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Game & Forum Discussion => Forum Discussion => Topic started by: Tanglemask on February 24, 2014, 02:57:16 am

Title: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Tanglemask on February 24, 2014, 02:57:16 am: Weird topic name, sorry, but I am unsure what to call it. But that's the question. Have you created/done something that made another person create based on it? Have you seen something that inspired you?

The reason I'm asking is because, while I've gotten over it, a few people would copy my character Mason 'Subject 16', or make experiment roleplays based on the video I made. /watch?v=jLGeAiSvV4g (Which saddens me a bit because I was planning a large scale roleplay which I need help with and I kinda can't bring myself to continue)

The thing is, now any experiment roleplay I'd like to join as Mason, I can't because the number 16 has been taken. I'm pretty sure someone on the forum is called Subject 16 but that could be totally unrelated.

I digress.

I remember that there was a animal roleplay on her made by Meowzer, which she based off of a video she saw. And then not a day later, a different person made a in-game roleplay based on her rp. Then there's characters and maps, and other various things that kinda connect with each other. I see it a lot with roleplays on FH though. Certain things, small maybe, catch your eye and kinda make you think of something else.

Looking at pictures sometimes inspire some to write. Even music. It could be little things or big things. I'm just curious because it's probably a common thing. Just know there's definitely a huge difference between inspiration and blatant copying. Which tends to rear its ugly head often on FH.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: unnbrellas on February 25, 2014, 01:43:04 am: I can certainly tell you I've been inspired by alot of people, but I'm not quite sure if I've inspired someone else... But yeah, you don't have to look far to find inspiration. Some fabulous preset makers have inspired me to learn myself, music has inspired some of my characters and helped them evolve, pictures have inspired my drawings- the list goes on! My biggest inspiration would be music, by far.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Lady_Alizarin on February 26, 2014, 12:14:35 am: I guess I have inspired people to make unicorn fox characters, after I made a thread about the species. I've had people come and ask if it was alright with me to make one of their own. I am perfectly fine with it.

I've inspired someone to make a robotic preset once after they saw the preset of my cyborg fox from outter space. I made a robotic fox character because Tearless made a cool robot lion that I thought was so neat. Seeing her robot lion inspired me to make a robotic character of some kind. So I designed a preset for a cyborg fox.

Watching my boyfriend play a game of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. inspired me to make a kreptis character that resides in the shadows of Chernobyl. And that's how Vixyne was made.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Oakfrost on February 26, 2014, 07:42:01 pm: I have ever inspired someone, I would never know, haha. I hope that I have sometime in the past. It would fill me with great joy to know that someone was inspired by something I had created or thought of.

In this weird day and age, I've come across plenty of things that have inspired me. Most of the inspiration derives from artwork and even a few short stories I read every now and then. Taking a little stroll through Tumblr (I could literally spend a whole day on there and not regret it) sometimes fuels my inspiration with all the neat image manipulations people post/reblog. Music too, though not as much as artwork.

I too am a little disappointed in the amount of copying I come across. All I can think about is how angry the original owners/creators must be to find that someone took an idea that they put their blood and sweat into. I remember someone once used the download link to a map that I spent a good month to create and claimed it as their own. Another time (Way back in the day. I'm talking like two years ago) someone used the same exact layout I had in a topic, changed the words, and didn't even bother asking me (Oddly, that topic was deleted long ago. I can't find it anymore).

It saddens me to see the amount of plagiarism around, too. Though I am glad to see new things popping up left and right every once in awhile.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Tanglemask on February 26, 2014, 09:32:35 pm: Quote from: MochaCocoa on February 25, 2014, 01:43:04 am
I can certainly tell you I've been inspired by alot of people, but I'm not quite sure if I've inspired someone else... But yeah, you don't have to look far to find inspiration. Some fabulous preset makers have inspired me to learn myself, music has inspired some of my characters and helped them evolve, pictures have inspired my drawings- the list goes on! My biggest inspiration would be music, by far.

Yeah I get a lot of inspiration with presets. It was my best friend who actually got me into it. And definitely, music is a huge inspiration. Lyrical ones can make an story but the instrumental ones get you far. They hold so much emotion sometimes that it's crazy.

Quote from: Lady_Alizarin on February 26, 2014, 12:14:35 am
I guess I have inspired people to make unicorn fox characters, after I made a thread about the species. I've had people come and ask if it was alright with me to make one of their own. I am perfectly fine with it.

I've inspired someone to make a robotic preset once after they saw the preset of my cyborg fox from outter space. I made a robotic fox character because Tearless made a cool robot lion that I thought was so neat. Seeing her robot lion inspired me to make a robotic character of some kind. So I designed a preset for a cyborg fox.

Watching my boyfriend play a game of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. inspired me to make a kreptis character that resides in the shadows of Chernobyl. And that's how Vixyne was made.

I love Tearless' robots. Same here. She was the reason I decided to go through and make my Steam Powered Giraffe robot presets. I love looking at presets or designs people come up with because it is huge for inspiration. And your unicorn foxes are pretty cool. If no one made characters then I would have been sad. It's something different (and I love foxes so it's an instant favorite)

Quote from: Oakfrost on February 26, 2014, 07:42:01 pm
I have ever inspired someone, I would never know, haha. I hope that I have sometime in the past. It would fill me with great joy to know that someone was inspired by something I had created or thought of.

