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Another Artist Using Doll Likenesses Without Crediting?

Mar 5, 2014

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    1. I think it's fishy by proxy, but there isn't any artwork to report that I know of.
       
      #361 Andariel, Mar 6, 2014
    2. Who is to say that he wouldn't open this cafe for artists just to steal art? He's done it online already, it's not a stretch to think he wouldn't in a "real life" scenario.
       
      #362 kymchi, Mar 6, 2014
    3. Oh, I don't doubt that's entirely plausible but unfortunately there isn't much we can do in terms of his GoFundme project because we literally have nothing to report to GoFundme. There isn't any proof to back us up. Not with this.
       
      #363 Andariel, Mar 6, 2014
    4. Yeah, not to be cruel, but... we can probably assume this artwork isn't stolen.
      Still, if you truly want to be an artist, you keep practicing and working. It's difficult and it takes a long time, but it happens! Look at the earliest pages of webcomics like Penny Arcade or Questionable Comment for absolute proof. There aren't shortcuts.

       
      #364 Etheldreda, Mar 6, 2014
    5. I noticed that there is a significant difference between a lot of the images he copied and the ones featured on that website, but aside from the traced Thor and Dobby, I noticed that one of them looked significantly different in skill and detail. I've circled it in red. Does anyone recognize it?

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      #365 Aronzo, Mar 6, 2014
    6. I'd have to agree with Aronzo though I don't recognize the piece. There is far too much variation in skill and color usage in these. For instance, the portraits are nearly just one or two flat colors, yet the circled piece has tons of color usage. To clarify, I would be honestly surprised if that turned out to actually be his piece.
       
      #366 Distractus, Mar 6, 2014
    7. I've been thinking in my head that it looks a lot like the style of an early sci-fi anime, but I can't be sure. Everything here is too inconsistent, though, and I'm not even sure how many of these aren't collected images as well.
       
      #367 Aronzo, Mar 6, 2014
    8. You're misunderstanding kickstarter, don't worry. No funds are taken until the kickstarter is both 100% funded and the time is over, so not a dime has been given to this guy.
       
      #368 Windswept, Mar 6, 2014
    9. I think it's important to note something about how Kickstarter works. No money comes out of backers' accounts until the Kickstarter's completion date, even if it reaches the goal beforehand. Hence pledging--you pledge the money to the creator(s) if their Kickstarter goes through. Also, I am fairly certain you can cancel a pledge at any time. He hasn't gotten any money from his backers yet. (This doesn't hold for GoFundMe, but we can't protest that, as shady as it may seem.)
       
      #369 jemlovecraft, Mar 6, 2014
    10. #370 Reshana, Mar 6, 2014
    11. #371 chanarivka, Mar 6, 2014
    12. His Deviant Art page has been deactivated!
       
      #372 Allison Wonder, Mar 6, 2014
    13. Wow. I can't believe this is a grown adult acting this way. Maybe time to admit you are a thief and apologize? What a hack.
       
      #373 Bambi Darling, Mar 6, 2014
    14. As of yet, nothing official from what I've seen. It's fishy since he's had multiple funding sites, and I would be suspicious of it based on his past doings.

      I also should have worded that better.
       
      #374 Faerie_Speak, Mar 6, 2014
    15. :cheer

      Can anyone confirm if the photos were taken off his FB gallery too?
       
      #375 Andariel, Mar 6, 2014
    16. Some, but not all.....
       
      #376 Allison Wonder, Mar 6, 2014
    17. Never mind, I was just double-checking. I could just as easily have missed proof that might have turned up in the meantime.
       
      #377 Jany, Mar 6, 2014
    18. I can see only 7 or possibly 8 BJD photos left on his Facebook page.
       
      #378 SteamWitch, Mar 6, 2014
    19. His DeviantArt page, if it's deactivated, the user themselves did that and not the admins I'm pretty certain. If it were the admins, I think it would have come up with a 404 error or a "sorry this page doesn't exist" type of thing.
       
      #379 Distractus, Mar 6, 2014
    20. Good! I'm glad to hear that his dA was deactivated and that most of the photos are gone on his FB.

      As for that contest thing, I hope that he didn't win any money from it.
       
      #380 chanarivka, Mar 6, 2014
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