The images in my galleries are protected by international copyright law (whatiscopyright.org) . By visiting my galleries you are granted a personal liscense to download and use specific images as wallpaper on your personal computer and to share  them with your friends and family.

No image in any of my galleries, hi-res or thumbnail, may be used in any way other than as personal wallpaper. You may print them out for personal use but not for distribution (commercial or non-profit). You may not post them on public or private websites, whether they be not-for-profit or commercial. You may not distribute them on CD-ROM or other archival media like DVD-ROM, ZIP, floppy, or in compressed archives like zip, gz, or tar files. You may not alter them or use elements from them in your own work.

If you need to use my artwork for print or mass distribution, please send me an email with your requirements and your timeline. I will typically require 2 copies of whatever it is you're distributing if we come to an agreement. You can EMail me here for my Mailing Address. Give me a couple of weeks to respond though, because I get a lot of such requests. Consider all image use requests denied until I personally notify you to the contrary.

EXCEPTIONS:

I am an active and ardent supporter of art education and training. Therefore I make some provisions for student use:

Students: you may use my graphics on your personal website but only if it is on a .edu or other educational domain (like "k12.*" or something recognizable as being a school web server). I do ask that you post a meaningful link to my site somewhere near the graphics you are using and that you send me your URL so I can check things out. A banner or button would probably bring you good Karma.

The last exemption is for Impact Media Supporters. If you would like to use my work on your personal web page, please sign up for my members gallery when it becomes available online. Once inside you can register your site with me so I know who you are and where my works are posted.

If you are interested in using my work on your commercial webpage you must purchase the commercial graphics. Contact me directly for cost and format options. Lots of sites start out as personal pages but later go commercial either by design or by circumstance. Simply using an image on a personal site that eventually turns commercial does not "grandfather" your useage. You must purchase the graphic or remove it completely. This does not, however, indicate that displaying these images online outside of the stated terms and conditions is allowed.

Only images from the free gallery may be used on any website. The Supporter images will be just that; for Supporters only.

When posting my work remember the following:

Images may be resized but I ask that you do not crop or otherwise modify them. I do not do "clipart" and my images are not "stock photography" for you to alter or "improve". They do not fall under "Fair Use" provisions either. Each is a distinctive work of art that has been potentially seen by thousands of people around the world. Chances are good that visitors to your site will be familiar with my work and will contact me if they see that my work has been incorporated into another design. This has been the case already. I also encode each file with a name/copyright mark that is traceable even if the image is renamed or recopied. It's not voodoo - it's technology developed to protect serious artists like myself. This watermark is search-engine searchable and believe me... I run searches.

Under no condition will I allow any of my hi-res images to be posted without the copyright information in the lower right corner. This rule is written in stone. If you see such an image on any website I kindly ask that you drop me a line and let me know for you can be sure that it's there without my knowledge. I might even reward you.

There can be no exceptions to the above stated rules. REMEMBER: An unanswered email does not imply permission.

As my art and designs are commercial ventures for myself and are used commercially by other individuals or groups as well I actively pursue copyright infringements via an attorney specializing in business and copyright law. I do not pursue these matters for the  purpse of monetary gain, although there is a always an element of significant monetary damages assigned. I legally pursue copyright infractions out of principle and as such make no distinction between "big companies" or individuals. So, be advised of this in case you were thinking that you are too small for me to bother with and can sneak under the radar... more than one person or group has been surprised at how sincere the above statements really are.