My apologies for all the confusion this afternoon and evening. Turns out the feather wasn't copied from anywhere; it just looks similar to one on a free vector site. The designer is going to rework the feather so it's more different. I tried to give you a third place finish, but the design site won't take my credit card. It's been an up and down day for all of us. I didn't mean to be unprofessional, it's just that there were a lot of accusations going around that turned out not to be true once we all stepped back and looked at the situation. I'm sorry you got caught in the middle. You made a good design.

Not similar?! Looks like 100%. But it is. It seems that fairness and professionalism trench features increasingly rare. Designcrowd image suffers with these copyright broken acceptances in the future...

As a 3rd place finish ... No need to give a 3rd place because I don't accept this situation. It's ok!

Thanks a lot!

It is not right what happens ... Designcrowd please take action otherwise it will create a precedent ...
The feather is 100% similar to the link. Moreover ... it's vectorised. Even something she never changed ... is something in the middle of this situation.

Crowd Design staff communicated with the designer and sent her the free vector link and she is reworking the feather. She didn't copy it in the first place; it was an accident that it just looked similar.

It does not matter now!

Congratulations to the winner, to the owner and to designcrowd cause allow to happend such irregularities!!

Regards,

dodo_studio