A few years ago, I made a drawing called King of Midlands: Disturbed. I published it on deviantArt with this description, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Creation: I was in my second year in college when I made this drawing. It took me approximately two nights, just before going to sleep. I used a pencil. That's it.
Time: ~2 nights.
Commentary: The drawing depicts the King of Midlands, he is disturbed (hence, the title) by the fact that Grifis violated his daughter, the princess. Since the King personality is quite disturbed himself (he was the one who wanted to violate his daughter) I thought the title was quite appropriate.
Inspiration: this work was inspired by Kentarô Miura (三浦 建太郎 )'s work Berserk.
Little did I know that what was an unfinished work from high school would become material for the Developing Rigorous Education in the Arts to Motivate Students (DREAMS): Improving Academic Literacy in the Arts in California. In the 2010 final report published by the Institute my drawing appears along with two questions.
1. Describe how Pistono used the elements or principles of visual art design (such as unity or contrast) to organize the composition of this drawing.
2. If you were an art critic, what are the features or criteria you might consider when judging the aesthetic value of a work of art? In terms of these criteria, what makes Pistono’s drawing effective?
To be honest, I don't consider this drawing to be any good, I was still in my early years, I never had any teaching nor any academic background, nor did I ever receive any instructions or suggestions on how to draw. I just drew. I liked it, and did it very spontaneously. I think you can tell by the inaccuracy of the pencil, the lack of perspective and the overall flatness of the image.
Still, it's fascinating that my work was taken, used by a school literally on the other side of the planet. I'm kind of curious to read the students' answers at this point, though I don't hope read any positive comments.
Either way, it was possible because I published it on the Internet, and I did it using a Creative Commons licence.
Some things are truly priceless.