Part A: Kirby Ferguson - Embrace the Remix
Ferguson has taught me that a creative work of art is not always completely original. In fact, more than likely, whether it's music or a drawing, the inspiration needed in order to come up with that idea generally stems from a piece that someone else has done. That's why fan-art is so common these days, because people are creating parodies of how they perceive the person or character in question. The moments in which an individual seems to be independent are outweighed by the dependent ones. However, there is no harm in incorporating someone's work into your own.
Part B: Possibly Parodical Definitions
Parody- A comical vision of an original work
Appropriation - The act of stealing someone else's work and claiming it as your own
Intertextuality - The creation of literature inspired through the words of another work.
Unlike appropriation, parodies and intertextuality are easily justified, for what come out of a result of these two processes tends to be very fresh and overall original. With appropriation, the original work is kept, and only very slight changes are made to it, such as color palette swaps.
Appropriation - The act of stealing someone else's work and claiming it as your own
Intertextuality - The creation of literature inspired through the words of another work.
Unlike appropriation, parodies and intertextuality are easily justified, for what come out of a result of these two processes tends to be very fresh and overall original. With appropriation, the original work is kept, and only very slight changes are made to it, such as color palette swaps.