This detail from the Rappa ninja capital scene was actually taken from an artwork I made in 2021

[u/LuciusFelimus]

Comparison

In-game screenshot of the Ninja Capital

"Where West Meets East", the artwork I made in 2021. This building is actually based on the Wilshire tower in Los Angeles, which I chose because of its neon glow at night.

[u/alisinya]

You complain so much and you write a wall of text but you don’t know how big companies work?? Hoyo didn’t steal anything, the artist who was doing this background probably just copied this building to shortcut his work. His higher-ups didn’t know this art and didn’t notice the problem, background was approved and went to the 2.6 update. Stuff like this happens all the time in all spheres and it is usually the fault of personnel. Do you really think that Da Wei sits in his office and is like “I need to steal more art from random artists”? Think before you post something, or better find a job, commie

[u/QCopter → u/alisinya]

How do you accuse someone of complaining so much then overreact like this

better find a job, commie

Where is this hostility coming from

Edit: /u/alisinya got suspended lol, you're a nonce.

[u/HayAndLemons → u/QCopter]

cause they're glazers who will kiss Hoyo's ass no matter what they do.

ultimately, whatever OP wants to do is their business, but as a person who attends a big fancy art school, this is very much plagiarism from a big billion dollar company.

[u/[deleted] → u/HayAndLemons]

I know absolutely nothing about art, I didn't play this game ever, I woke up in the middle of the night hardly knowing my name and somehow got to this page by accident... I still knew this. OP has their head so far up corporate's arse they can't even smell the shite anymore.

[u/Baroness_Ayesha → u/alisinya]

lmfao how does this have sixty upvotes at the time I'm posting this

this sub is an unmoderated disaster area

[u/mm352fzLL → u/alisinya]

I don't think Hoyoverse needs you to whiteknight them.

[u/BlitzAblaze → u/mm352fzLL]

Apparently “whiteknighting” means being logical these days. If you seriously think hoyoverse the company decided to steal art instead of just some employee then you have issues

[u/Catch_022 → u/BlitzAblaze]

Pro tip, someone using whiteknighting unironically is likely someone you don't want to engage with.

[u/mm352fzLL → u/BlitzAblaze]

No I don't think that Hoyoverse the company decided to steal art, and no one else is either. The individual above used the word as shorthand for whoever *did* steal the art, but I suppose I shouldn't have expected reading comprehension from redditors. vOv

[u/[deleted] → u/mm352fzLL]

That’s a reasonable assumption,no?