Imitation Is The Best Form Of Flattery
June 25th, 2009
Just got the heads up about this design that looks exactly like some of my artwork. The funny thing is my last exhibition (Loaded With Meaning, Sept 08) was held at the same place with the same landlords (The Truman Old Brewery) that help put this event together… Interesting!
T.Magic
30 comments
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Anton replied:
They can got to hell!!! The cheek!!!!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:58 pm. Permalink.
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Taz replied:
Looks shit…….. Not the real thing.
June 25th, 2009 at 2:58 pm. Permalink.
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Liam replied:
gotta face it!
That comes with success.Keep doing your thing!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm. Permalink.
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Sam replied:
Whoever designed it needs a slap in the face. They didn’t even put their own twist on it. How dumb.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:01 pm. Permalink.
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Xman replied:
copycats should die
June 25th, 2009 at 3:01 pm. Permalink.
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Jakes replied:
Everyone gets inspired but shit!… At least try and make it your own.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:02 pm. Permalink.
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Kane replied:
I guess it’s the T-Magic Effect!
June 25th, 2009 at 3:04 pm. Permalink.
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Dicey replied:
Fuck Free Range and whoever designed it
June 25th, 2009 at 3:05 pm. Permalink.
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Marlon replied:
Hey guys, no need to insult anyone. We all know Tmagic innovates not imitates.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm. Permalink.
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Cboy replied:
That’s how u know T-Magic is BIG! I bet everyone starts copying him.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:08 pm. Permalink.
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Specs replied:
This is funny. The whole comment board sounds like a bunch of Koopas lol.
Jokes aside, I get the point. Copying a well know artist isn’t going to get you anywhere.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:10 pm. Permalink.
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Fidle replied:
Thats wack of them!
June 25th, 2009 at 3:13 pm. Permalink.
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Wan replied:
All these big companies don’t have a clue and enjoy ripping off cool peoples idea.
June 25th, 2009 at 3:15 pm. Permalink.
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Cboy replied:
@ Specs, Lol
June 25th, 2009 at 3:16 pm. Permalink.
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theravepow replied:
Broken Windows - more like Broken Eggs!
The Yolks on them….
June 25th, 2009 at 6:48 pm. Permalink.
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Mitesh replied:
They even copied the way you do your lettering…
June 25th, 2009 at 7:21 pm. Permalink.
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Vicks replied:
Lol
June 25th, 2009 at 7:22 pm. Permalink.
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S.L replied:
No harm. We all know the originator!
June 25th, 2009 at 7:23 pm. Permalink.
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Will replied:
Funny. I saw this and thought you had something to do with it.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:23 pm. Permalink.
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birchy replied:
No offense but your not the first and not the last to use this phsychadelic style with the lines, and wont be the last…might jus be a co-insidence you never know, thetre is alot of artists that use this style it seems to be coming more common latley…
June 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm. Permalink.
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Liam replied:
^ I agree. BUT the geometric rays used in his work is synonymous with his style and when I look at that design I instantly think ‘T.Magic’
Before the MTV Base footage in 07 they were hardly any people with t-shirt lines. After that video everyone and their mother had a clothing line. Everyone trying to use bright colours like T.Magic… Was he the first to use bright colours? No. But after he did people copied. That’s called having influence on culture my friend.
Case closed
June 28th, 2009 at 11:23 am. Permalink.
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Mitesh replied:
Well put Liam. Totally agree!
June 28th, 2009 at 11:24 am. Permalink.
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Ramo replied:
It’s true, after Tmagic every1 had a clothing line lol. Where are they now?
June 28th, 2009 at 11:25 am. Permalink.
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Cboy replied:
birchy - I get your point but c’mon. Tell me you don’t look at that and think T-Magic!
June 28th, 2009 at 11:27 am. Permalink.
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Anton replied:
T Magic wasn’t the first and will not be the last to use the rays and colour but he’s one of very few artists/designers that has branded himself so well that it has become something of his own.
June 28th, 2009 at 11:29 am. Permalink.
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Erim replied:
I went down there to check it out, and i was surprised at how good some of the work was! The only thing that had anything to do with your work was the ‘Free range’ logo. I doubt they were cattin your style..
June 29th, 2009 at 11:26 am. Permalink.
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birchy replied:
anton put it best to my post
you really cant say people started up tee shirt lines because of tmagic….most brands in streetwear i know of were abotu before him….alot more kick off around the same time because of promotion tools like myspace and how everybody and theyr cousins think they can ‘design’
it does remind me of t magic…but i dotn think ‘oh wow they copied him’
i think alot of people on this blog do ‘ass-lick’ a bit too much and take it over the top?
props to him though…im not hating before anybody starts lolJune 29th, 2009 at 7:00 pm. Permalink.
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Liam replied:
What I meant Birchy were so-called clothing lines in the U.K. Name me 10 indie U.K. Streetwears brands before 2007?
Saying people lick ass here is your opinion which your entitled to. I wouldn’t consider myself an ass licker but I am a T-Magic Die-Hard and loyal fan.
June 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pm. Permalink.
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Vee replied:
Nice debate!
June 29th, 2009 at 9:02 pm. Permalink.
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fish replied:
well, your artwork remind me a lot of the old activision games for the atari 2600 back in the eighties … which i see as positive … no worries!
July 8th, 2009 at 2:47 pm. Permalink.
