Demanding client, fun project.
A client came to me recently and asked me to make a sign...the client asked for something that would definitely be a copyright problem.
She wanted a sign relating to "Harry Potter" and "Hogwarts".
I told her that I don't want to end up in jail for making things for a brand that is very much in control of the products that come out.
My client insisted. She wanted this so much that she offered me her entire life savings! She then offered the most important item she owns in trade. Her life savings wasn't much incentive. It was only 12 dollars and 34 cents. It wouldn't cover the materials, let alone the lawsuit costs. But her other offer got to me. She was offering her favorite blanket or "blankie" as she calls it.
She decided to play hardball. "Daddy, you are always making signs for people now, but you haven't made me one. Plllleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaassssee?"
Ok. I told her that I would not be able to accept any form of payment, so that I could avoid the lawsuits. This was going to have to be a non-profit gift. I also explained that she could not sell it, or put it on public display (we agreed that her bedroom isn't public).
With that, we talked about what she wanted. She has a good imagination, and she had it all planned in her mind. She wants the Hogwarts shield with the four houses on it, but it should have Harry Potter's owl (Hedwig) perched on it- and a holder on bottom for a wand.
So I'm hard at it. This client has a tight deadline- she wants it yesterday. She's very picky and has been hanging over my shoulder as I do the work.
Here is some early rough work on the owl-which will be covered in Magic Sculpt and mounted on a sculpted limb that will rise out of the logo.
The Sign was carved in two parts on the CarveWright- each about 11 1/2 inches wide by 20 inches long. I glue the sections with gorilla foaming glue. The white lines are where I've filled the cut lines that are already put into the pink insulation foam at 12" intervals. I wish I could get that foam without those.
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Originally Posted by Dhaffner
