![]() ![]() The "creators" of Limbo of the Lost have apparently used Google Image Search themselves to take various images for use as inventory items.Each and every stage is in live footage, with computer-animated monsters and aliens showing up to attack the players. The Rail Shooter Gaia Attack 4 pretty much runs on this.The graphic artist, Frank Sauer, actually revealed the title screen was made from a photo he took from his apartment. The 1992 fantasy-themed arcade game, Agony (not to be confused with a 2018 game sharing the same title) extensively uses photographs of real-life environments with fantasy elements painted upon, mostly because of budget issues and also because of it's limited employee due to being an indie game.Compare Traced Artwork, when a creator copies existing art by hand. Contrast Matte Shot, where real people stand in front of a painted background. Not to be confused with a Photo Comic, which uses photographs as the art instead of an embellishment. No relation to Geographic Information Systems, which aren't used by artists nearly as much, unless artists want to create their own real-world modern-day maps. Note that GIS Syndrome isn't limited to Google Images as lazy creators also use Bing Image Search and DuckDuckGo Image search. Laziness and ignorance can also get authors in much more serious trouble - for some reason, people tend to think that anything found via GIS is fair game, when of course it's still all covered by copyright law. In some cases, the artist is lazy enough that he picks the first fitting image from the first results page, thus allowing bored fans to guess their search query and find the original images easily. This is often utilized for complex designs (book and video game covers are common examples), but can be seen as a sign of laziness if the artist comes to depend on it. These images are usually run through a filter (almost always some type of blur) on Photoshop, either to lessen focus or to make the image more congruent with the art style. Andrew Hussie (the character), HomestuckĪ common shortcut that creators use is to collect pictures from Google Image Search and use them as a background. ![]()
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