Why is this bad? They're in a similar pose which clearly means he was inspired by the Jim Lee cover, but it's clearly all Fabok art. Different builds, different musculature. This is far from a lightbox.
Homage, maybe. But Everything about the Batman figure is straight up from the way Jim Lee sketched the belt. I can't see this as different builds, either, or different musculature.
If someone does a running pose they should consider how similar the other pose is they are copying. If this were the cover, it would be very wrong if it did not say Fabok after Jim Lee.
Inside, its lazy art. Hate to think Fabok has a box full of Batman poses by other artists somewhere, considering its a weekly.
Nick, I mean "swipe" in the traditional use-another-artist's-exact-same-pose-or-panel sense, not that a lightbox or any kind of Greg Land-ary was involved.
FDIleague, you think it's a coincidence that Jim Lee-inspired artist Jason Fabok drew an image of Batman running at the reader that is exaclty the same as Lee's, save for the costume updating then...?
Hm... It just feels too random to be an homage. Like, why would Fabok homage that cover and for that panel? There is nothing special about it story wise in Batman Eternal.
I don't think that it is either. I think of Batman and Jim running across a roof together, this would be roughly what I think of. I don't even think the images are that similar.
One of the reasons swiping has such a bad reputation is that the extraordinarily lazy artists who get caught are always referencing a cover image, often one reproduced in a variety of ways (such as merchandising) for maximum visibility/obviousness. When it's the same pose from the same angle, and here even the same character, you're talking the creative equivalent of petty theft.
Why is this bad? They're in a similar pose which clearly means he was inspired by the Jim Lee cover, but it's clearly all Fabok art. Different builds, different musculature. This is far from a lightbox.
ReplyDeleteHomage.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy how you tagged this "phoning it in", since ostensibly that's exactly what Jason Fabok did.
ReplyDeleteNeither! So no one can ever use a running pose again without being accused of ripping off?
ReplyDeleteHomage, maybe. But Everything about the Batman figure is straight up from the way Jim Lee sketched the belt. I can't see this as different builds, either, or different musculature.
ReplyDeleteIf someone does a running pose they should consider how similar the other pose is they are copying. If this were the cover, it would be very wrong if it did not say Fabok after Jim Lee.
Inside, its lazy art. Hate to think Fabok has a box full of Batman poses by other artists somewhere, considering its a weekly.
*sketched EVERYTHING all the way to small details like the belt. Doesn't the nu52 Batman have a different belt?
ReplyDeleteNick, I mean "swipe" in the traditional use-another-artist's-exact-same-pose-or-panel sense, not that a lightbox or any kind of Greg Land-ary was involved.
ReplyDeleteFDIleague, you think it's a coincidence that Jim Lee-inspired artist Jason Fabok drew an image of Batman running at the reader that is exaclty the same as Lee's, save for the costume updating then...?
Hm... It just feels too random to be an homage. Like, why would Fabok homage that cover and for that panel? There is nothing special about it story wise in Batman Eternal.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that it is either. I think of Batman and Jim running across a roof together, this would be roughly what I think of. I don't even think the images are that similar.
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons swiping has such a bad reputation is that the extraordinarily lazy artists who get caught are always referencing a cover image, often one reproduced in a variety of ways (such as merchandising) for maximum visibility/obviousness. When it's the same pose from the same angle, and here even the same character, you're talking the creative equivalent of petty theft.
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