Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sales

How do I know what's for sale?
Next to each picture should be its 'status', whether or not it's available.
You can go directly to my shop to see what's being sold at any time from the link on your left; but please feel free to ask if / when prints or similar work will be available of work that's already sold.

There's a painting that seems available but isn't in your store, will you be selling it in the future?
Very likely. If you see something you are interested in, please send me an email: bohemian_weasel(at)hotmail.com and I'll make it available for you to buy on eBay at a time convenient for you - this includes the 'buy it now' feature, not just auctions.

Do you have a print of...?
Possibly, though I'm due to make prints of a lot of my paintings. Please feel free to ask me, it may inspire me to start a print run of that picture immediately :)

Are all your sales done on eBay?
I prefer to use eBay, particularly with new customers, as it gives a great deal of security to both parties.
However, sales are not always done by auction (which would mean waiting for the auction to end and perhaps being outbid). If a price is agreed upon then I can list the item at a 'Buy It Now' fixed price for you to claim immediately.
Payment by Paypal is preferred.

Is anyone else allowed to sell copies of your work?
No, at this time, no. The only person selling my work (or copies thereof) is ME until otherwise stated.
So if you see copies of my work being sold by someone else it's probably low-quality prints taken from pictures on the net with the watermark and signature chopped off. Bad, filthy, disgusting, unclean!
If you find any such thing, please tell me. You get weasel points.

Do you do commissioned work?
Sometimes: if it interests me, if I have the time and if everything seems 'above board'. For further inquiries please email me here: bohemian_weasel(at)hotmail(dot)com.

About the Artwork

Did you do all the artwork on the site?
Every Single One of them, unless very clearly stated otherwise.

Are they all hand-drawn?
Abso-bloody-lutely. There are some artists who draw over printed images and pass it off as 'hand-drawn'. I flick peas at them. Bad artists, go and sit in the corner and think about what you've done.

Use of Artwork

Can I sell your (original) work?
If you buy an original piece, you can of course sell it on, and if you make a profit good for you - but I still hold the copyrights.

Can I sell prints of your work?
No. Not unless you buy the original AND I agree, in writing, to establish the copyright of the work for re-sale. Which I'm not likely to give unless I can be assured of quality.

Can I use your work in any commercial way?
Please ask me first.

Can I use any of your images for sigs / tags / web building etc ?
No. Sorry, but no.
Please DO NOT use, change, alter or manipulate any of the images on this site without my express permission.  But if you ask nicely, can do the work justice, and credit me I may well say 'yes' - so do ask.
If you see any of my work in a strange place or that appears to have been tampered with, please let me know.

Can I display your pictures on my site?
Yes, if
A) you do not alter the image except resizing it if necessary but maintain the image-quality,
and
B) if you credit me as the artist, preferably with a link to this site.
It would also be nice to know where my work is so I can pop round for tea. I'll bring cake.

Can I link directly to your images?
No, no no. Naughty. No jam for you. Bandwidth theft is a crime (and yes, I pay for my own), so do not directly link or hotlink to any images here. And in fact, don't do it to other people either, it's rude.

About the Site

Can I put up a link to your site on mine?
How nice, of course you can. The URL for the link is:
http://www.bohemianweasel.com/index.htm
In the very near future there should be some little banners available for just this purpose. If you want one and there are none here, squeak at me.

Would you put up a link to my site here?
I don't presently have a Links page - though I may have in future.
But give me the link to your site and I'll check it out, if I like it, I'll try to add it somewhere :)

Why are some of the photographs so small/ low quality?
Because they came from the pre-scanner days and were photographed with a 2 megapixel camera, sometimes details would be picked out with a magnifying glass (really) and then painstakingly grafted onto the big picture. What a pain in the bum that was.

Where is that room on the menu page from?
My twisted imagination. It is a composite of various different places and comprised of about 200 different image-layers.
And of course my studio looks exactly like that in real life. Almost.

Where do you get your graphics / backgrounds / tiles from?
I make them myself from scratch, which is part of the reason it takes me months to do this site.
Please do not use any of the graphics, backgrounds or tiles from this site. You can, however, ask me to make some new ones for you... (see below).

Would you do some graphics/ backgrounds for my site?
Possibly. Especially if you are able to promote my site on yours. Internet bartering, huzzah.

What programs /sites did you use to put the site together?
For the backgrounds I used Ulead Photo Express 4.0 and a little Jasc PSP 9.
To build the site (the first time) I practically lived here: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ for months. I owe them a pint. For this incarnation of the site which uses CSS I Owe a certain person several pints.