Chromatica’s visuals a product of plagiarism?

[CyanDante 5,895]

23 minutes ago, badfaith said:

Which is what I think his aesthetic is coming from? Very 90s or 2000s based on his website. Correct me if I'm wrong lol.

Yeah definitely. The SL visuals, the poster, even the ROM poster when it came were very reminiscent of 90's videogames, that's exactly the aesthetic that they were going for. 

I don't think this person's artwork are quite original and unique in itself. Lot of people love to discredit the bigger star's work in an instant, but this seems like a reach. 

Also the stuff that he has pointed out, seems like cropped, zoomed out images to make it seem that it bears resemblance to the Chromatica visuals.

[Mr Oak 7,130]

4 minutes ago, dollardays said:

Chromatica cover art pose

What about it?

[Windowlicker 3,226]

This is a reach. Most of these images are being misleading by comparing textures (like, Gaga has been wearing latex since the beginning), color schemes (pink and green... groundbreaking combo), and general art styles. None of this is unique to him or Gaga. It's easy to look at this at first glance and think they're similar, but they really aren't when you look at everything individually.

[Wet Fire 6,840]

Yes. They're similar. Only 5% lol. That too because the oval shape and the web thing neither of which can be claimed original. I swear I've seen hundreds of such oval shaped and web-like designs 

[Fusel 1,093]

this is tricky. i do believe inspiration has been taken here, thought so ever since they rolled out chromatica’s visuals

whereas nowadays these aesthetics are obviously more common you kind of need to understand dom sebastian was a leading force in popularizing them as early as 2017. he actually has quite the history of being stolen from by popular artists, including katy perry literally taking his images for official artwork

it’s no question people in gaga’s team know his stuff, they’d be terrible trend scouts if they didn’t

i do think the accusation of actual plagiarism can be taken a bit more lightly given the time that has passed and the way this fluid synthetic warped  90s 2000s aesthetic has gotten broader popularity over time. also not all of  chromatica’s visuals reference this style, there are still many elements that don’t derive from his work

 

so yes it’s part of his legacy, but not necessarily theft i would say. would have been the right thing to invite him to collab and thus make him benefit also

[Lextyr97 19,224]

1 hour ago, DekiDopa said:

Damn this makes me really sad. If she was aware if this then she lost a lot of respect for me.

 

I can look over the fact that chromatica era was just a big cash grab and money maker during covid, but this would be too much

Reported.

[dollardays 3,385]

45 minutes ago, NoahSuns said:

What about it?

This https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfDlnHlds2/?utm_medium=copy_link

[js4754394o9823 6,882]

nothing besides the 3 picutres on the bottom look similar

[js4754394o9823 6,882]

3 minutes ago, dollardays said:

This https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfDlnHlds2/?utm_medium=copy_link

please
the pose of someone laying down on the ground?
and if she was turning too, maybeee, maybe it would be similar
but that was a fanmade animation

[ChicaSkas 22,344]

This isn’t plagiarism.

he released that image carefully constructed to make it LOOK like plagiarism.

[River 107,394]

all of them are from some basic photoshop guides and fonts that they didn't create

[Bobina 1,430]

Oh, please. It's an aesthetic that's been around for a long time. I've seen this aesthetic in TV shows, movies and video games. People have got to stop obsessing over being the first, chances are way more likely that some one has already done it in some shape or form, and that's okay! Still do it, create it. Just focus on perfecting what you do instead of spreading drama like this. 

[PartySick 147,580]

5 hours ago, RahrahWitch said:

Same aesthetic for sure but that kind of 90s alien power ranger stuff isn't new.

It seems very cherry picked like the  middle row aren't similar in the slightest other than it being pink.

The symbols yeah I guess but those kinds of symbols again aren't an original concept.

The bottom 3 pictures are kind of a reach in my opinion. That alien goo thing could be from any sci-fi aesthetic like stranger things or alien, zoom in enough they all look the same.

All of this

[DenDenTired 1,126]

5 hours ago, KEVIN STEVE said:

I actually see something super retro

It’s a 90s pretending to know the future 

[tylerjs 5,537]

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen this kind of aesthetic, so maybe he was on a mood board but he didn’t invent this look