Copyright Infringment in Design Contest!

[Evil-Siren]

Ring number 5 in the design a gear contest, is a blantant copy not only in concept but in execution, where symmetry is not entierely Identycal the general concept stands, the design ripped off the five feather points from the one winged angel ring the generall form of the ring is there as well as the center gem piece, texture and silver coating is the same as well in a contest where creativity is being rewarded i think finalist entries such as this only hurt the credibility and seriousness of it, and the worst thing is the design of SE.

http://cdn.highwire.com/374405_290.jpg

I'm sorry to read that, but actually I got inspired by those rings and wings:
http://www.ideatattoo.com/blog/wp-co...rlazzi_112.jpg
http://ua-cdn.stylecaster.com/post/2...er-preview.jpg
http://cn1.kaboodle.com/hi/img/2/0/0...=1201239432000
http://anitako.com/assets/wings_fan_2.jpg
http://www.princeofdiamonds.org/catalog/tn_rinoa.jpg
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/...6L._SS424_.jpg

The ring I designed before I sent in the black phoenix ring, was even a white one called salvation ring. http://b.pictureupload.us/110862460950596f81e6034.jpg
(don't mind the crappy look of it, it was unfinished that time)

I had to change the colours of it after the dev team told us that we could only enter with one ring. So I changed the WHM ring into a BLM ring.
I'm sorry if the ring resembles too much of the Sephiroth ring now or if you don't find it original enough. If you don't like it just don't vote for it I'd say. It's just kind of unfair to make such a thread and tell everybody to not vote for some kind of rings because they look like this and that and that and this.

[Ingolf]

I voted for your ring. I'm sure most people just ignored him.

[Evil-Siren]

I voted for your ring. I'm sure most people just ignored him.

Thanks, but I just wanted to explain how I came to my ring design since he/she said so many mean things about it. =(

The WHM ring was my second idea and I wanted to create an angelic ring for it. Which means I wanted it do be a wing ring with a gemstone. I thought the idea of the wings carrying the gemstone carefully, resembles the whm who care for their group. I wanted it to be white and blue since it was for WHITE mages and blue should resemble water, which means life (well that was the basic idea behind it)

after the dev team said "only one ring per person" I thought "Oh ... damn I can't really need a whm ring" lol

I thought the change from whm to a more blm looking one would be nice too and tells even a little story. especially the name fit for it. since the ffxiv world will be destroyed by a big RED meteor and everyone will rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Why not a full red ring? Well it wouldn't look good and since BLM stands for Destruction I thought the opposite of white would fit perfectly (sorry for my lousy english >__<)

[Kyumin]

Haters gonna hate.



I voted for your ring as well.

[Guevara]

Thanks, but I just wanted to explain how I came to my ring design since he/she said so many mean things about it. =(

The WHM ring was my second idea and I wanted to create an angelic ring for it. Which means I wanted it do be a wing ring with a gemstone. I thought the idea of the wings carrying the gemstone carefully, resembles the whm who care for their group. I wanted it to be white and blue since it was for WHITE mages and blue should resemble water, which means life (well that was the basic idea behind it)

after the dev team said "only one ring per person" I thought "Oh ... damn I can't really need a whm ring" lol

I thought the change from whm to a more blm looking one would be nice too and tells even a little story. especially the name fit for it. since the ffxiv world will be destroyed by a big RED meteor and everyone will rise like a phoenix from the ashes. Why not a full red ring? Well it wouldn't look good and since BLM stands for Destruction I thought the opposite of white would fit perfectly (sorry for my lousy english >__<)

Your ring was my second favourite so it didn't get my vote. But still I, as many many others, think that yours was a fantastic work =)

[Alhanelem]

Umm, How can i vote on the designs?

The link on the lodestone just brings up the support page.

That's where the voting is. Log in like it says and the options will come up.

[Molly_Millions]

...and almost studio mic room submissions, leaves the normal person behind.

no it doesn't. Home recording studios are very affordable and and can compete with professional recording studios. I know, I have one. However, I don't have the "radio voice" needed for the contest.

[Shougun]

no it doesn't. Home recording studios are very affordable and and can compete with professional recording studios. I know, I have one. However, I don't have the "radio voice" needed for the contest.

"Not to be too negative though as most of those people probably had more skill then most of us."

You could have at least left that in there. Basically you quoted only part of my post and then said what I said at the end anyways.

Also I said normal person, normal people dont build home studios for shits and giggles.

Misrepresenting >.>

[Mijin]

I hate to break it to you guys, but a ring design contest for an mmo with under 100k subs isn't serious business, and no ones getting sued here lol... As for them not being original of course they're not. Probably like 90% of the people who bothered with this contest just googled "rings," and then found an image they liked to copy, so what? People do this sort of thing all the time, even people who make -real- jewelry for example copy each other I'm sure. As long as they didn't just copy an image, erase the watermark, and recolor it, I don't see what the problem is. Who cares about this anyway?