I am a new graphics designer I want to  use skull head, spoon icon, fork, etc in my logo from free stock but I don't know how to avoid copyright issue
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My wife recently got a logo designed for her new business, by a professional branding company. It went through several stages of approval, getting the logo just right, however, when she went on to the next stage of the process (creating the social media pages) she was asked to find some stock images to use for the banners.  While doing so, she found her "logo" was taken exactly from an existing stock image. The only modification done was to add a little bit of color and her business name.    I don't know the proper etiquette for this situation is. Is it bad that her logo is a stock image and if so, is it too late in the process to request a change (note they claim to allow unlimited revisions but I'm not sure if that applies once we "accept" the design).  Stock Image:   Logo:
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I have created several designs for a particular project and they are related, but I don't want to have to keep recreating any similar elements, such as shared materials or textures.  How can I use the existing data in a new Blender file?
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I am using modernCv, classic style and I need to include my linkedIn and gitHub icons next to my account address in my cv. None of the solutions mentioned  nor  have worked for me. Do you have any suggestions?
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I want to make this logo print-ready on a T-shirt, but I have a few questions:   1) I have an overlap in my logo, I tried to merge the whole artwork but I get conflation artefacts, I also tried the shape builder but the same occurs. I don't want the conflation artefacts and I also know I should't have any overlaps in the logo that will be printed on a T-Shirt. what should I do ?     2) I have 5 colors in the logo (white, 2 blacks, 2 grays), I knew from the videos on youtube that I must convert them to spot colors to make a color separation. After that, I check them in the separations preview. I also know that white is not counted as a spot color, is that right? so now I will have only 4 colors as spot.  3) should the black be 0,0,0,100 as a spot color for T-shirt print? what about the other colors should they have a specific values or as soon as I change them to spot it's okay?   4) I will save the file as High quality print PDF and leave the rest as default, is that correct?  5) If the client didn't mention which method he will use for printing the T-Shirt, should I still use spot colors, or I should make other file with Pantone colors so I cover all his needs?  6)if the client will use the sublimation method, is there any difference in saving method or colors?
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I want to create a logo for a contest, the winner will be paid and the winning logo will be the institutional logo of an academic entity, so I need a font which can be used freely or at a cheap cost for commercial purposes.  I see that Google Fonts are delivered as "free fonts" for websites:  May I use them freely for graphic design products (a logo in particular) as well?
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I am looking for good websites providing royalty free stock images for pay.  I'm not looking for sites that make images available for free and require attribution or non-commercial use; they're already covered in .  I'd also like hear some comments of the service:   What kind of payment options they offer?   e.g. do you have to buy a bulk of credits or can items be bought separately? Sometimes buying bulk credits won't suit my projects.  How much do they have content?   e.g.  is interesting  for its payment options, but I found its supply lacking.  How is the overall content quality?   e.g. does the site have vast disperse in quality, which usually is the case with big, major sites (such as  or does the site have strict quality requirements?    What sites do you use to buy graphics / backgrounds / images for commercial design purposes?
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Question says it all. I need them to be available in gimp.
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I am running a web site design service for local small business owner. I want avoid legal issues on the images I use. Usually, the images found on Flickr are forbidden for commercial use. Where would be a normal channel to get pictures for commercial use with minimal cost? How can I validate that the picture I used has no legal risk?
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I would say most websites with a somewhat thought-through graphical design use social media icons (i.e Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) which are altered to fit the theme and design of the site.  Now, my boss insist we only use the ones provided by say Facebook or Twitter themselves (in fear of getting sued or lose credibility), but sometimes it just doesn't look very good on the site.   What is the common practice for these things? What do you risk by using an altered logo? What should I tell my boss?  I'll provide a few examples, what'd happen if I put any of these on a site?
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Is it possible to use different icons other than the default set and how?
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I have been wanting to create a mobile game based on some of my favorite anime.  I want to know if using character images and names from those anime (even after giving full copyright credits and disclaimer) infringes any copyrights?  Would this come under "fair use" in the DMCA (I mean there are already so many not-so-legal sites using this "fair use" to continue running).  What are the possible things I can do for making this game? I have seen many online browser games based on anime which use images and elements from that anime, while I have also seen many games advertise themselves based on a anime but just use diffrent names for characters of that anime (sometimes modifying the character images, too).
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I often see color combinations on webpages, images, posters, products etc. that harmonize really well. Am I allowed to use those colors in my own design?   This is solely about the colors. I will not use images, logos or shapes from that source, and my content is not related to the original color source. I am also far from any commercial aspect here.
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I am a relatively recent graphic design graduate. I have been working at a small printing house for about two years, but will soon be interviewing for a different position in another city.  My question is about what to include in my design portfolio. When I was in school, my professors all insisted that work included in a portfolio should be 100% original: my original photography, my original logos, my original layout, my original written content etc. However, at my current office, we rely heavily on client-supplied logos, type content, and photography—and stock photography (shutterstock, etc).  What do other designers include in their portfolios? Has anyone else had this issue and can I reasonable include these more recent projects in my portfolio if I label them appropriately (something like "layout design")?
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My company bought  and wants to trademark it by adding some words with different colors.   Do you know anything about if this is legal since we purchase the vector art?
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Basically I would like to use on website a "Norasi" font, that was bundled with Ubuntu, but I cannot find any license. Am I allowed to distribute that font through website? What is its license?
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Well, I'm uncertain if this is truly a bug or not, or if its just Imgur who happened to 'mess up' here, but there appears to be a slight issue with SE's handling of career company logos, and their banners:     As I'm sure can be seen from the image, the logo blocks the banner text.  One solution is to simply move the thing, or it could (maybe) be removed altogether..  though I do realize that this would likely cause complaints.  On the possibility that it cannot be moved, maybe the companies could be alerted of how such an ad would look.. or even offer the possibility to not display the logo.. or something else, if anything.  I'm honestly wholly unfamiliar with how that side of things work, so sorry there.
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Recently I played around with some lighting and macro shooting of some of my (beat-up) Matchbox toy cars from the 1970's. The results were pleasing to my eye and I had visions of making my millions by selling these images.  The Matchbox brand is now owned by Mattel, and my pics are obviously identifiable as being of those toys, even though the style is on the creative side rather than a straight pic.  So:   My assumption is that without a blessing from Mattel that I could not legally sell my images.  Is that valid?   If I need permission, how do you approach multi-nationals such as Mattel? (and are they typically amenable to such things?)   Update 1  Currently I am in the US and had intended selling here, but a website knows no geographical bounds.   Update 2  After reading  I am of the feeling (in the US) that if my pics are considered a  of the original designs, then they would stand alone as separate works.  That raises the (most likely very subjective) question of:       Are different lighting and camera angles sufficient to create a   derivative work of an object?   And by different I mean wildly dissimilar to anything the original designers used to depict their designs.  Finally I am well aware of talk to a lawyer, and I am only asking this question in terms of getting a general idea of the issue.  Update 3  A comment from Chuqui has made me realize I might have been accidentally confusing people with the terms I was using.  When I said commercially I was thinking in terms of selling fine art prints rather than to magazines, stock services etc.  In my mind making money off something is commercial.  It may be that my personal definition is not correct.