NOT AGAIN!!!! ATTN: PROFESSIONALS!!!! SAM BRADE FRAUD!!

[Jason Manley]

another one bites the dust.


seems this fool used fengs...doug chiangs...and spinefingers work to get a job at blur. AHAHAHAHAH...feng worked at blur!!!!!


THE 3D Artist who owns the site was UNAWARE of this going on.


Sam Brade ..concept thief... uk telephone 44-07791-636749
msn chat id sambrade@hotmail.com


here is the link to a zip of sam brades thefts www.conceptart.org/fraud3



i dont have time to keep doing this. sam...what are you thinking????

[Jason Manley]

he has the ballz to link conceptart.org on his site.


not cool.


j

[Your Face]

i feel bad for the artist stuff that got jacked, however i wish my stuff was good enough to be stolen..hee hee

[defcombeta]

stars wars art work hell this is lucas arts stuff they nicked me thinks perhaps im wrong but these guys are on the wrong end of a lawsuit me thinks. no one protects them selves like lucas arts stupid idiots, hell learn to be like those that inspire you not take there work and pretend to be them. jerks to put it lightly

[McNallyism]

To be clear... he stole parts of these artists' work to TRY to get a job at Blur. His submissions were so obviously referenced from Feng's work that his application was never considered for anything more an amusing joke. Actually, The stuff on the site doesn't include a lot of the pieces which were submitted. The portfolio that he emailed to us ripped Feng's work almost exclusively. It was kind of fun to go to Feng's site and identify individual pieces that were stolen and used as something else in Sam's work. For instance, he dissected the first two robots in the props/vehicles section and reassembled them to form an entire line of futuristic guns! I can only imagine that his thinking was that since Feng no longer works at Blur, his ability to create new collage-like concepts using pieces of Feng's drawings would make him the next best thing...


-Sean

[JoshuaTheJames]

HOLYjebusflippinmonkeypoopcrap...

Chuk? Where were you on this one?
Ssean?

-Joshua

[JoshuaTheJames]

oops ..there we go.

[Erik]

Let's all spam them.

[tinyhands]

someone should chop off they're hands. Seriously, that fact that anyone can try and take anyones thoughts,creativity and talent to produce good work and try and pass it off as their own is the lowest of low.

[Ant4d]

wow... it is sure an easy way to get famous fast.

[Forge]

aaargh men like him should not be known, The artist is dead, glory to the fool ;)

[Flint]

Insane... just insane.

:bash:

[tomi]

i dont understand that....
i mean, imagine you stole art from somewhere and you get the job...what would you do then? you cant do art yourself because youve stolen all the time. now imagine you go in to work and they want you to draw something...

your fucked at that moment. your sitting there grasping for an internet connection because you cant do nothing...because your a fraud.
you have to be very stupid to even try something like that.

t.

[Molly]

...GO BACK TO YER BOY RACING 'ROUND THE FUCKIN YORKSHIRE DALES ON YER TRACKTORS, YOU PAIR OF IN-BRED, SHEEP SHAGGING C***TS!

I hate people who do this, I really do. Especially as I have been working my arse of getting my own illustration projects done.......

(sorry to all at C.A for my bad language...)

Mollyxxx

:mad:

[Nordstrand, T]

*sigh*... Is there no end to this silliness? :nono:

[sambrade]

I am very sorry to have caused this problem. I have just finished University and have been inspired by Fengs and Dougs work. I have used and borrowed ideas but it was only to try and learn the techniques and skills. I have not used any of this work for financial gain and would like to appologise to everyone. I was just trying to teach myself about this industry. I will remove all this work as i understand what i have done. It is a learning curve for me and i hope this just explains a little more.

Sam

[Kortez]

Originally posted by sambrade
I am very sorry to have caused this problem. I have just finished University and have been inspired by Fengs and Dougs work. I have used and borrowed ideas but it was only to try and learn the techniques and skills. I have not used any of this work for financial gain and would like to appologise to everyone. I was just trying to teach myself about this industry. I will remove all this work as i understand what i have done. It is a learning curve for me and i hope this just explains a little more.

Sam

i'm not buying that crap for one second! :mad:

[NOOSE]

Do yourself a favor and go hang yourself!!
then when your done, do it again.....

