Pro Sculptor Accuses Disney of Stealing His Artwork and Selling It
Andrew Martin, a pro-digital sculptor, posted a video thread on TikTok accusing Disney of plagiarizing and selling his design of the Tiki Drummers from theEnchanted Tiki Room for their 50th anniversary.
Martin, who works under the studio name Monster Caesar Studios, is a freelance sculptor who works with digital and traditional mediums. Martin specialized in making fan art of pop-culture/movie/anime and comic figures. Among his portfolio are the Tiki Drummer idols, which appear inWalt Disney'sEnchanted Tiki Room and are brought to life by the attraction's magic.
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In 2018, Martin digitally designed theTiki Drummer fromDisney's Enchanted Tiki Room for himself, but due to tons of positive feedback on social media the digital artist decided to release the model on Thingiverse under a creative commons license so that people can make ones for themselves while Martin could avoid a lawsuit. However, in 2022 Martin received news from a friend that Disney were selling his exact design as its Official Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Commemorative Music Box. To prove his argument, Martin draws many landmark similarities in design between his and Disney's Tiki Drummer models — the digital sculptor emphasizes his main issue being that Disney has taken credit for his work, selling it without his permission and hasn't credited him.
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In the recent TikTok video update, Martin corrects himself. Originally, the sculptor assumed that Disney has just outsourced the commemorative anniversary model to a freelance artist who just thought they could make easy money from ripping off his design. But upon further investigation, Martin
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