Fud wrote:No, I'm not Leremy, and I am incorporating some of his figures into the Pipman designs. When I first saw them I knew that they would be great to be used in a deck of cards, and so that's what I'm building. I'm not claiming to have created all the figures (though I have done some), but I am using them in interesting and unique designs which will make a cool deck of cards.Eoghann wrote:And I found an artist called "leremy" with A LOT of similar illustrations. PLEASE tell me you're Leremy.
I for one am TOTALLY fine with that, provided you are using proper rights and/or paying for any use if required. I'm of the mindset that 'everything is a remix', I just want to be sure you don't run into copyright dispute later. Provided you have your bases covered there, I'm good.
You're simply using existing artwork and really using them as a building block to make something more creative, adding in your own versions. This is far different than lifting artwork directly (Vellichor - which I was also OK with since it was public domain) or the worst when somebody claims to have created from scratch when it was later found to be simply copied. You made no claims and I don't think you have to explain yourself, but some will take issue that you didn't announce it for some strange reason. Your overall card designs are unique and to me that's the important part. I'm still ALL IN!