brooke was ripped
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- IanHalliday0
I always like to play devils advocate, so...
Thinking maybe you guys are being a bit harsh on this lass?
If she were making money from this, then I would be the first one to demand and end to it.
As a final year design student I think I can see this situation from both sides; I can see Brooke’s annoyance at the girls use of her illustration, however I can also see why the girl in question 'stole' the image.
She is only young, and that’s somewhere everyone has been, struggling to learn and develop. It is said art imitates life, and thus it could be argued that true originality is an unachievable ideal, and we all learn to develop a style by assimilating bits of pieces from the styles of others, be it from members of newstoday or artists of the renaissance for example.
Whilst I agree that it should have been pointed out to the girl that 'ripping' work in such a manner and displaying it as her own is wrong, I don't think such a full on textual assault, with threats of legal action and such was really required.
Perhaps a more responsible approach of supplying guidance to the girl and advising her on how to develop her style without directly ripping other's artwork would have been more appropriate.
After all you cannot blame her by being inspired by very talented designers such as Brooke.