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Fornite skin based off an artist's design (UPDATE: It was actually a fake stunt by the artist)
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Yasumi is talking about the test image astro edited on their own account to check whether the URL would change, etc. Not the image this whole thread is about. EDIT: Ah, you saw that :p.
Yeah, you are right, I already edited my post. Sorry for the confusion.
I have noticed that the image URLs for watermarked vs non-watermarked images have different templates:
Watermarked (one of endercast's images) - https://img00.deviantart.net/cfcb/i/2019/089/7/e/doodle_mierdero_by_endercast-dbcufao.png
Non-Watermarked (one of my images) - https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca8...p/inking_practice_by_ashuratm_dcptjh4-pre.jpg
What stands out is the domain. Watermarked images use deviantart.net and others use wixmp.com.
If endercast modified their image to include the watermark and wixmp.com archived the original image, then a working winxmp.com url to the non-watermarked image must still exist. But wixmp looks like a huge data center with lots of servers, so finding it might be infeasible.
Watermarked (one of endercast's images) - https://img00.deviantart.net/cfcb/i/2019/089/7/e/doodle_mierdero_by_endercast-dbcufao.png
Non-Watermarked (one of my images) - https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca8...p/inking_practice_by_ashuratm_dcptjh4-pre.jpg
What stands out is the domain. Watermarked images use deviantart.net and others use wixmp.com.
If endercast modified their image to include the watermark and wixmp.com archived the original image, then a working winxmp.com url to the non-watermarked image must still exist. But wixmp looks like a huge data center with lots of servers, so finding it might be infeasible.
So we are assuming Epic went and in a month and a half they copied the art (since showing a 13 year old's piece of art could be laughable), got it approved, did the front/side/back views, sent it to outsource (or made it in-house), got it all done, put it into the game and got all the advertising material ready to go? It might be possible since they probably got a smooth workflow by now, but I'm still gonna go and say it's a bit hard to believe.
Specially since usually these skins and whatnot are built way beforehand in case issues arise or designs don't get approved as smoothly.
Again, very hard to believe... not saying it didn't happen since I don't know the truth, but yeah...
Specially since usually these skins and whatnot are built way beforehand in case issues arise or designs don't get approved as smoothly.
Again, very hard to believe... not saying it didn't happen since I don't know the truth, but yeah...
I like how he immediately leads off by admitting that he made this because he didn't want to get more emails about Epic doing a bad thing.
Wait Deviant art can sell your art work without permission? Why the hell would anyone put their stuff up there?
Oh that's interesting.
So basically we just wait and see if DA can get access to the image(s) before it was Watermarked and/or edited. I wonder if they archived that in any way.
This thread course was really funny
"fuck epic you thieves!!!"
*The claims of the kid are fake*
"oh well... fuck epic anyway!!!"
Just like good' ol neogaf days.
Still, Devianart really is a mess.
That's what I said earlier, too. And this is assuming it wasn't outsourced (they use art and 3D outsource companies for Fortnite). If outsourced, getting the whole thing done that fast is quite something. And that's assuming the Epic artists like going to Devianart (lmao) on a daily basis to search for 13 year old's pieces of art to steal.
Don't forget the very sore wrong admittings and apologies. Very weird behaviour.
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The first of that art is from 2017, not only a month or two. Anyway, it seems it was faked by the kid (edited on DA).
Or she just added watermark now to it when she realized whats gone down.
This needs to be looked into by Epic and DA both.
They deleted the page that was linked to in that thread, so yea that's definitely them trying to cover their tracks.
Glad people were able to keep a level head and not let their dislike for Epic cloud their judgment.
Yeesh. What a thread.
I found another site where they'd uploaded their art, and that would fall chronologically with the other art around the changed picture.
https://toyhou.se/Shaderway/art?page=3
It struck me as odd. Why would this guy be calling out Epic now and not months ago when the skin first appeared.
I found another site where they'd uploaded their art, and that would fall chronologically with the other art around the changed picture.
https://toyhou.se/Shaderway/art?page=3
Yep, that pretty much nails it. Sorry for not believing you at first, Razor Mom.
The timing is pretty good cover tbh. Scam doesn't work and you get found out be all like " April fools internet...hasta luego!"
It's like a rollercoaster
I freely admit to getting sucked into it too and I hate rollercoasters
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