Nov 15, 2025
Whenever I see some anon asking an artist if it's "okay to take inspiration" from their art it makes me want to make some kind of manifesto or billboard or PSA or skywriting campaign to undo whatever damage strange litigious illustrator types inflicted upon the most basic foundations of the creative process. We can't let them get away with this
#indexed post#im muting notifs on this forever So everyone behave okay.#the opinion haver#Like on one hand I dont really like getting into dramatics about any of this stuff but also like#The idea that people who take issue with art being inspired by other art should have enough influence that i see this question#repeated over and over again is just. ridiculous. I want to be gentle to people asking this because they are very scared but like#I think the question should be treated as frivolous while affirming the asker deserves respect#07.21.2026 update: Deleted my 11.15.2025 reply because I was sick of having it in my notifs but it was:#'Yes [I hate copyright] and I also want people to unlearn the attitudes that justify and are justified by IP law.'
