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- moamoa0
- what statement?qbeans
- "Good artists copy, great artists steal."monospaced
- Right. That's what confuses me about it. Is his whole portfolio a joke?qbeans
- ukit0
Yes, but who copied who?
- qbeans0
ad agency vs some kid. timeline unknown.
- skt0
who gives a fuck, it's just a personal illustration.
do you have nothing better to do?
- moamoa0
btw: the idea is about 40 years old. so far I remeber it was originally a spiegel magazine cover (probably between1960-65)
- Ampersanderson0
Good stuff on that flickr site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/oll…
- ukit0
- Jaline0
If it's a personal project, who cares; he has some other work that is nice. The "good artists copy..." is something I can do without though. At least put that at the bottom.
- mimeartist_limited0
It is not even an new idea to be copied in the first place as hitler got his tasch 'design' from chaplin anyway.
- OMoss0
Hi. I made the Great Dictator Poster.
In answer to your questions:
Yes, Theirs came first. No, I hadn't seen it before I made mine. No, this isn't the first time somebody's made the comparison.
- digdre0
I have yor tshirt, olly
- OMoss0
Which one?
- OMoss0
I think you just have to assume that I'd have more to lose by consciously ripping something off than I'd have to gain from it.
- JerseyRaindog0
Think your Flickr stuff is excellent Olly. Keep it up.
