Scott I finally joined. I told you at the PT.com dinner that I would join your site and this thread made me get my butt in gear and do it.
Ok I'd like to say that for those of you that don'd know me, I'm Kris' girlfriend. And yes my post probably will be biased. But for the heck of it here is my .02
Kris and I share opposing views on some of what is being said. I believe that the biggest issue is that anyone would use his renderings for a profit. I don't believe ANYONE who currently has a rendering of his or is in the process of getting one would do that, but there may be people down the line that might and he needs to be cautious now about those possible people in the future.
I don't believe he sould be or is out there to make a profit on every little thing. For Kris it is all about the customers. I hope that you all know that. He had his phone on all day on Thanksgiving if anyone had decieded to call. He works every single day even when he is sick, on the weekends and on holidays. I could even make a safe bet that he will be working on Christmas.
As to the comment on his renderings taking too long... I will have you know that Kris is a perfectionist. I have watched him work and it is facsinating. He will spend 3 hours in photoshop cleaning up the shadowing and imperfections on one rendering that took 3 hours to render only to find that it is the wrong color. Back to the drawing board so to speak. I've also been witness to flukes in the program where sometimes part of the car will go missing but one can't tell until half of the rendering is finished. With just a paint and wheel change he could go through 5- 10 renderings easily. Thats 30-60 hours.
Even here Stuart says: "That is what has taken some time to get this done, is every time I talk to him I have another idea." If you havent' worked with him then you can't judge.
I think that what was said by Kris was misunderstood. And hopefully in the last post was cleared up. I think the big thing is that he is shown recognition for the artwork. Like a lateral-g calendar saying all images by Kris horton and the website. I think the calendars are a cool idea it's just I don't think anyone should make a profit off of them.
I do believe that Jody is right though that if he gets a profit out of the calendars that everyone should get a profit of them.
I really hope I didn't offend anyone or step on anyone's toes on my first post. But in my defense the opening night of my show tonight didn't go as well for me so I already wasn't in a good mood. Thanks for reading.
Erin
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