My Art was Stolen—
I woke up this morning with a message from the since wonderfully helpful @willo-works , informing me that an account on deviantart (JustMonlka) had stolen my pieces from here on tumblr, twitter, and instagram.
(I would never capitalize ‘characters’.. oh lord)
The sourced art, in order:
- Draft of one of my sheith doodles - the draft | the finished 1 and 2
- Doodle of my bunny
(NOT A LAMB)oc Mizu - the third in this photo set - One of my BOTW Link icons - the last one in this set of 6
- A portrait I did for my FF14 friend Suzette??? - the transparent one
- An instragram doodle - luna
- Icon I did for my friend @thebatt9001 - here
- Inktober drawing from last year - here and instragram
This account, which has since been deactivated, posted my art with ridiculous captions, garnered undeserved attention, and even went as far as to offer commissions. These commissions, as Willo had calculated, stole as much as $150 in points from individuals who will not be receiving any art in return.
I would absolutely love to rant about how upsetting this is, considering the fact that I never even for a second believed my art skill high enough to do any sort of commissions, all while this individual got away with basically highway robbery or how pieces that I worked extremely hard on had gotten nearly no attention normally, but received so much on a stolen page... I won’t!
The moral of the story is! Please make sure to periodically check your art on reverse searches, and watermark it! So that no one can steal your hard work and others’ hard earned money.
