Man, this DESERVES fandom_wank like nothing else I've seen in a decade! O_o Pulling something like this and winning contests with it is the surest way to make every other artist's blood boil...

I could tell you the story of the guy who applied for a computer graphics job at my workplace using a portfolio lifted from every famous fantasy artist on the planet, but then I'd have to tell you how he applied at ANOTHER place I worked, at least five years later, using some of the same stolen pieces and adding a few taken from friends of mine in the industry. It was a real pleasure to take the wind out of his sails, let me tell you!