Oh right yeah, extra confusing in the way I worded that too.
A guy called Josh commissioned the original art, I don’t know if he was a Bungie employee or not. I was just interested in peoples view of this dynamic. An artist takes money to draw/copy copyright material and then is immediately upset when someone is taking money for their work too. I know it’s not apples to apples, one being a corporation and one being an individual. I was just unsure on where the line is drawn on this kind of stuff as I don’t spend much time in the art communities.
But the question being asked is about the fact that Tofu’s work is clearly an unauthorized derivative work of Destiny’s original gun.
The post I was responding to assumed that he had done commissioned work for Bungie, not that he used their art to make a version for a fan.
Oh right yeah, extra confusing in the way I worded that too.
A guy called Josh commissioned the original art, I don’t know if he was a Bungie employee or not. I was just interested in peoples view of this dynamic. An artist takes money to draw/copy copyright material and then is immediately upset when someone is taking money for their work too. I know it’s not apples to apples, one being a corporation and one being an individual. I was just unsure on where the line is drawn on this kind of stuff as I don’t spend much time in the art communities.