Stolen Art?

07-17-2008

I'm a bit of a lurker, so I'm not sure which single-digit post of mine this will be, but here goes. I apologize in advance if this ends up being in the wrong forum, thread, etc., but considering the artists in question are both known BE artists, I felt it was relevant.

I dislike pointing fingers, bashing, or speading theories about stolen art or ignored credit to certain artists when references are used, but this case is really too blatant for me to hold back. Now, I'm not one to care if you use a reference for art, or get ideas from other people... as long as you give credit where credit is due. Which isn't the case here.

The artist in question:
http://powerman2000.deviantart.com/a...samus-91729020
Posted July 14th, 2008

The questionably ripped off art:
http://zelda308.deviantart.com/art/o...After-73999295
Posted January 6th, 2008

Like I said, it's almost a blatant copy in figure and position, with just slight changes in terms of the face used and details of the curvature. I enjoy both artists, but this kind of struck me as a bit over the line.

Now, I made sure to check posts and comments to see if Zelda308 was given any sort of credit, and failed to see anything pointing towards their site, that he used the work as a reference or anything. This disturbs me a bit because artwork, no matter what the audience it is applied to, is partly physical talent, but even more a talent of the imagination. I won't rant much more or try and feed anything else about this, but if you look down to the second set of comments being left, powerman2000 has some... ironic things to say about this whole situation.

Also, if you haven't seen either artist's works before, then there's something new for you to check out. As I said, I enjoy their works, but right now am a bit in question about the latter.

Zelda308: http://zelda308.deviantart.com/

powerman2000: http://powerman2000.deviantart.com/

- If you're wondering why I didn't bring this up on the artist's site, I didn't want it to get deleted in an effort to cover it up, but also didn't want to create unnecessary drama for either artist that could cause problems on DA. This is more for a discussion mainly within the Forum rather than an attack on either artist.

07-17-2008	#1
KaaelXidandum Guest Posts: n/a	Stolen Art? I'm a bit of a lurker, so I'm not sure which single-digit post of mine this will be, but here goes. I apologize in advance if this ends up being in the wrong forum, thread, etc., but considering the artists in question are both known BE artists, I felt it was relevant. I dislike pointing fingers, bashing, or speading theories about stolen art or ignored credit to certain artists when references are used, but this case is really too blatant for me to hold back. Now, I'm not one to care if you use a reference for art, or get ideas from other people... as long as you give credit where credit is due. Which isn't the case here. The artist in question: http://powerman2000.deviantart.com/a...samus-91729020 Posted July 14th, 2008 The questionably ripped off art: http://zelda308.deviantart.com/art/o...After-73999295 Posted January 6th, 2008 Like I said, it's almost a blatant copy in figure and position, with just slight changes in terms of the face used and details of the curvature. I enjoy both artists, but this kind of struck me as a bit over the line. Now, I made sure to check posts and comments to see if Zelda308 was given any sort of credit, and failed to see anything pointing towards their site, that he used the work as a reference or anything. This disturbs me a bit because artwork, no matter what the audience it is applied to, is partly physical talent, but even more a talent of the imagination. I won't rant much more or try and feed anything else about this, but if you look down to the second set of comments being left, powerman2000 has some... ironic things to say about this whole situation. Also, if you haven't seen either artist's works before, then there's something new for you to check out. As I said, I enjoy their works, but right now am a bit in question about the latter. Zelda308: http://zelda308.deviantart.com/ powerman2000: http://powerman2000.deviantart.com/ - If you're wondering why I didn't bring this up on the artist's site, I didn't want it to get deleted in an effort to cover it up, but also didn't want to create unnecessary drama for either artist that could cause problems on DA. This is more for a discussion mainly within the Forum rather than an attack on either artist.