[timmaxw]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see human artists doing the form of attribution you're describing. When people post artwork online, or when artwork is displayed in museums, it's normal to credit the artist who did the work, but not the artists who inspired them. (Unless the artist is directly copying another artist's work, or drawing fanart of a character from another work.) Can you clarify what this kind of attribution looks like when human artists do it?

[wilimitis]

I can understand how you would be missing that context without being a professional artist yourself. 1. Art historians carefully note the chain of inspiration, mentorship, etc in their works through primary sources (books, wikipedia, documentaries). 2. Modern living artists purchase the art of, study the art of, and share the art of their inspirations.