Artwork Ripoff

#1 - Feb. 10, 2011, 7:37 a.m.

This new art work I see of a General Layla is a blatant ripoff of the original art work by hujianing (朝圣者) - submitted 3/24/10

Original - http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/?ip=warcraft#760
Ripoff - http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/?ip=warcraft#956

The new one should be taken off the fan art section.

Update: Even more evidence that the "Ripoff" is completely a copy paste from many sources.
Zness found the source of the "General Layla"
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2059016488?page=3#52

http://dreamworlds.ru/uploads/posts/2008-07/thumbs/1214989737_1-1.jpg

Is the foreground image.

http://dreamworlds.ru/kartinki/2582-paul-kwon.html Is the place it's from.

Wonder if Mr. Kwon knows? The site is a russian gallery with some WoW related art and that image is from the 2007-8 gallery.

Bashiok

Community Manager

#108 - Feb. 10, 2011, 9:15 p.m.

Thank you for the report. We've remove the image from the blog and it should be removed from the gallery soon once the update pushes live.