Thread: Marathon launches September 23 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC)
How can you work on a game with that level of exposure and bet on the OG artist not finding out?

Yeah it's pretty bonkers.

I thought Joseph Cross was the one behind everything, but he's legit just ripped this dude off wholesale. Dudes Tumblr account is straight up dope as fuck full of top end graphic art going back years


Even found the posters he is referring to.
 
How can you work on a game with that level of exposure and bet on the OG artist not finding out?

Borderlands was originally supposed to have a generic military art style.
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But then Gearbox hired the artist who made this short. Before he even did any work on the game, they stole his art style and then cut him loose and never looked back. Even the intro to Borderlands 1 is basically straight ripped from Codehunters.
 
They're a small indie studio. You can't expect them to have the manpower to monitor and double check what every single person on the team is doing.