Anyone have this dump truck?

[Prosperi-Tees]

Need a dump truck like this? Anyone got one?

[Frog]

Nuff said?

[Prosperi-Tees]

oooppssie

[Fresh Baked Printing]

Unless another member drew it themselves and/or owns one with the correct rights, correct?

[Fluid]

LOL

Try a trace.  Crop the image to just the truck. Convert to a bitmap (B&W) and then play with your trace settings. Should trace pretty easily, especially since the original image looks to be hand drawn to begin with. Any slight changes from your trace should only be minimal and not very noticeable in comparison to the original shirt.

[jason-23]

Lol....I'm doing a super dump right now haha!

[Fluid]

Lol....I'm doing a super dump right now haha!

Well thats a "crappy" reply, LOL

[Fresh Baked Printing]

I have successfully a taken digital pic of shirt art and managed to make a decent reproduction for a print. Happens a lot with contractor shirts for some reason. Just make sure the camera settings are on ultra high rez.

[Frog]

And of course, this isn't always completely kosher.

They (and you) may not have the reproduction rights for the art.

[screenxpress]

Lol....I'm doing a super dump right now haha!

This falls under the category of TMI.......

[Chadwick]

First of all..take a flat photo, or scan, no wrinkles, and shoot straight on.
 
Convert it to greyscale.

Play with the levels of your bitmap ( a few times, not all in one shot ) until it's just black and white.
( the jpeg here has aliasing on it. Make it black and white only )

You WILL lose detail if the source pic ain't big, so photo/scan large.
Auto-trace.

Fix, fix, fix.
Better yet, make it your own.
 

* I'm not trying to teach you how to be a thief.
I do art, it p*sses me off when I get burned, but it happens.
This is purely from a production perspective, although I doubt the guy
who hammered that truck out in a rush would give the slightest sh*t anyway.
.02

[jason-23]

How about letting an artist redraw a photo of one for you for a small wager.....

[Prosperi-Tees]

So if someone brought this shirt to you that they have already had printed and wanted you to print the same design would you turn the job down because someone did their art previously?

[Fluid]

So if someone brought this shirt to you that they have already had printed and wanted you to print the same design would you turn the job down because someone did their art previously?

This happens with every shop and guarantee every shop does it or has done it at some point and time.
Is it legal? NO.
Do shops still do it? Yes. 
Will it ever stop? Seriously doubt it.

[Frog]

So if someone brought this shirt to you that they have already had printed and wanted you to print the same design would you turn the job down because someone did their art previously?

Gerry perhaps you have missed previous discussions on "who owns the art?"
When you do original art for a customer, you retain the rights unless a separate agreement is made. (Something that needs to be spelled out to a client as well)

Even worse, are the reports we sometimes see here of designs sent as art proofs appearing on shirts printed by a competitor.