Given that copyright arises automatically upon the creation of an original work fixed in a tangible form issues can arise when a first work is used and subsequent works are made after earlier designs. (slaw.ca)
The faculty has designed a pattern of studio and seminar courses that fosters the development of pictorial concepts realized in the tangible form of painting and drawing. (tyler.temple.edu)
All that is needed to attract copyright protection is that the work must be original and expressed in a tangible form. (notquitenigella.com)