[ZeroWave]

You were trying to use the work to get financial gain the minute you put it into a portfolio and sent it to a perspective employer... Well you might as well brand fraud into your forehead and apply to a good barber college..oh and thanks for making it harder for the rest of us working stiffs trying to catch a break

[|SaRcAsM|]

:wtf:

How can this still be happening??!!?? GET A LIFE GEEEEZZZZ!!!! its ok to learn from other ppl but a portfolio is made with intention to gain someone´s attention to (!)YOUR(!) work!:bash: This has been happening too often for my liking. I´ve already heard of Davi´s work, among others, being stolen and they always, ALWAYS, get caught. Isnt there a way to shut these guys down LEGALLY (dont get ideas NOOSE :D )? anyone?

:bash: :machinegu :rambo:

...and by the, sam, what a bunch of bull....:nopity:

[spinefinger]

i personally love this one the most:

http://www.spinefinger.netfirms.com/rip123.jpg

referenced from

http://www.conceptart.org/artist/nathan-campbell/images/nathan-campbell-8b.jpg

AND

http://www.conceptart.org/artist/nathan-campbell/images/nathan-campbell-2b.jpg

AND a bit of

http://www.conceptart.org/artist/nathan-campbell/images/nathan-campbell-1b.jpg

hmmm....it never occurred to me to meld all 3 designs into one doodle. thanks sam! you're the artistic equivalent of P-Diddy.

-spiney

[Redmond]

OMG What were they thinking? Ironicaly, I know alot of art directors who build their entire careers doing this while putting alot less effort than that into it.

[egerie]

Hmmm.... that explanation / appology rings a bell... DÉJÀ VU !

Spinefinger : nice... very nice.... I was wondering what the hell was going on with that rips' left hand. :rolleyes:

[NOOSE]

lol! Spine guy you didnt even have to show us the originals,
most of us know your work inside and out!.... down to the very last bolt!....

call it what ever you want(you butchered GREAT art) and its still stealing....
Stealing from Icons......

Sam what the HELLS wrong with you?... and how the hell many more of you is there!!! do you guys all hang out or something? and discuss how to make an asses out of yourselves? did you not see the $#!# that hit the fan ofer the last few guys that have been busted? you guys obviously read these boards enough to swipe...how do you miss Jasons
posts on art fraud??

and if you you do come up with a work, that is inspired by someone,everybody knows you put in the title who it was inspired by as homage to the REAL artist, and if you hack apart pieces of an artwork from a legend and poorly put it togeather you title it "Im a bloody idiot" and quit drawing,

and go swing.....

[Carnifex]

how come nobody learns a lesson from this?are they ignorant or just dumb? idiots.:moon:

[davi]

hah

[Erik]

I fear it is just way too easy to do this and that there are way too many people hiring that do not know Feng's art for instance or -- worse -- that don;t care to look it up...

My guess is that there are many freeloaders like this...

E.

[chukw]

Here's my accounting of the situation. Sam Brade sent his submission to the webmaster at blur, and these were forwarded to me. Imagine the general reaction! I wrote a businesslike note back, advising Tom not to show these pieces professionally and to avoid closely copying the works of others, particularly such well-known artists. I encouraged him to draw original work, and that I looked forward to seeing that work. I got no reply from Sam. Weeks later, in the midst of some back-and-forth banter, I sent the web link (not the letter) to Feng- I figured he'd want to see it and would get a kick out it. He's been copied by zillions, right down to the layout of his site, and he doesn't let it get him down. That's the thing about Feng- this kind of crap rolls right off him! He did take offense at Doug Chiang being ripped and sent the link to Jason, and here we are.

While we'd all like to think that this kind of foolishness always destroys itself, Redmond reminds us that plaguarism can insinuate itself into the fabric of this business. Ask anybody in Hollywood! :rolleyes: The thing to remember is maintain your own scruples and be professional. We've got to defend ourselves, but let's not get carried away with sensational rhetoric- please! :)

[redehlert]

well sizzle my nizzle....
nate, ole buddy, you're famous!
i've been toying with taking your work into my medical illustration profession to see if the clients would buy into an aero-mechanoid heart or testicle.
would you mind drawing some up so i can use them for myself?
thanks...you're the best.

guess it's time to copyright your work...eh?

later,

vanilla ice!

