Recent cover and feature illustration by Andy Potts for The Journalist magazine on the theme of the 'Smash and Grab' tactics of picture agency copyright enforcers. 

The brief called for Andy to visually represent the receiving of unexpected and hefty fee demands many years after posting a copyrighted stock photo, often unawarely. Andy tried out a few initial visuals, some playing with the theme of the all-seeing AI bots that scour the internet for image usage, which he's included here. The fist holding a demand effectively conveys the intimidating nature of the copyright enforcement and was chosen to develop further for the final.