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Geek Culture / Is it legal to use megaman sprites as references?

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AJ Schaeffer
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Posted: 10th Dec 2011 05:15
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I made this design for a company for their movie, the entire cast in 8 bit form. Is it ok for them to release it on a t shirt, as you may notice I used the 8 bit megaman sprite as a reference, but none of the original megaman sprite remain.


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Agent Dink
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Posted: 10th Dec 2011 19:54 Edited at: 10th Dec 2011 19:57
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I can't tell you if it's safe to use them or not, but what I can do is ask you to center the "nerd wars" text

I would also say that perhaps instead of using the font you have chosen, actually build the words out of blocks, because there are a lot of inconsistencies with that font.

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zenassem
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Posted: 10th Dec 2011 20:15
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Not sure about the legal issue either... But it would be nice if you used some different poses for the characters. This should give you a decent reference for what I mean.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/pikimal-images/datas/cms/megamalgamation-l/57/original

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Quel
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Posted: 10th Dec 2011 20:24
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Well, i just say to you that if you change Mario's color scheme, and for example rotate the M letter on his hat by 90 degrees... well... it would be okay to sell as 'your own'.

Just sayin...

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Quik
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Posted: 11th Dec 2011 00:27
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iam not sure if you get copyright on a POSE, but since you have copied the whole structure of it (basicly traced it) then i'd say youre on a very very thin line


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tiresius
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Why not just make your own? They are very simple images. More work was done making them different from original, you probably could have made your own original !


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AJ Schaeffer
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Posted: 11th Dec 2011 14:37
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Quote: "Why not just make your own?"

Cause I'm no artist haha

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Posted: 11th Dec 2011 15:30
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this
Quote: "I made this design for a company for their movie"

and this
Quote: "Cause I'm no artist haha"


doesnt go together in my head


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AJ Schaeffer
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Posted: 11th Dec 2011 15:54
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I did it for fun, they didn't really ask for it.

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Maflash
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Posted: 16th Dec 2011 00:50 Edited at: 16th Dec 2011 16:10
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For some reason lots of people have trouble with this in my opinion. I don't think many people would need to be told that was lifted from megaman. It's not a reference if you copy most of it.
A reference is something you 'refer' to for ideas about colour, shape, or size, for example.

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