# Can we talk about the art for Mervorax? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\ **Created:** [April 10, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907 "2019-04-10T05:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mero/32/52885_2.png) [@Mero](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mero)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/1 "2019-04-10T05:05:23Z")
As happy as I am to see another sea serpent show up, it’s incredibly disappointing to see that its artwork was traced from another game. ☹ Specifically Mervorax is a trace and edit of Lagiacrus from the Monster Hunter series. Game Devs, what’s your stance on artwork? I’m really disappointed that a troop was traced instead of being made from scratch. There’s too many overlaps and coincidences for this to be referenced. ![mervorax1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/c/cc368861aa9e18dd75b8ec0afffa9d2e8fcfa5fd.jpeg) ![mervorax2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/c/0/c01193ae37b5ac4d266230acecac1e68e6fed277.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/2 "2019-04-10T05:09:00Z")
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” It would not surprise me if a lot of game art was inspired by existing artwork. But this particular example does seem pretty egregious. ---
**Author:** ![TJTimebomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tjtimebomb/32/40239_2.png) [@TJTimebomb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TJTimebomb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/3 "2019-04-10T05:23:17Z")
This isn’t the first time this has happened with this game. ---
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/4 "2019-04-10T05:33:21Z")
That is EXTREMELY disappointing. We have been using one of the most reputable art houses in the industry, that works with Blizzard, Riot, Epic, Supercell, etc… Their work goes through a number of levels of QA to try and catch this stuff. The 2 other times this has happened, the artist has been removed from the company immediately. I will be taking this up with them today. We are all incredibly upset about this! ---
**Author:** ![Mero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mero/32/52885_2.png) [@Mero](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mero)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/5 "2019-04-10T05:37:35Z")
Thank you so much for the response, Sirrian! I’m really happy to hear that you guys responded – I honestly expected this post to just get a couple views. Hopefully something like this won’ t happen again in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Saltypatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saltypatra/32/59750_2.png) [@Saltypatra](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Saltypatra)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/6 "2019-04-10T05:38:53Z")
The team here at Gems of War is extremely passionate about our art, and the quality of all the assets in game. We are always very disappointed when things like this happen. ---
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/7 "2019-04-10T05:42:27Z")
Thank YOU for bringing it to our attention, Mero. It is SO hard to police this stuff today - that’s why we try and work with well-known studios - but unfortunately I suspect it happens more than anyone realizes. The CEO of this studio was absolutely livid last time we brought one of these to his attention, as it muddies both of our reputations. We will replace that piece of art in the next available update. ---
**Author:** ![en9nhcet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/en9nhcet/32/1673_2.png) [@en9nhcet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/en9nhcet)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/8 "2019-04-10T05:47:26Z")
ooh an art change pretty rare…i still want a pic of the original ice witch art! xD @Tacet ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/b/0/b0f1689e36d811f04dcdc3f906b0716650837253.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![OMFGorgeous](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/omfgorgeous/32/50031_2.png) [@OMFGorgeous](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/OMFGorgeous)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/9 "2019-04-10T06:44:32Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/d/1/d12216f87eb5296dd564ef5ea001abebd20b0f20.jpeg) Can’t even tell the difference 🤷🏼‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/10 "2019-04-10T07:03:26Z")
(to myself) ![gettyimages-85902508-1024x1024](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/f/5/f50a774da1a5193b0c90a7d43fa791a2368f8c47.jpeg) (Lesson to double check your own work before pointing out others mistakes. 🤦) ---
**Author:** ![Sirrian](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sirrian/32/35758_2.png) [@Sirrian](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sirrian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:50am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/11 "2019-04-10T07:50:49Z")
Hey aw, So here is what you get if you search with the image we were supplied ![MervSearch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/3X/6/f/6f9e627f7da456986a37dca712398c80c637741b.jpeg) Of course in your version, you’ve searched using the original image, so naturally it’s shown up 😜 I know the art house in question does actually check art with Google Images ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/12 "2019-04-10T07:54:45Z")
