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Yesterday, DeviantArt artist Ruby Ramirez posted an article on Facebook claiming that Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, had basically copied the art of Ramirez's original character for the Fortnite Taro skin.
The case was brought to my attention on Twitter with this tweet:
There is no doubt that Ramirez 's art, which seems to have been published on DeviantArt before the release of Taro, looks very much like the new skin of Epic.
As you can see below& # 39; Elecast & # 39; published this drawing on September 3, 2018. The Taro and Nara skins appeared for the first time on November 24, more than two months later. Others have already reported earlier creations of this artist.
So I went to Epic Games and a spokesman said,
"We take these claims seriously and are investigating them now."
At this point, it's hard to know what happened. Is it just a coincidence? Could the two characters be modeled on something else and the similarity is pure coincidence? Or did an Epic artist try to pass this on his own motive, thinking that the original artist would not notice it?
We have seen a number of people pursue Epic Games for dance moves, but these are not protected by copyright, which makes them frivolous at best. A work of art, on the other hand, is another matter. Let's hope that Epic will know exactly what has happened and that everyone will be able to solve this problem in a reasonable way.
(You can see Facebook's original post here.)
All this reminds me a little bit of Tesla and Elon Musk using an image of a unicorn petulant without the permission of the artist and without compensation.
In fact, it also reminds me of how Gearbox basically ripped off an independent filmmaker for all the style of art Borderlands and even parts of the movie for the cinematic opening of the game. To my knowledge, the company has never acted well by the work of this artist, despite the fact that his franchise was sold to millions of copies.
Hopefully, Epic will handle this situation better. Asking for permission and offering to pay for cool designs seems like the right way to approach this kind of thing. Offering contests where winners get their art in the game and are paid is another way. Just copy is. . . not cool.
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Yesterday, DeviantArt artist Ruby Ramirez posted an article on Facebook claiming that Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, had basically copied the art of Ramirez's original character for the Fortnite Taro skin.
The case was brought to my attention on Twitter with this tweet:
There is no doubt that Ramirez 's art, which seems to have been published on DeviantArt before the release of Taro, looks very much like the new skin of Epic.
As you can see below& # 39; Elecast & # 39; published this drawing on September 3, 2018. The Taro and Nara skins appeared for the first time on November 24, more than two months later. Others have already reported earlier creations of this artist.
So I went to Epic Games and a spokesman said,
"We take these claims seriously and are investigating them now."
At this point, it's hard to know what happened. Is it just a coincidence? Could the two characters be modeled on something else and the similarity is pure coincidence? Or did an Epic artist try to pass this on his own motive, thinking that the original artist would not notice it?
We have seen a number of people pursue Epic Games for dance moves, but these are not protected by copyright, which makes them frivolous at best. A work of art, on the other hand, is another matter. Let's hope that Epic will know exactly what has happened and that everyone will be able to solve this problem in a reasonable way.
(You can see Facebook's original post here.)
All this makes me think of Tesla and Elon Musk who are using the image of a petulant unicorn without the permission of the artist and without compensation.
In fact, it also reminds me of how Gearbox has basically pulled out an independent filmmaker for all the artistic style of Borderlands and even parts of the film for the opening cinematic of the game. To my knowledge, the company has never acted well by the work of this artist, despite the fact that his franchise was selling millions of copies .
Hopefully, Epic will handle this situation better. Asking for permission and offering to pay for cool designs seems like the right way to approach this kind of thing. Offering contests where winners get their art in the game and are paid is another way. Just copy is. . . not cool.