tinkertrain
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Last week, Alphonso Dunn an artist and author posted a video on youtube claiming that another artist by the name of Jake Parker (who initiated the "Inktober" movement), plagiarized the contents of his book.
Jake Parker seems to be a polemic figure even before these claims, if you are interested to know what happened, this reddit post is a good summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/iih7sm/art_community_inktober_2020_the_annual_ink/.
This is the youtube video by Alphonso (over an hour long though!):
Someone made an 11 minute version with the relevant parts:
As Alphonso explains, the concepts and methods he's teaching are not what Parker copied (it is not like he is claiming he invented the concept of lines or texture), but the way of teaching them, the layout, the order... I'm not familiar with Parker's work but people that are claim that the style of the illustration on the book is not even how he draws, looks bad.
Bit of drama to start your week!
Jake Parker seems to be a polemic figure even before these claims, if you are interested to know what happened, this reddit post is a good summary: https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/iih7sm/art_community_inktober_2020_the_annual_ink/.
This is the youtube video by Alphonso (over an hour long though!):
As Alphonso explains, the concepts and methods he's teaching are not what Parker copied (it is not like he is claiming he invented the concept of lines or texture), but the way of teaching them, the layout, the order... I'm not familiar with Parker's work but people that are claim that the style of the illustration on the book is not even how he draws, looks bad.
Bit of drama to start your week!