Profile for niwa_brasil

niwa_brasil aka Guilherme Marconi is a 27.55 year old boy, has been a member since December 4, 2004, has scored 120 submissions, giving an average score of 3.81.

URL: http://www.marconi.nu
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May 17 '05 by niwa_brasil

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about Who I Am

Thank you for all the coments. It was very important to me see what do you think about my work.
A great " thank you" to Shondi and Shimala, for everything you do for me.

shondi on May 17 '05 at 1:25pm

awww! Our pleasure! And tell Mayara hi for me!

linnyvankat on May 18 '05 at 10:05am

rad design. I own a snowboarding soft-goods company and am interested in buying some of your designs for our up-coming 2005-06 product line. would you be interested in designing for us? email @ linnyvankat@hotmail.com

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vinny07 on May 23 '05 at 6:12pm

es mesmo bom ...continua assim......

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kadath on Jun 07 '05 at 5:27am

hi - i'm new to threadless, so i'm not sure if there's another way of contacting you that i just haven't seen yet. at any rate, your work is gorgeous, and i am interested in asking permission for or purchasing some custom work for a tattoo i've been wanting to get. my email address is jen.go@reed.edu - if you could drop me a line, that would be wonderful.

wemetnnam on Jun 08 '05 at 1:39am

did you get extra street team points for all those extra pics of Bleeding Heart, Consumable, Live Wire, etc?

Milovich on Jun 08 '05 at 2:24am

Your welcom. You just keep on making awesome designs now.

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Perrior on Jun 10 '05 at 4:54am

Hey I know someone else has just asked a similar question but I don't know any other way of contacting you - I am also designing a tattoo and would also be interested in getting your permission to use one of your ideas...

Awesome designs by the way - keep it up!

Gemma
gemmaperrior@hotmail.com

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lovecapo on Jun 13 '05 at 3:04pm

Guilherme,

Espero que vc leia esses comments,

Gostaria de entrar em contato com vc. Tenho um aproposta pra te fazer.

Por favor me mande o seu email address.

Thanks!
contact@brazilchic.com
andre

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Seamus McClernan on Jun 18 '05 at 7:31pm

Does anyone have ANY contact information for Mr. Marconi?

Thanks.

seamusmcclernan@aol.com

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krambalcbr on Jul 29 '05 at 9:58am

Ghilherme, gostaria de receber de você maiores informações sobre esse site, sou novato, tenho algumas dúvidas, agradeceria se me ajudasse! Obrigado! Meu e-mail é krambalcbr@yahoo.com.br.

samadhi46 on Jul 29 '05 at 10:00am

woa, you have some cool submissions. i wish tropical world was printed

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takouviski on Aug 15 '05 at 12:50am

Fala, não sabia que tinha brazuca aqui que já tinha ganho...!
como é o pagamento, eles mandam cheque?

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thisisluiz on Nov 07 '05 at 8:57pm

Opa!

Onde vc mora no Brasil?
Muito legal seus trabalhos.
Abraço!

Luiz Fernando

FionaB on Nov 07 '05 at 9:10pm

buhahahaahha
my who iam shirt came today....and iam officially in love....for forever

Stevethegreat on Nov 07 '05 at 9:13pm

ACKKKK
Eu nao falo potuguese

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1800higgins on Dec 11 '05 at 12:08am

Hey, I'd love to talk to you about some of your submissions. Please contact me. My email is 1800higgins@gmail.com.

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mandylopez03 on Jan 27 '06 at 4:53pm

I am VERY VERY interested in buying a lot of your work. PLEASE contact me. you are simply the best Ive seen in a while.
mandylopez03@hotmail.com
Thank you.

scoutti on Jan 27 '06 at 4:57pm

your girlfriend is gorgeous!

staffell on Jan 27 '06 at 5:00pm

the hell?

scoutti on Jan 27 '06 at 5:02pm

the girl in the consumable shirt!

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xtaransayx on May 19 '07 at 6:13pm

OK you really need to state that the man on the shirt (yes it is a man) is Miyavi. And if PSC (Miyavi's record label) gets a hold of this you could be in big trouble, the shirt is lovely, but you are basically making money off one of their most popular artsits, and PSC is really touchy on what you can do w/ their artists' photos. It's a great t-shirt but I don't want you or Threadless to get sued so... and people really need to stop saying it's a woman..or bjork..it's bugging the heck out of me :)

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selphiefairy on Nov 04 '07 at 2:42pm

would you at LEAST give SOME credit to MIYAVI, PLEASE.

neongeisha on Nov 06 '07 at 12:18am

so this shirt's been up 2 years now and you've never once given credit to Miyavi. this is directly based off a picture of him, and PS Company, his record company in Japan, is notoriously hard on people who use his image without permission, especially since you're making money off of it.

just because he's not based in America doesn't give you the right to steal his image and pass it off as your own work.

