Last week, Bungie turned its convoluted and mysterious backstory on its head with the release of a cutscene This spelled out exactly what “The Traveler” – that big white moon at the center of the series’ plot – was and where he came from.
For determination Fans who must have been extremely satisfied, but for them it was something else Artist Julian Faylona, also known as ELEMENTJ21who noticed that this part of the official video must have looked like this a piece for yourself determination fan art that she first published online in 2020.
“Just realized Bungie took inspiration from my play for this week’s cutscene,” they tweeted last week. “It certainly surprised me when I watched the cutscene.” As you can see below, the similarities between Faylona’s piece (green, right) and the art in Bungie’s trailer (black, left) show that the word “Inspiration” is used very liberally:
In response, Bungie said PC gamer over the weekend that they “plan to compensate and recognize her for her work.”
“We discovered that a third party who helped create this cutscene incorrectly referenced this artwork assuming it was official Bungie artwork. We are currently awaiting a response from the artist to take the necessary steps to remedy this situation.”
While these corporate elevator fan art stories can often be bitter — and rightly so, as they often involve outright theft– In this particular case, Faylona was surprisingly calm about the whole thing.
“To be honest, I’m really excited and happy that the play I made two years ago – and I wholeheartedly admitted back then that it was based on the Destiny series – made it into the cutscene has.” they said so PC gamer in an opinion. “It was completely unexpected and took me completely by surprise. So much so that I wanted to speak out about it.”
