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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2008-07-07 03:30 pm

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Sometimes it's really hard to tell when a DeviantArt user is uploading stolen art.





I'd never have known that was stolen if I hadn't recognized Paintpixel's work.

[identity profile] vestaka.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
ahahaha indeed. Though like flying peach said... I've come across this new trend of people who honestly don't seem to realize that they can't upload other people's art. There was one guy who had a full gallery of stuff he'd clicked on and put up, and all the descriptions were things like 'Thought you'd like this' or 'hey so and so, your favorite character!' really it read like a myspace page for art? Sharing the pictures that he thought his friends would like. It's not right of course, but I'm a little nicer to those people then I am to the ones who do things like... one of my friends had a guy upload all her art (WITH her copyright on), then go to her gallery and accuse *her* of art theft. It was hilarious because we kept laughing over meeting the first MALE 'angela' ever. *grin*

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Heeee! So far I haven't found anyone claiming my art for their own; it's all Photobucket syndrome when I find it.

[identity profile] vestaka.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
x.x photobucket is one of my banes. I hate having to file 'please remove my artwork' forms.

ohoh here's a good one. Someone stole one of my pictures once, then went into ms paint and scribbled clouds over my copyright info (it was int he sky). It was very pixelly and obviously iddn't match the pencils I'd used to do the drawing. So they posted it up and put 'collaboration with jessica douglas' in the description *snickers*

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't bothered, but it's all fanart. If they were posting my originals, I'd be more annoyed.

Hah! Once I was working with a con that got a picture of a rocket from Brad Foster (as in, they asked him for it) and they got me to draw little clouds of exhaust for it so when you flipped through the program book it looked like the rocket was taking off, and they also got me to color some of his work for our badges that year. I occasionally laughingly refer to myself as "collaborator with Hugo-award-winning artist Brad Foster" because of that, but dear God I'd never even attempt to do it in seriousness.