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:bulletred: UPDATE: I am informed that the base Blake's 7 image I photomanipped the heads onto is originally by ~tempus31 - I hereby credit where credit is due as I did not know who produced it until now. I thought it was official promo material and no copyright or intellectual property infringement was intended.

I was never trying to pass this off as all my own work, it is a fan photomanipulation purely for fun (and is intentionally categorised as such). I will however take it down if the original image creator so desires.
I have now investigated the origin of said image as I didn't see it on ~tempus31's gallery and can confirm it is by Damien May of Gauda Prime Designs: [link]
If you like this piece, you should head there and check out all the original artwork!

As an artist who has had artwork stolen I can appreciate where Damien is coming from... I feel being labelled a thief is perhaps a little harsh and unfair, though. Again I must stress that this was always intended as a Blake's 7 fan piece (I always try to credit/link where applicable) and I certainly wasn't looking to use this for my own profit and gain, whereas those who thieved my artwork before actually did - by reproducing it on saleable wares and entering it into competitions as their own! The purpose of this piece was simply to illustrate what I thought would be a cool casting idea for a hypothetical B7 remake.

I would like anyone reading this to take this into consideration.

/End update...

I have a dream... that dream is to see a remake of Blake's 7 with Benedict Cumberbatch as Avon and Martin Freeman as Vila. So to prove my point that this would be frickin' awesome, I made this photomanip using promo images from Blake's 7 and Sherlock. :D

Some B7 fans among you may already be aware that Martin Freeman has had a go at being Vila before, in the superb parody short Blake's Junction 7. [link]
Benedict Cumberbatch has also been involved in modern B7 audio productions: [link]

So maybe my dreamy little fantasy isn't so far-fetched...? ;P
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Artgratiaartis's avatar
Yes. Brilliant idea :D Currently watching the old series on my fourth re-run through (I do this every few years to remind me what great acting is, despite the
SFX being 'interesting' :D)