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# morning all...
I was walking to work this morning through Islington, and I saw this:


which reminded me hugely of this, what i did yonks ago for Animal Instruments....

click for bigger one...

then i had a look at their website...

I did several other animations of this, one almost identical to theirs, or vice versa.

Am I being oversensitive by thinking they've totally nicked my design?
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 9:57, archived)
# sue them!
sue them HARD!
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 9:58, archived)
# I'm sure if I squint hard enough
golaclassics is an anagram of glasscock
(I helped save b3ta! gingerbenji wrote a book http://goo.gl/8UiGjd, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:02, archived)
# robbing bastards !
did the animal instruments thing ever come to fruition then?
(I helped save b3ta! Tedmus, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:00, archived)
# no
but I have had this on my creamed gallery for yonks, and I posted this on the board several times when i made it.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:01, archived)
# is it
not based on quite a standard colour wheel?
(crazymum, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:17, archived)
# i didn't really base mine on anything
I just thought it would look nice...
and that was the result!
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:25, archived)
# i'd take them to the fucking cleaners
if i were you.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:00, archived)
# really?
i thought maybe i was being silly - and that anyone could come up with the same thing.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:01, archived)
# Does the austrian town of Fucking
have an elite crack squad of cleaning staff, to whom you can take people who have wronged you?
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:01, archived)
# why yes.
have you visited it?

thay have a delightful tapas bar.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:05, archived)
# i don't want my ass tapped
but if i changed my mind on that, i doubt i'd want it done in a bar.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:05, archived)
# they are famous for their womens magazine 'Elle as well.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:08, archived)
# pffft!
;)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:09, archived)
# pffft!
II the sequel
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:21, archived)
# pffffffft!
III the revenge.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:25, archived)
# pfffffffft!
IV the search for spock.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:27, archived)
# pfffffffffffffffft!
V the spit all over the keyboard.
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:34, archived)
# Do you have
either an Amstrad CPC464+, or 6128+ ? (the grey models with the 4096 colours and sprites and stuff). And if so, do you have any spare ones? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:36, archived)
# not any more, soz.
I got rid of the last lot during an ebay purge.....
(I helped save b3ta! witchy is covered in BEES, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:38, archived)
# ahh
ok.
(I helped save b3ta! Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:39, archived)
# fuck 'em
only twats wear gola
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:01, archived)
# I actually bought a pair last month
I just liked them, mainly because they were made in the UK, and I can't bring myself to buy the huge brands.

me=twat
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:02, archived)
# hehe
oops! ;)
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:04, archived)
# burn 'em!!!
show the fuckers whos boss!
(I helped save b3ta! monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:07, archived)
# I don't think Gola is to blame
their design agency would be, if anyone.

besides, then I'd be shoeless, out of pocket as I'd have to buy new trainers, and creatively pillaged!
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:28, archived)
# it's hard to sure it's nicked
there's certainly a semblance of similarity, but it could just be coincidence
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:01, archived)
# sue them
or fuck 'em up. One or the other.
(I helped save b3ta! vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:02, archived)
# and show them this...
(I helped save b3ta! vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:07, archived)
# i think i might try a letter first : )
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:15, archived)
# Ah well
if you're going for the subtle approach...
(I helped save b3ta! vulga is a foul mouthed cunt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:17, archived)
# you've been ripped off popt
sue the mothers!
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:02, archived)
# noooo!
ripped off by the pikeyest shoe company there is, after nicks of course.
(I helped save b3ta! baby wet ones, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:04, archived)
# I'd say rip off
I know creative types who look at b3ta for "inspiration"...yours is still better
(I helped save b3ta! lemonhead, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:04, archived)
# coincidence
they probably nicked it from the designs you see on the average trippy poster in Camden market
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:04, archived)
# with exactly the same number of rings?
theirs is more polished, but they are dealing with one item reproduced which gives much better symmetry.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:05, archived)
# hmmm
Is is likely they would have seen your design?
(Dunno what you did your for)
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:08, archived)
# well we are all aware
that advertising types have been keeping an eye on here for ages.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:13, archived)
# bastards!
go throw a brick through their virtual window!!
(I helped save b3ta! monkeymanblue mathematically safe, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:05, archived)
# well it's not Gola
it's www.thedesignhouse.com I presume I should be bricking.
(I helped save b3ta! popt_art, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:07, archived)
# Bradford webmonkeys
You know what they say about webmonkeys from Bradford B... They drink too much whiskey... Can't bluddy trust 'em I tell ye. They'll all be high on mushrooms this time of year anyway, so a letter will prolly just make em laff out loud and shit their hummus encrusted shell suits. Or something.
(meejahor, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 13:16, archived)
# It's mindpiss
of the highest order
(I helped save b3ta! VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:12, archived)
# You see ...
unfortunately, there is a finite amount of humus in the universe, and once it gets used, it'll be gone for ever ... eventually everything will be glasscock, deliberate or not!! (and it'll only be the regulars who know ... so they'll be pea roasting from 15 years before)
(Zed Smith, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 10:21, archived)
# Invoice them
as a freelance designer on weekly retainer.

(animals 1: shoes 0)
(I helped save b3ta! OneOfSome, Wed 22 Oct 2003, 11:22, archived)