> [@Sirrian](#): > > I know the art house in question does actually check art with Google Images 🤦 I thought one was for GoW and the other was Monster Hunter. ---
**Author:** ![TJTimebomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tjtimebomb/32/40239_2.png) [@TJTimebomb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TJTimebomb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:54am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/13 "2019-04-10T07:54:59Z")
Wolverine is definitely similar to a sea dragon SNIKT! ---
**Author:** ![TJTimebomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tjtimebomb/32/40239_2.png) [@TJTimebomb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TJTimebomb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/14 "2019-04-10T08:01:06Z")
Hmmm i just google image searched “sea dragon” and it came up about 23 images down … took me to this place > **[Sea Dragon | The Lord of the Green Dragons | Obsidian Portal](https://lord-of-the-green-dragons.obsidianportal.com/characters/sea-dragon)** > > This aquamarine dragon has a shark’s head that tapers off into a sleek eel-like body. Its large fins double as wings. > Sea Dragons are related to Dragon Turtles a ---
**Author:** ![awryan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/awryan/32/74650_2.png) [@awryan](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/awryan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/15 "2019-04-10T08:03:08Z")
> [@TJTimebomb](#): > > Hmmm i just google image searched “sea dragon” and it came up about 23 images down … took me to this place Maybe we skirt copy right laws by not calling it a dragon type in the game? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TJTimebomb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tjtimebomb/32/40239_2.png) [@TJTimebomb](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/TJTimebomb)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/16 "2019-04-10T08:08:52Z")
Is monster hunter using that image too? I’m tryin to find where that image originated … I’m seeing D&D stuff … but not sure yet . ---
**Author:** ![Slypenslyde](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/slypenslyde/32/30373_2.png) [@Slypenslyde](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Slypenslyde)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/17 "2019-04-10T12:27:40Z")
_Raises hand to make a salty response._ _Several devs make an aggressive, strong statement._ _Lowers hand._ I hope you guys do get this resolved. And by “resolved” I mean I hope you either get a firm resolution from the art studio or get the chance to let them watch you walk out the door. It makes me happy to see a strong, passionate response that includes an acknowledgement! ---
**Author:** ![Mero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mero/32/52885_2.png) [@Mero](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mero)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/18 "2019-04-10T19:59:56Z")
> [@TJTimebomb](#): > > Is monster hunter using that image too? I’m tryin to find where that image originated … I’m seeing D&D stuff … but not sure yet . It’s from Monster Hunter Hunting Card, a trading card game they released roughly 10 years ago in Japan. Here’s a link to the Monster Hunter wikia’s Lagiacrus photo gallery that contains the image in question at a higher resolution: > **[Lagiacrus Photo Gallery](https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Lagiacrus_Photo_Gallery)** > > Lagiacrus Discussion This Article contains Images of Lagiacrus. Game model Renders of Lagiacrus. Icons of Lagiacrus. Official Artworks and Wallpapers of Lagiacrus. Gameplay Images and Screenshots of Lagiacrus. Merchandise of Lagiacrus. Miscellaneous... ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Strange](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mr.strange/32/2762_2.png) [@Mr.Strange](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mr.Strange)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/19 "2019-04-16T16:58:21Z")
Sadly, this sort of thing happens frequently, and is outside of the GoW team’s direct control. Seems to me they are responding very well. When you pay an outside contractor for original content, you explicitly demand original artwork. But individual artists can try to cut corners. Hopefully finding these sort of things quickly helps to keep most of the artists honest. ---
**Author:** ![saintofkillers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/saintofkillers/32/53183_2.png) [@saintofkillers](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/saintofkillers)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907/20 "2019-04-17T10:59:33Z")
For me personally, its not a big deal to see heroes in here looking like heroes in other games. [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/can-we-talk-about-the-art-for-mervorax/53907.md?page=2)