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PLAGIARISM - How to avoid it

shoutOut on 9/6/08 by cerebra55 in peeps

I know what it feels to think “OMG – this idea is going to blow people’s socks off”. And so I Google it. And Google it some more (web and images) and find that it’s already been done. And that my take on it would not have been sufficiently different. So, I don’t go there.

For instance, the Wii was just crying out to be turned into Wiid, with a big fat skyf, but it’s been done. Several times.

So, basically, do your research, especially when you’re doing a spoof of a brand. It saves tons of awkwardness later on… and you could say upfront, “Yeah, it’s been done before, but THIS is what I did with it”.

And I believe that not even the artists among us are immune to borrowing liberally from someone else’s style – there is, after all, nothing new under the sun. And they’ve been saying THAT for 2 000 years!

Oh, so much fun…
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I think there may be a lot more at stake for Springleap than a couple of bruised egos if they, trusting us to submit original ideas, put someone else’s artwork onto their product and claim it as their own.

They really are trusting that when we tick the Terms and Conditions box, stating that we have sole ownership of the designs submitted, that we are telling the truth.

Integral, don’t stop submitting your designs – the medium does not decide whether one is an artist or not … whether you draw with a pencil, manipulate a computer mouse or use your wedding tackle to put paint on canvass, like Pricasso (ouch!), if someone thinks it’s art, then it’s art!

None of us exists in a vacuum – we are influenced by design every day – sometimes we use elements deliberately, say, if we’re wanting a retro feel, and at others, we’re convinced the design just came together organically – but take a look at the media on which you’re feeding, and you’ll see that a lot of it will be regurgitated in your work. That’s just the way it is.

shoutBack on 13/6/08 by cerebra55