Releasing my vintage artworks as CC By, with source

I'm excited to share with you a significant update I've made to my digital archive. I've been working on re-releasing around 25 of my 'best-of' digital paintings from before 2012, under a new license. Previously, they were available under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Non-Derivative 3.0 (CC By-Nc-Nd 3.0), but I've now updated them to the more permissive Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC By 4.0).

To make them more accessible, I've even uploaded the full high-resolution, in lossless quality to the Pepper&Carrot artworks gallery, under the "Misc" directory (and at the bottom, because before 2012). Gallery link here.

Some of these artworks, like my award-winning "Alice in Wonderland," (2010) were already available under CC By since 2022, but didn't have a proper home to host the lossless file. Others, like "SpiderHarp" (2006) and "Fantasy Landscape" (2007), had never been shared in their full resolution online before.

You'll also find my portrait of Charles Darwin in the collection, which I'm thrilled to say was recently on display in an exhibition at a museum. This whole project was inspired by that, after seeing that photo of an old artwork from 2012 inside a museum, which got me thinking about the importance of digital conservancy and preserving my art for the long run.

It took me all the evenings of this week to update the old blog posts, dig out the high-resolution files from archived DVDs, and convert them, but it was worth it. Some pieces are over 20 years old... It made me realize all the time I've spent in my life with a stylus in my hand, painting, painting, painting.

I hope you'll find something in this list of artworks that inspires you to create something new, whether the project, medium, a print, or something completely different. On my side, I'm happy to share this 'vintage' pieces with you in a new way. 💜

→ 📦 Gallery link

An overview screenshot of the concerned digital paintings