if i did a better version of this idea and made money would that

>>2891199
add a background and change the pose and you're good to go.

Pretty big 'if', anon.

>>2891199
No but it'd be a pretty shit thing to do

>>2891199
Probably it would depend how similar yours is to theirs. The fact that you posted this could probably be used against you since it shows you are intentionally stealing it and that it's not just a coincidence you came up with it. I'm not a lawyer though so can't say for certain. I imagine though that these sorts of things are decided on a case by case basis and there is not a specific law that makes it obviously one way or another.

>>2891206
im not actually going to just wondering because i dont think it should be if done right. for instance if it were a part of a larger piece where someone fell asleep with a cigarette in her hand and the ash was crawling out and going to start a fire or something like that

>>2891206
so what i guess im saying is does she own the actual image or the idea behind it or just the resemblance of it as a whole? im sure i could find a loophole around basically doing the same thing but differently (like make a mosaic that from afar looks almost exactly like it) just wondering where it begins and ends with something like this

Whether it would or not is irrelevant -- you wouldn't get busted for it either way. Effectively impossible to prove.

>>2891199
no it just means you're an unoriginal fuck who rips off work made by teenagers on dA

>>2891199
Change it to a hippy smoking a joint and the smoke turns into a sexy green fairy and you're iin the clear, also pot heads will buy tons

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>>2891199
Really makes you think

>>2891199
Great artists steal :^)

>>2892464
Mediocre artists steal from one source. Great artist steal from several carfully chosen sources and compose them into a new piece.

If you think taking one idea and making it into a similar but technically superior piece that still tells the same story makes for a good steal, I have bad news for you. No one cares about technical skill in the art world anymore.

>>2891326
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzHmunZxJeM

>>2891199
Ideas cant be IPs, just the actual drawing, unless it is too similar.

>>2891199
As long as it's not blatantly obvious you might be able to get away with it

But that doesn't make you any less of a creatively bankrupt faggot

just call it fanart

>>2891199
No. You'll never make enough money on a single image with such a lame-duck premise to draw that kind of negative attention.