Sooo I just wanted to ask before I accidentally do something that’s not nice.
I recently saw a few cool boba cup patterns that seemed very adorable, and then I thought about making my own boba cup pattern, but would it be okay to put that in shop?
Like it would be my own pattern version but not my own original idea because I saw pictures of the other ones first
@Ribblr (a tag because it might be smart to know what ribblr thinks as well)
i think that If the pattern was created by you its ok to put It in your shop. that “Idea” area is tricky cause If you stop to think about it everything that we make we saw somewhere before. you wont be copying someone else’s Idea. An example of that: you can think about an animal for example and search for it here on ribblr: youll find a lot of different patterns of bees for ex!
Yes k agree with you. Like for example you had many people test out your axolotol pattern but there are many other axolotol patterns out there. It doesn’t mean you are copying
Thanksssss to both 
, that makes sense, I didn’t even realize for a bit the axolotl one’s also is a pattern that’s pretty common, I guess the only difference between that and the other pattern is like:
with axolotl I just really wanted axolotl and went to design one on paper then figure out rows and that stuff and make a whole pattern, while the other thing really was that I saw one of those and thought that would be really cool to make, then just tried some things and wrote it down until I liked it
I just really had a hard time with the new pattern because I felt like it would be a copy of idea even if pattern itself is different and made by myself
I think if it’s exactly like it it might be a problem, personally if you can’t make it different enough I would hesitate.
It’s not like exactly like it, the top part is different, different sizes (like one is big and mine is tiny keychain size), details at bottom are different, but a cup is still a cup so the main body is still a tube shape like the one I saw earlier
So I think it might be different enough as a pattern, I’m not sure how they made theirs because I haven’t really seen anything of the pattern apart from cover images
But thanks for the feedback, definitely if it looked exactly the same I wouldn’t feel comfortable selling it at all, but even though it looks different I still had some struggles because I don’t feel like it’s my original idea, like specific pattern wise it’s my idea but topic/object wise it’s not my original idea
Sorry for all the long messages btw, it’s a bit of a bad habit to type lots 
I just searched for some boba patterns and this was one of the ones that I saw before
This is the pattern I made:
(it’s getting pretty dark here so it’s not great picture quality)
I’m my opinion I think it is different enough to be ok to sell the pattern but wait to see what other people think before you post it
Okay thank you that’s a good idea
Hi!
I think you should post it because it’s your pattern, you made it yourself and you worked hard on it! It’s not like you copied a pattern and want to sell it, you made it yourself just with an idea somewhere. I hope this helps!
Nicole
For sure! A lot of people take inspo from what’s popular or just cute patterns they’ve seen! Maybe try adding your own unique touches on it like making the bobas hearts or just a small detail to be a little different <3
You should totally sell it yourself. Inspiration is unavoidable, and as long it’s not a direct copy of the pattern you’re good! (btw I love the boba one you made. 
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Thanks for all the replies, it’s really nice to hear what lots of people think about it 
