This is my ottoman. It is the exact same mesh, even the odd spacing of bolts. I save all my mesh files so I have the receipts to prove it was mine. Check out this Second Life Marketplace Item!

I see a chair that looks like the one from Trompe Loeil when I go to the store's main page there.

Yeah I see a bunch of frankensteined stuff from Trompe

juniparr and I are at the store right now sleuthing

What's interesting is, that one bed Check out this Second Life Marketplace Item! , which Trompe has, I also have a version that same shape from another store which I'm fairly sure is legit. I always assumed the mesh for it

came from like, Turbosquid or something.

Nivaya idk but its very obvious at an overwhelming amount of things from this store look like things from other stores, with tiny changes made.

Yeah, I'm browsing it and going "yeesh"

This store has been around a long time too, how has it gone this under the radar for so long?

I see a Cheeky Pea chair.

anywhereexcepthere

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the blankets and cushions are different on those

True, now that I look at them closely.

It could be frankensteining though. Ripping meshes, changing them with minimal meshing effort, then adding different blankets and pillows, which are super easy to make.

but Cory might have a point that theres nothing to be done about this, it's different enough, even if just barely.

another thing is that you could all be influenced by the same RL pictures, like the cheeky pea stuff for example

what eviehartshon said

Most of us use blogs/photo inspos/magazines to pick and choose aspects

I hate it to break it to everyone, but not everything is original ideas in every part of design. Most clothes, furniture, accessories, all come from ideas of viewing different designs.

So something being similar - none of any of us can get up in arms about

Pretty much everything I make is inspired by something on pinterest

anywhereexcepthere that's not what anyone is saying. Seeing a picture of an RL object, opening up your mesh program and starting with a square is way different than ripping a mesh, hacking it & changing things

SephyTheLark: laterally it was

SephyTheLark: have you searched MP to see if anyone is selling your stuff full perm? Might be worth checking incase this person bought them off someone without realising

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although that one isn't full perm

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eviehartshon thanks I will take a look!