That's right, Jerry Springer style - where the least entertaining, but the most valuable material is saved for
after the scenes where disgruntled people rip at each other
The fact is - while I still don't
fully believe it wasn't based off my
Where subscriber's money goes. There's just as little proving it was so after talking with the maker I decided to let this ONE instance slide - I still stand by everything I said and I think what those said in their comments still remains valid to anything really - so I reckon no-one wasted any time here, since it proved a point for future events that will inevitably piss me off in the future...so now that you all know - don't do it
Still, I think it provided an excuse for me to now talk about something that struck me a while beforehand when I saw another artwork that was similar to mine, but not entirely - otherwise I wouldn't have complimented the artist like I did, first - some visuals before I keep talking:
The first one is mine, the second is from another artist I watch and have nothing against, so this isn't a "bad" feature again people
but it's an example of how two similar works cannot cause the artists to clash when they see each other...Mine was on here before his and I was actually a little shocked when I saw it in my inbox. But I noticed that although the two artworks are similar concepts, they are just different enough to be unique and so that picture didn't bother me as much a sthat other did since I sill think the resemblence of the island ones was still scaringly dead-on. My final thought is - if you must draw something, at least think outside the box in terms of colour, composition, lighting, angle, perspective etc - since chances are - your "original" idea has probably been done before...For those who do generic stuff like portraits of celebrities, photo's of flowers or pictures of planets floating over a landscape or whatever - there's less stress there since those have been done to death anyway and nobody "owns" those things. Just like nobody here owns islands and the dA logo - but I was the first-ever to combine the two and one can't blame me for getting upset, that's like Buzz Aldrin telling everyone that
HE was the first person to step on the moon
DeviantWORLD ContestI was also reminded of me being a judge for the "DeviantWORLD" contest, and once again the stupidity of people surfaces there too, just look at the entries
[link] - half of them have NO relavence to the topic whatsoever...there you have it - 50% of you contestants have already FAILED in my eyes
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It's good you have your head up but don't let it slide too much mate, it's not worth it.
Oh and I completely agree with everything you have said. It's so hard to be original and unique, if you create something that had never, EVER been done before than you are either a total genius, an alien or very soon to be a millionaire! But there is a fine line when it comes down to what is just a common idea or a complete copy. I have no respect for 'artists' who think it is perfectly fine to take someone else's art, tweak it slightly and then have the nerve to call it their own. Unless they actually did just happen to think of the exact same idea and had never seen the similiar art before, and I don't know if that is what happened with your island or not but anyway it's still my opinion on 'art thieves' '
I mean seriously. First time I ever saw it I was like "ooh, that's a neat idea" and wouldn't be surprised if I found myself making my own pic with two moons. So, yeah. For those two, I think if someone got pissed off about that detail, I would say get a life.
The island one, that's a whole different story. It was obviously a creative and original idea. The person didn't even at least have the decency to make it flowers or something, but straight up copied it. The way it was done was as if a picture of yours was taken from a slight different angle, and then blurred. That type of similarity is ridiculous.
So, yeah. There's my thoughts >>