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At 4/1/10 05:45 PM, Ashman wrote: it may just be one of those coincidental likenesses, or using the stereotypical muscley bald guy with chains, theyre similiar but also quite different, its like you could argue that splinter cell and metal gears main characters are rip offs, whichever one came first, they both look the same because theres only so much you can do within that small criteria%u2248%u2248%u2248

indeed a fine argument for the "not stolen" side and quite solid I might add

I would like to try and turn this in to a friendly debate over similarities on character likenesses.
and damn it! it had better remain friendly!

I admit that the character type does tend to present the problems of some limited options from time to time. but that depends on how the artist handles the character.

So lets add some subjectivity in to here, We know God of War was put out in 2005. So lets say there is a major gap between the publication of the comic and the game. 4 years should be enough.
that means the comic could have come out in 2009 or in 2001.
This decreases the likeliness of coincidence.
But I also said the comic was a trade back, so the original picture could have been as early as 2007 or early 2000.

I do not have exact dates of when the original comic was published, but I do have one of the trade back, which can be anywhere to a few months to a year and a half of the original published piece.

Please continue to detail your guys defense. this is getting fun :P

i read most of that, but on the other side of the argument, old stuff is copied quite alot i mean look at most anime, most of its all the same premise and style, same goes for videogame genres, and comic books

on another subject has anyone seen Deviant arts april fools joke, i kept thinking there wasnt one but then i noticed the user icons, oh god the horror, twilight and lady gaga animated gifs for everyone

i would make a topic in general but seeing as about 20 people mad ones for youtubes i think ill skip it

Not ALL anime looks the same, just look at Cowboy Bebop.

At 4/1/10 10:30 PM, gmanthesandwhichking wrote: Not ALL anime looks the same, just look at Cowboy Bebop.%u2248%u2248%u2248

better example would have been to pull out Miazaki

At 4/1/10 10:30 PM, gmanthesandwhichking wrote: Not ALL anime looks the same, just look at Cowboy Bebop.%u2248%u2248%u2248

did i say all, no i didnt, look through the post properly before you go into fanboy rage mode

At 4/1/10 10:36 PM, Ashman wrote:

At 4/1/10 10:30 PM, gmanthesandwhichking wrote: Not ALL anime looks the same, just look at Cowboy Bebop.%u2248%u2248%u2248

did i say all, no i didnt, look through the post properly before you go into fanboy rage mode%u2248%u2248%u2248

>.>..... all This one is saying is that Miazaki is a better example of anime variance than cowboy bebop :P

lol

Well I didn't go on Newgrounds at all yesterday. I didn't even realise April Fools had been until just now when I was reading through the NDC thread. So I have no idea wtf this Kevin Bacon guy has to do with anything... also I was trying to do some more realistic looking art in a raster based program and it I was like WTF it looks like it's done by Ashman to some extent...

At 4/1/10 06:48 AM, Kinsei01 wrote: This is most likely the worst time to bring this up with the chat filter and all, but it's something a guy like myself would probably for get to bring up later.

I don't really see how you can say one is derivative of another. It seems to me they are both derivative of an archetype. I think the whole argument is fallacious.

Barbarian from Diablo 2

Guys it's not art theft, it's hardly even concept theft, they are muscular bald guys with body paint.
This guys bald and has facepaint, I call theft of Kratos' design

At 4/2/10 02:38 PM, Occluded wrote:

At 4/1/10 06:48 AM, Kinsei01 wrote: This is most likely the worst time to bring this up with the chat filter and all, but it's something a guy like myself would probably for get to bring up later.

I don't really see how you can say one is derivative of another. It seems to me they are both derivative of an archetype. I think the whole argument is fallacious.

Barbarian from Diablo 2

this adds a 3rd contender the the mix, very nice.
Although they are from an archetype as you put it, there are still some similarities to the design that beg to be questioned.
it makes you wonder how far some designers will go before getting caught, if they ever do

Art blogs

Half-continuing the theme of tutorials...I stumbled upon this blog yesterday (http://theartcenter.blogspot.com/) and discovered that to my great suprise I am not subscribed to any art blogs (with the exception of one design blog).

So, does anybody have any favourite art blogs to share? I'm most interested in those that offer tips/ideas how to develop your skills.

At 4/2/10 05:06 PM, Re2deemer wrote:

So, does anybody have any favourite art blogs to share?

C.H. Greenblat's nerd armada blog.
nerdarmada.blogspot.com

I was too lazy to link to the website.

This is mostly for Angry, but for anyone who argues macs or better.
You don't have onestop
/argument

Hey, wouldn't this be a nice thing for the art forum?:

If you create a new topic in the art forum, you can't post it unless you've included a picture. So if you click post, and you haven't included a pic yet, it says something like: Include a piece of art first.
This way there won't be any threads anymore that need to be locked because of not including a piece of art.

At 4/4/10 08:58 AM, TieSeiT wrote: Hey, wouldn't this be a nice thing for the art forum?:
If you create a new topic in the art forum, you can't post it unless you've included a picture. So if you click post, and you haven't included a pic yet, it says something like: Include a piece of art first.
This way there won't be any threads anymore that need to be locked because of not including a piece of art.

genious, dear watson
why didnt anyone else think of that >.>

whats this crap error about quoted text i am getting? too much quotes? well screw you error!
i cant even use the : damnit! well fine then
*glares viciously at error* just fine!
O.o what?

At 4/4/10 02:18 PM, LegolaSS wrote: today i have myself 3 easter eggs... and im 21... they are most likey going to last me a LOOOOOOONG

1 easter egg, 2 bars of chocolate, theyre already gone :P

yes i ate the egg early

At 4/2/10 08:23 PM, M-Vero wrote: This is mostly for Angry, but for anyone who argues macs or better.
You don't have onestop
/argument

I use EasyBeat. Isn't this an argument for the music forum?

That onestop thing made my day :D I though microsoft gave up on easter eggs?

flourish.mid sounds like something out of mario kart.

Wooo... I've been really, REALLY out for quite a long time here...
What I've been missing?
And what's the deal with Kevin Bacon?

Yeah I know it's stupid, but...

I love the Alien series.Well,with the exception of the third one.Yeah I even liked Resurrection (Even though it was shit.)

I have the quadrilogy.Its an eight disk set.Four of the disks have the final cut and a directors cut,and the other four have special features,one disk for each movie.Its pretty cool.

Apparently theres an Alien 5 in the works.Theyre trying to get Ridley Scott back to direct.Also its rumored that its gunna be a prequel.