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[Crator]

Originally Posted by Crator

I wonder how that works exactly in the art industry. There are similarities between the two, yes, but there are differences too.

Originally Posted by EASyEightyEight

We artists like to call it "referencing" and "inspiration" The latter causes is us to want to come up with something like it because it's cool, but we merely use it as a reference to get the basic design out, then we detail it with our own imaginations from there.

Ya, I knew that. I just meant, as far a copyrights go. And how do they affect something if the inspiration used to create you're art is too close to the original.