If not for this, I would've chalked this up to the designs being abstract enough that it'd be feasible for two separate artists to have come up with them independently. The fact that he was following the artist is a bit damning.

It's a shame, because he's a fantastic artist, himself, but this is definitely going to soil his reputation, and probably calls into question some of his earlier pieces, as well.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Some of the stuff has the artist's logo still on it.

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 58 points 2 days ago (1 children)

designs being abstract enough

They copied the text and the name of a made up company. That's so blatant I can't believe nobody just asked "wait, is that on our lore or something?"

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

That's what I don't get. Presumably there is some lore behind this game (unless they really are that lazy) so why don't they just use one of the companies that they definitely have for the game

[–] Acid2688@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

So abstract they contain the artist's personal logo.

[–] wccrawford@discuss.online 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I only see the first of the comparison images linked here. The line of identical symbols inside squares is pretty convincing.

The second image contains lines of text copied verbatim, and is undeniable.

https://bsky.app/profile/antire.al/post/3lpa4gamtzs2l

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

More pics are coming out. One of them has the artist's handle in it. Original art is the yellow to the right. Whoever added it to the game intentionally smudged the name, but left enough of it to be readabale.

https://bsky.app/profile/billain.bsky.social/post/3lpafkzimqc2x

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

They could just market it as "with Art by Antireal" and give him the commission and fame he deserves…

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They copy-pasted text and personal logo.

If you think that's "abstract enough", I'm guessing you're either a plagiarist or an "AI artist". Or do you want to admit that you didn't really look at the comparison images?

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

Or do you want to admit that you didn't really look at the comparison images?

You're already like five comments deep into an argument that hasn't even happened yet, calm down.