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Whimsical on Nov 22 '07 at 12:28pm

I thought it was Miyavi, but wasn't sure until I read the comments. Beautiful shirt, but please credit Miyavi.

fatheed on Nov 22 '07 at 12:36pm

Hahah. What are you on about? The sourced image might well be from a picture of this guy, but the artwork here is sufficiently changed and nobody is 'making money off Miyavi', as it was never sold as a Miyavi shirt. If anything, give some credit to the photographer. Lol @ idiots.

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r.st.vier on Dec 13 '07 at 1:13pm

Well, it hasn't, actually. The image was vectorized, some brushes were added behind, and the brain was added. I don't feel that to be much altered at all. Anyway, using a copyrighted picture (which it is) or a picture of a model without their permission (which this is) are both violations of Threadless' submission policies.

And the fact that it's not being sold as a Miyavi shirt doesn't mean they're not making money off of him--it's his face. People think it's a nice face and buy the shirt. Ergo, they're making money off of him. What they're not making money off of is his name.

It's actually disturbing to look at this design and the original picture side by side--strands of hair are in the same place on both. And the pose, extended arm and all, is identical, although slightly cropped. Artistic integrity is important. I wasn't allowed to copy National Geographic photos for bgs in art classes, because it's stealing. So is this shirt, as pretty as it is.

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mijavera on Dec 18 '07 at 10:15pm

ah I thought it looked a bit like Miyabi!

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phat_panduh on Jan 22 '08 at 7:15pm

The design is really good... i just wished it was printed in a different color shirt, some color that is darker... more like a dark maroon or something... still love the design different shirt color basically.

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pandamilk on Feb 02 '08 at 9:17pm

It is a nice design sir, and so are many of your others.

But the fact you do not give Miyavi credit, erks me.
It is more than obvious you used his picture as a base,
many people have done this also, however they are not selling and making money off them.

You should at least admit and credit Miyavi for it.

THIS IS THE PICTURE OF MIYAVI THIS MAN HAS USED/STOLEN:
http://images.animanga.nu/fanart/502/miyavi.jpg

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mirabella on Mar 22 '08 at 1:39pm

Gasp!!!!!
there's this EXACT image on a sketch in the Art Wing of my school!
The eighth grade has to design a T-Shirt, that's ENTIRELY ORIGINAL, and Threadless is really big in my school too!

very sad about someone stealin your design!

ozwiz1234 on Mar 24 '08 at 8:20am

be prepared to get in trouble with Miyavi's record label. They dont' even allow fans to have certain pictures of him online, they especially aren't going to be happy once they find out you're making money off his picture. this isn't even your original design. sure, you photoshopped over it but the black is an original design that you didn't even make..
sooo be prepared to get sued. esp once it get's reported to the record label.

fatheed on Mar 24 '08 at 8:25am

Yeah. Get ready for the legal tornado that is about to rip into Threadless...

3 years after this was originally blogged about.

The anticipation is killing me.

Torakamikaze on Mar 24 '08 at 8:27am

LOL

tracerbullet on Mar 24 '08 at 8:32am

omg.

omG.

oMG.

OMG!!!!!

Perudoesitbetterthanu on Mar 24 '08 at 8:34am

niwa brasil is a great designer....and this issue is so old that i doubt anything will happen.

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thefanw00tt on Jun 06 '08 at 5:30pm

Isn't this a drawing of Miyavi?

cardopski on Jun 06 '08 at 10:42pm

MAN! I joined just to trash you for tracing and then calling yourself a graphic artist. I can appreciate being inspired by something but this is nearly a direct copy.

And whoever thinks you're a designer is nutz. Be original. Get inspired then further it, that's what design is about...not copying.

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heylookitzme on Jun 30 '08 at 1:20am

is there any way to get a reprint of this shirt i really want one!

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Yuki-hime on Jul 05 '08 at 6:15pm

I like it, but the reason I do is because it's a picture of Miyavi that I love. I really actually love the shirt, but it's not your design. I don't know enough about legal things and whatnot, but it does make me curious if this could actually be sold. I'm sure there are some loopholes though or something.
http://j-music.weblogger.terra.com.br/img/teazer_miyavi125.jpg
But I guess if the "Who I Am" title is some sort reference or puzzle, do we win if we said Miyavi? ^^;

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phantom27 on Aug 29 '08 at 12:46pm

I really like most of your designs. They're really cool. I even bought your Who I Am shirt, even though the debate ensues about if it's actually legal to sell someone else's image. I adore Miyavi, though, which is probably a contributing factor to why I got the shirt.
I was just wondering if you were aware that you used the picture of a famous japanese rock musician or if you were just surfing google and found a pretty picture you thought you'd like to make into a shirt.

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Skayde on Sep 13 '08 at 11:02am

This is absolutely amazing! I just joined the site hearing about it for awhile, and this is incredible, I want a reprint! I'd buy it in a heartbeat :D please please please!

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