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    So, I'm working on a logo and start trawling dribbble and b*hance seeking inspiration. I come across a dude out of India who has a trove of logos, most of which look straight from istockphoto or similar, all of which are for sale. One of these does use an approach that I'm actually interested in. But the overall look, feel, proportions are horrible. I do a mockup using his as inspiration but I admittedly don't feel like there's enough difference (at least for my conscience) to just run with mine without compensating him somehow for the inspiration.

    Problem is, this is just a single-letter logo. There's not much to it and since I've never purchased anything like this before I'm wondering what am I buying exactly? Is this original work? Can he prove it?

    I guess I'm more concerned about the moral aspect of it, but I don't know the implications of buying something that's publicly available, and may already be in use, or might be a take on an existing idea that's been done a bazillion times already. For all I know it's one of those letter logos you'll see that have the entire alphabet done in a similar style, but who knows, maybe it's unique?

    Thoughts?

    (ps. not a designer)

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    • thanksSteveJobs
    • I don't show logos anymore because dudes from India or Asia anyway stealing and reselling them on fiverrr or 99designs
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    • So basically I could be wasting my money buying something that you created from someone else :/SteveJobs
    • Probably, yeah
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    • Wow, this sounds an awful lot like the NFT issue, or I suppose the issue that NFT's *should* solve - but fail to.SteveJobs
    • Actually turning logos into NFTs is the best use case for designers.
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    • Link to the designers work?utopian
    • If you could've put it down to chance, and you change it enough to be different, then in your shoes I might've not posted this and just been a cunt.Nairn
    • Especially if you don't consider yourself a designer. But what's the charge? $20? If so, fuckit and pay the guy to subdue guilt, then modify anyway.Nairn
    • Every designer copies. It's just how much and how that matters.Nairn
    • How could an NFT solve this? Which 'version' of the design would be entrusted to the NFT - the visible artwork on the web, or the original vector? Can't be bothNairn
    • Unless NFT hashes can represent packages, with different aspects within the package visible contextually? I doubt it.Nairn
    • Thanks Nairn, I'll probably wind up reaching out. The do-gooder in me always wins it seems.SteveJobs
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