In this weird day and age, I've come across plenty of things that have inspired me. Most of the inspiration derives from artwork and even a few short stories I read every now and then. Taking a little stroll through Tumblr (I could literally spend a whole day on there and not regret it) sometimes fuels my inspiration with all the neat image manipulations people post/reblog. Music too, though not as much as artwork.

I too am a little disappointed in the amount of copying I come across. All I can think about is how angry the original owners/creators must be to find that someone took an idea that they put their blood and sweat into. I remember someone once used the download link to a map that I spent a good month to create and claimed it as their own. Another time (Way back in the day. I'm talking like two years ago) someone used the same exact layout I had in a topic, changed the words, and didn't even bother asking me (Oddly, that topic was deleted long ago. I can't find it anymore).

It saddens me to see the amount of plagiarism around, too. Though I am glad to see new things popping up left and right every once in awhile.

Me. I love how you code your threads and that got me more into it. So yeah. Your coding stuff is definitely inspiring to make mine just as awesome lol. It's the simple stuff that you do that definitely make it work. And then of course the recaps. I started using that to help out.

I made a tumblr for inspiration/nature/clothing/etc. I had to keep track of everything lol so I just made one. If you want to check it out its keepsakespells. I have everything tagged to keep it neat too. So you'll surely find some cool stuff on their. How I created Bluewick was just a picture on deviantart of a kinda Italian fantasy-ish town and it went from there.

You should see how much planning I put into rps and stories, characters. It is pretty upsetting and angering. I went through it with my Subject 16. I wouldn't be so angry if they said something before doing it. If I knew about it before hand it's not so bad. But the blatant copying that had gone on was enough to bring me to tears. The Cylars are by far my favorite creations ever and it's just depressing when it happens. The map problem had happened to me before. My older maps were used in an rp and the creator took claim to them. I came on to do some shooting and they were there complaining and yelling at me before I told them who I was. I now put 'tanglemask' in the hightmap to prevent this. Which is actually a common thing now. People have to place their signatures on artwork to prevent thieves and even then it's still hard to stop it.

There's a difference from taking inspiration and complete copying. Like with a story of mine. The Super Soldier serum from Captain America was an inspiration for the super powers except mine was taken from an angel who fell to earth and was drafted into war. So yeah. The original idea was from Marvel but I was inspired and went from there.

But yeah. There's a lot of new stuff to make up for it. I like being a part of it.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Oakfrost on February 27, 2014, 11:03:43 pm: I'm glad my layout coding gave you inspiration in someway ^^ I got the idea of recaps from a roleplay that kept having people fall behind and ask for recaps every other page or so. I know that you do something similar to help people catch up, which is a posting order. Really great idea on your behalf. I'm sure it helps with a roleplay's activity greatly c:

I'll definitely be sure to check it out! Sounds like something right around my interest.

Oh my, that's terrible. I can imagine just how upset that made you. I can tell that you put a great deal of effort into your characters and other creations.

The signatures on height maps seems like a great and clever way to help prevent those things. If only I had been smart enough to think about that when I first created the map.

Yes, this is true. There is a good line drawn between straight up copying and inspiration. I really wish more people would take more recognition of those types of things though.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: _nightingale_ on March 07, 2014, 02:06:00 am: I've certainly been inspired by people, one that was probably the most significant was when I.T. was still around, before FH of course. Occasionally a person called Zima would get on I.T. and their character really caught my eye as a young artist of 13, I didn't really know about copying and how bad it was yet, though I knew not to copy exactly what theirs was, I would change it up.

I really looked up to Zima, as he/she (sorry I still don't know what gender they are XD) is also an artist on deviantart that is called MeJony. So anyway, since I could not get over how Zima looked, I tried my best to not make it exactly like Zima and put my own spin on it thinking it was ok.

But one day when I came across Zima and their friend ,whom is another artist that I cannot think the name of, even though I did not have a preset or anything, they still thought I looked too much like Zima and they got mad at me...I have forever since learned my lesson heh, and it still haunts me, badly...

Now I do my best to create totally original characters, doing my best not to copy anyone's colors, patterns, markings, etc. because I am now traumatized, and also know how it feels when someone tries to copy you. Please don't do this, don't let it happen to you DX

I have since made Nightingale who is laying down in my signature below :3 and I am proud to announce that she is TOTALLY original XD
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: zady on March 07, 2014, 02:16:50 am: People have indeed told me that i inspire them, honestly it's utterly wonderful when i get a message from a fan or anyone telling me that i am a big inspiration to them in their artistic intentions, it's always great when i see on a person's profile on DA that they've listed me as an inspiration or idol, it is most certainly the greatest feeling in the world that you inspire them to carry on doing what they love, inspire them to improve!
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: lindaminda on March 07, 2014, 11:49:25 am: Quote
Have you seen something that inspired you?

Yes of course I did.

Im not sure about if I ever inspired anyone :P
Maybe yes, maybe no. It's hard to say.
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: JackJackleHound on March 07, 2014, 06:01:24 pm: Yes, in fact just yesterday I was inspired
By Dundee's Pom-Pom gift to draw a
New Signature of one of my Characters
[Cross] Playing with a large blue ball of fluffness. x'D
Title: Re: Have you inspired someone?
Post by: Honest~Faith on March 08, 2014, 03:00:33 pm: Well.. I inspired alot of people to make characters like Dragons, foxes etc.
Randomly, I inspire people for no reason, maybe because I make unique characters?
I dunno but yeah..
Sometimes, people inspire me but it happens rarely, I go in my direction c: