.

That would be Coop.

Thank you .. i knew I've seen his work before but couldn't recall who it was :thumbsup

Content theft!!

Wow, talk about copyright infringement... lol

see also: Pete-KT's sig

Yes .. I'm sure he's very upset about my sig on GFY .. I'm sure if he met me he'd punch me right in the teeth .. I'm still going to see if i can find a few prints of his. I love his work. he does some cool hotrod style stuff.

sweet pix...

thy did some good woRk....

Coops stuff is awesome... His pinup devil girl stuff is my favorite..

http://www.coopstuff.com/index2.html

I've seen a ton of his stuff in tattoo shops and on hotrods but never had a name to go with it. looks like I'll be busting out the CC tonight and buying a few things from his site :thumbsup

Pick me up a couple too!! :thumbsup

I'm going to see what i can fund and maybe send out a few gifts to affiliates :thumbsup

using a small pic in a Sig or avatar isn't a big deal ..its not like posting full copyrighted UFC and Pride fights on an MMA Vids site is it? If i used his images on my website or on shirts to give out at the shows i would agree with ya ..

i would :)

get the tattoo!! :)

I like this one for a tattoo ..

http://besanko.com/coop_devil_head_lrg.jpg

He's got a whole book of flash available.

Actually - it is a big deal since it is a copywritten work and you appear to be using it as a logo for your program (even if you don't see it that way). You seriously are taking a big unecessary chance.

Even if you hired an artist to create something you would still need to make sure that you owned it outright.

As someone who has had to defend a suit against Nabisco because we sold three titles of a video called "whoreos" which we did not produce and looked nothing like a box of oreos, trust me, you don't want to even take a chance on stuff like this... simply not worth the risk...

Far-L .. I can see your point on that .. it does have my company name above it and doesn't have his name on it. I've been just popping different devil pics in there every few weeks. I'm not worried about any legal issues with it really but out of respect I'll remove the S$ or add art by coop. i still don't have a license to use it but at least I'll give credit.

With a brand like Homegrown Video I'm sure you've dealt with people biting your brand. I respect your opinion on the issue.

Holy shit that's awesome... "Whoreos"! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh
Was it inerracial porn?

I remember that. Wasn't Whoreos an Al Borda title? I wonder what happened to that guy.

It's def a respect issue and it's cool of you to do that. Coop's had some many people rip off his shit it's insane, I imagine they really pick and choose who they go after. :2 cents:

Lol, you certainly know your history. It was an Al Borda title - Al is now a supermogul who started and owns Skin Industries which is a big clothing label. You see it everywhere.

Yes, two black guys on a white girl in every scene. The only part of the box cover that was even remotely like an Oreo box was the red triangle in the corner that said "more chocolate flavored cocks". That red triangle cost us about 50g in legal. And forget the "satire is protected speech" angle... fighting that fight would've cost in the millions.

From what i understand (years ago we tried to license some of his devil girl stuff) they are very uptight about their rights and marks and go after everyone. Just because no one has said anything yet doesn't mean it is safe to use. Even if Mike gives him credit that will not be any sort of protection if they do come after him.

It was tongue in cheek... I agree it's not a big deal.

Upstanding job done on the research though, that caught my attention!

If its his work, its his work. Contact him and ask him how much to use the image?

I don't want the image .. i just googled Satan and it was one of the things that came up. I knew I've seen the style before but didn't know who's art it was. I change out that image every few weeks. the last image was a Photoshop pic of my son as a devil . I'm sure I'll put up something else soon anyway.

On a side note, COOP is one of the famous artists alive right now. He's built a massive empire around his pop art. I've got a couple of his prints from early '90s grunge show flyers and they were not cheap.

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth was rumored to have originally penned Coop's Devil sketch, but it is widely known and excepted as Coop's art.

Tod Macfarlane bought the rights to all of Ed Roth's artwork and has been creating some 'toys' of them (Ratfink) IF the first statement IS 100% true Tod is an ass when it comes to pursing ANY type of copyright infringement.....

(Got a nice letter from his camp back in 2000 for using RatFink on my old comedy band website..... and UNDER the image we had a plea calling for info on who owned the image and how we could obtain rights to use it)

And Mike, keep this image in mind for a future sig button ;)
http://www.lokiporn.com/horny.gif

and if that don't work for you then how bout this...
http://www.lokiporn.com/horny2.jpg

-Loki-

Very Cool .. Hotlinked

http://artofcoop.com/artwork/pwa-all.jpg

I'd love to have this wall to wall in my office