Thank's to some very very honest and good person I discovered a nasty theft of my images. In Jan 2008 girl named Sabina (email: binajan@lycos.de) wrote to me asking for a permission to use some parts of my images as stock elements in her picture. I wrote her back immediately that I DO NOT AGREE to do so, as this is my own creation and I am not happy to see my little worlds dismembered, also I don't agree to somebody comping new image of MINE creation and calling it their own.
One of organizers of some German illustration competition had issues with originality of Sabina's works and they asked her to supply a proof that I gave her my permission to reuse these elements. So all she did was to forward them my response CHANGING it's meaning completely!!! What a nasty nasty person!
So just to make it clear: NO PART OF ANY OF MY IMAGES CAN BE REUSED AS A STOCK STUFF.
Yes, I buy photos, if I use them, from stocks, but then I completely rework, repaint them, and then they are my creation.
NO PERMISSION was ever given to anybody to use my images as a source of stock elements. I will also give no such permission in future.
Please respect the value of intellectual property and emotions that were involved in creative process.
And if you ever receive any email from Sabina (binajan@lycos.de) don't even reply: she will use your email to forward it to somebody, and change your response.