[Crash]

http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/93371/0.jpg



:bash:

[Redmond]

Yes, let's keep it civil please. His rep is already surely done anyway,

Originally posted by chukw
The thing to remember is maintain your own scruples and be professional. We've got to defend ourselves, but let's not get carried away with sensational rhetoric- please! :)

[Scuro]

Sad indeed. But he does have something original going with the "Ammo" text on the crate. That's clever. Hahaha.

The same thing happened to Brian Taylor and his Rust Boy character:

http://pub125.ezboard.com/frustboychatfrm2.showMessage?topicID=248.topic

We'll hope this Marionette guy can learn from his mistakes. I hope his foolishness deters others from doing stupid ass things like that.

Long live the 306

[Jason Manley]

i have spoken at length with dan marionette about this. he had no knowledge of sam brades choices and thus i have removed his site info from the thread. sam took advantage of his goodwill.


dan has a long career ahead of him with potential for great success. sam on the other hand is finished with this kind of behavior.



jason manley

[danwoolley]

Hello, I'm the 3dartist from Marionette Studios. I finished university about 3 months ago. I met Sam Brade at uni during a group project, when we finished i thought as a favour because we were both looking for work that I could host some of his work on my site. Marionette Studios isn't a company, it is mearly a name form my portfolio.
Let me tell you that I am just as disapointed and upset as you guys are to find out Sam has copied other artists work.
Let me asure you Sam is not part of Marionette Studios any longer.

I'm sorry for any troble this may have caused to the artists involved and the rest of the community.

best wishes,

Dan Woolley

[Jason Manley]

thanks for posting dan. Im sorry that you had to be involved with him unwillingly....and unfortunately. you are welcome on the site.

obviously people...dan could use a concept artist in his ventures...please welcome him.


j

[ericpollen]

http://mysite.verizon.net/res6w9z9/car/fatty_dance.gif

is this really a pic of Sam Brades?

[Rockman]

I bet it is...What a F'ing scumbag....are some people just raised in the dumpster they got left in?

[skrubbles]

Originally posted by ericpollen
http://mysite.verizon.net/res6w9z9/car/fatty_dance.gif

is this really a pic of Sam Brades?

WTF?! ... LMFAO!!!!

[Flint]

>> Not to minimize the severity of this whole incident, but... Hey lets see that gif without the schmo's head

[helix7]

The really sad thing is that this guy isn't really a bad artist. Like in the below image, he took the Terryl sketch and turned in into a pretty decent drawing. It's still obviously stolen, but my point is that he shows an artistic ability. I guess he was just too lazy to do his own stuff or he can't think of concepts on his own. And if he can't think of anything on his own, how in the hell did he think he could function in an art job?

http://www.conceptart.org/fraud3/rip_02.JPG

[fish~]

I agree helix.. imagine all the trouble he would have saved if he had stated his references, and intentions.. and then backed up the "collage" work with stuff purely of his own..

the star wars chars are so identifiable (sp?) that it almost seems he was trying to show that he could handle the style..say as a background artist.. but without a admitance of referance its impossible to tell..

[NOOSE]

Looking at the thiefs work has made me wonder if this was just a joke??.......he has M.C. ESCHER art in his portfolio???
unaltered?? is this thread for real? kind of a fall hoax?
or what? if this isnt a hoax....what do you a acomplish by having his Esher`s work in your portfolio??

Oh god sombody help explain...im so,,so confused

:)?

[fish~]

LOL i never looked through all the peices in the zip.. fan art

[Molly]

To Dan from MarionetteStudios,

How unfortunate, you got dragged into this mess. (You must have been livid)
You are good to confront the angry people of C.A. And you have apologised.
So, I too apologise for posting very nasty comments about yourself and 'your aquaintance' Sam. The situation is clear to me now, and I hope as well for the other people posting on this thread.
It is hard though, to keep a level head when you hear about stolen work. We all love what we do, and the idea is just incomprehensible.
Dan, I wish you well with whatever you do, and wherever you go. You deserve it.
- Sam I wish you'd get a kicking. You deserve it.

Mollyx