Adventures in Illustration

Adventures in Illustration

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Being Inspired, Over-Borrowing, Copying and Tracing

Being Inspired, Over-Borrowing, Copying and Tracing

AKA Researcher, Borrower, Imitator, Thief

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Maxine Lee-Mackie
Feb 05, 2023
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This week, there’s been a lot of chatter in a group I’m in about this. ‘This’ being when an illustrator leans on another illustrator’s style too much. At best, it’s mildly annoying, at worst, it’s theft.

[Above: Illustration I did…

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