Lol, George Zimmerman's artwork looks familiar
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Over a decade ago we purchased this image from PhotoDisc (now Getty Images) for about $20...
And used it on the T-shirts we gave to DU donors...
But if you zoom in a bit...
And give it a little photoshop magic...
Apparently it's now worth around $100,000!
EDITED TO ADD: just noticed that this seems to be getting a lot of attention so I wanted to add that it was Skinner who spotted the similarity between the images in the office this morning, I then put the post together. Credit where credit's due!
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I hope they getty him good.
Some guys have all the luck.
You can sell yours at $90K and still make a killing.
I wonder if he's monitoring those? It might be fun to send a link to this thread
Of course he would get 3 hots and a cot so I guess that's fair!
You are now chatting with Peter.
Peter: Hello! How can I help you today?
NYC_SKP: George Zimmerman is selling a painting based on a protected work from your site. Here is the sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111239922810
And here is the protected work you represent and offer for use: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/american-flag-stars-and-stripes-royalty-free-image/171580891
NYC_SKP: I think it may be a violation of copyright.
NYC_SKP: More about that here:
NYC_SKP: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024188920
Peter: yikes - we'll take a look
Peter: thanks for sending
NYC_SKP: Thanks very much, and have a good day!
George is building his resume - adding thief - an unimaginative one at that!
And with no hands, ma.
Awesome!
Well done, NYC.
NYC_SKP -- you are most awesome! 
Can you sue him????
WTF, what a fucking theif, liar and fraud!!!
Grrrrrr
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Seems quite proud of his hand painted artwork.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/George-Zimmerman-original-painting-/111239922810?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item19e66a847a
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309 Inquiries.
A little vague with the answer to the oil medium question ... now we know why. 
"I know its not the fanciest, but it is what we had and I needed to put these visions onto the blank canvas as soon as possible. Your friend, GZ @therealGeorgeZ"
"visions" of sugarplums dancing in his head.
You can't sell copyrighted material there. Tee hee. Thanks, I needed this laugh. 
I said something like: "Hi George, I doubt Manuela Krause who is selling this image on Getty Images, would appreciate you stealing her work and calling it your own. Tell us George, what is it like being a pathological liar?"
I hope it shows up on the Ebay page like this one did:
A: Thanks for your question, The paint was donated to me by a great friend (J.S.), as far as I know it is regular household latex paint. I know its not the fanciest, but it is what we had and I needed to put these visions onto the blank canvas as soon as possible. Your friend, GZ @therealGeorgeZ
TYY
His fan club is dimmer than he is, that's all.
I'm thinking this is likely to be some kind of half-witted publicity or money-laundering scheme.
"Where'd you get the money George?"
"Ummmm... Duhs... I sold a painting on eBay. See?"
Next he'll be selling toasters on ebay, posting an image of his naked self reflected in them...
Or a sex tape will be "found." 
The world is more depraved than I thought if this murdering fool ever ends up with a reality television show.
He ought to be in prison.
Then again, so should George W. Bush.
Never busted for murder or raceteering but for tax evasion!
Et tu Zimmy!? 
On Rand Paul's ticket!
Thank you for the laugh!
I think I can fudge the lettering myself.
He owes O'Mara 2 million dollars. All he needs to do is sell 20 of these. 
The KRovers, Kochie's and their spawn are using this means as a way to channel untaxed $s to a rw non-Anglo "buddy". (Untaxed because these AH don't pay anything on their capital gains, offshore holdings, inter-company "transfers".)
Perhaps that's exactly the right response: Sling in the faint praise, the back-of-the-hand pat, the dubble-auntraunde ("George, you are so clever at getting this original artwork to look just like the one you copied."
Maybe he'll fb-befriend us.
Ruh-roh! I wonder if George Zimmerman is familiar with U.S. copyright law. Earl G at Democratic Underground has made an interesting discovery… I wonder if anyone has alerted eBay that Zimmy is peddling a great big copyright-infringing bogus “original” work of art?
Stay tuned… this could get really interesting really fast.
I love the smell of snark in the morning -- er, early afternoon for East Coasters…
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...by Z's own brother.
George? Izzat you?
just enough for walking around to murder and assault people. geez
...than a gun charge.
- Any fool knows that!
K&R
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#GeorgeVanFraud perhaps? Maybe #GeorgeZcopycat is better, to not malign the great Vincent? Ideas anyone?
"@CallsForJustice: George Zimmerman's ORIGINAL PAINT BY PHOTOSHOP on @eBay ! #Zimmerman
StormyBlue ?@StormyBluePup 55m
Zimmerman stealing his "art" from Democratic Underground using Photoshop. You'd think he's steal from Republicans
Path2Enlightenment ?@Path2Enlighten 2h
LOL - George Zimmerman's #ebay "artwork" uses a photoshopped stolen image from Getty images: http://demu.gr/10024188920
https://twitter.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2F10024188920&f=realtime
On edit, thanks for the suggestions:
Hashtag Contest: George Zimmerman, would-be painter, plagiarist. Help create a good hashtag please.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024189981
If he did this art rendering w/o first purchasing a license he'll need at least that much just to break even!
does this mean that he won't have the money to buy his girlfriend a new glass table that he destroyed?
I hope you enjoy owning this piece as much as I enjoyed creating it. Your friend, NYC_SKP.
And I had to get it on the blank canvas while it was fresh in my head.
Nice Job BTW!
Life is so sad. 
A: It's regular old household latex gloves and used condoms, melted down and applied with a blow torch. I know its not the fanciest, but my materials were just laying around, if you know what I mean, and I needed to get rid of, er, put these visions onto the blank canvas as soon as possible while they were still pliable. Your friend, NYC_SKP @therealNewYorkCitySkip
Awesome work, NYC_SKP! I've always said, you're so creative! I've never seen anything like that. What is your muse? How do you just not burst with all of that creativity jumping out onto your canvas?...It fairly creates itself I'll bet... I know the real deal when I see it, and I see it in you. I fancy myself to be a patron of the arts. I'll give you $100,000 right now for that signed original!
TYY
I was checking it out another thread and totally thought it was traced over then painted. What can I say, I've been a paid media artist for 15 years. Can't escape the eye.
I hope the bidders lose a lot of money over this.
-p
all I ever got was bumper stickers 
*gasp*
Sounds like he's getting inundated eBay is hiring extra people to handle the complaints
I guess Gee Zee didn't like being referred to as a pathological liar. I just wish I added child killer to the message as well.
Gee Zee, if you're reading this DU thread, Ebay also said this in their response:
But I missed a lot of his comments since I was
