Keeping custom designer t-shirt art safe from thieves

Several Art Life Collective t-shirt artists and designers have expressed some concern about their intellectual property.
OK, first off, Art Life Collective is an artist project for artists created by artists, so we will never lay claim to your artwork -- intellectual property issues are very important to us. That is something that will not be changing.

As to protecting uploaded work to the site, the automated imaging section of Art Life Collective that handles everything from creating the thumbnail to positioning the image on the shirt also allows for an larger view so viewers, potentially customers, can get a better look at the work. That part of the site automatically places a watermark (says Art Life Collective) across the expanded image. It does not appear on the final printed version, but it should keep your work out of the hands of unsavory characters.
Should look something like this:


All hail the hypnotoad shirts

On another note, just a reminder to all artists, both new to the site and old hats, the site search engine needs the keyword part of the description to be filled out, at least with the title of the work and what it is all about, for the search engine to work. We are getting thousands of visitors, and we want them to be able to find your art on the site. All you have to do is take a few seconds with existing work on the site or when uploading new images.



Also, we have topped the 200 artist mark. Thanks to everyone who is participating in Art Life Collective and taking part on the artist and t-shirt forums.
Thanks everyone.