Post #651368 by fez monkey on Sun, Sep 9, 2012 3:26 PM

After some reflection (and I nice note from someone who pointed out that I might have offended someone) I guess I could have been clearer. My intent wasn't to equate "inspired" with "ripping off" and if folks got that from what I wrote I apologize. There's a wide spectrum between the two but they are on the same scale.

It's inevitable that ideas will be built upon as people draw upon the canon of what's come before. Sometimes a tiki carving becomes a drawing in a menu which becomes an icon on a neon sign which becomes a mug which becomes a tattoo. What's merely inspired by something earlier and what's a shameless ripoff? Everyone will have to make their own call on that. It's hard for anyone to judge the intent of the artist or how a project developed unless they tell you, just the finished work.

I'd like this thread to be a place where we can see the path a design takes, for better or for worse.

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