Originally Posted by static-skillz (Post 1954565)

Its more than just an issue of colors, its an issue that he copied almost the exact colors (There is little different between the palettes used, I just checked them).

Also, the logo is a dead give away where he got his 'inspiration'. While its a simple logo, the placement is identical to vBSEO's style, even as far as using 'with' for the logo. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen ANY other style use that 'with', because most other people aren't trying to sell their product thats integrated with vBulletin.

Also, the tab styling is ALSO nearly identical to vBSEO, again, with only a small difference in the shade of the color you used.

The only difference is rounded corners, and a margin, other than that, you ripped the design completely.

While its not that big a deal, because vBSEO is based off the basic vB4 design, there's still the issue of you posting it here, and not even mentioning what inspired you to design it.

Also, offering to rip other designs is just morally wrong, and as a 'designer' (With this incident, I wouldn't even consider you one), you should know how taboo other designers find it.

EDIT: Also, vBSEO probably is at most inspired by nVidia, but that logo style is actually very common... I mean honestly, the logo is made up of 3 circles, separated in half into two colors, with a square background. Its not exactly original.