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Another Artist Using Doll Likenesses Without Crediting?

Mar 5, 2014

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    1. I re-posted this to my dA, as well as the link to this thread. It's all I can do ... I'm not on facebook so I can't keep an eye on things there. If he's blocking people at dA and you need something screen-capped, drop me a note.
       
      #101 Jany, Mar 5, 2014
    2. Since he's blocking people I've gone ahead and sent a DMCA request to FB. I can still see the page for now now I imagine I'll be blocked soon too.
      What really gets me is this grown ass man, who clearly knows what he's doing is wrong still has the gall to be angry with us for defending our work... the man has a damn nerve, I really hope every last thing he's stolen gets taken down.
       
      #102 River, Mar 5, 2014
    3. Please alert the owners, they're the only ones who can force the hosting site (are these on dA or FB?) to take down the images ...
       
      #103 Jany, Mar 5, 2014
    4. as long as you've not made yourself public to him (commented, friended, etc) you'll be fine.
      He won't be notified that you've made a claim against him :)
       
      #104 Knibitz, Mar 5, 2014
    5. I want to report all his user and the fan page on facebook... ยฌยฌ
       
      #105 Mayte, Mar 5, 2014
    6. Agreed, I can still see his page fine (in my short mental breaks on homework, I'm hunting down more owners of original images and sending messages to the original artists/photographers), but I also haven't interacted with him in any way at all.

      Regarding the possible connection to Wizards of the Coast/Magic the Gathering from a couple of pages back, it looks like one of the images on his page is a doll done as or cosplaying as Chandra (there's a pretty obvious shoulder joint, and the styling is definitely that of the character); sadly, in that case, it doesn't seem to be an original image so Wizards might not be able to act. On the other hand, some of the art seems like it may have been ripped from cards, and that could be used against him if it can be found. (And on the third hand, there's definitely a Boris Vallejo in there.)
       
      #106 vicemage, Mar 5, 2014
    7. I have access too in his fb profile and page, if I can do something let me know it, encouragement to the original artists!!
       
      #107 Mayte, Mar 5, 2014

    8. I initially sent him a polite message asking him to take them down so he knows I'm onto him, ah well, I've done it now and I gave him fair warning so that's all I can really do at this stage.
       
      #108 River, Mar 5, 2014
    9. I wrote him too and can still see his page just fine.
      However, if you ain't a friend of him and write him a direct message he won't see the message immediately.
      It gets sorted into a folder that, as far as I know, does not give you the little red number on top that indicates you got a message. It's basically send to a Spam folder he has to look at manually to see that he got a message...so maybe it just needs more time till he blocks us too :I
      I already took screenshots of all the pages that include my pictures, just in case.
       
      #109 Ara, Mar 5, 2014
    10. Heads up


      His page links to an etsy, but it isn't set up yet.
      I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to set up shop there if we shut him down elsewhere.
       
      #110 Knibitz, Mar 5, 2014
    11. #111 Lachlana, Mar 5, 2014
    12. The very idea that a person can be thick enough to honestly believe the community will just forget about him and let him get away with that is mind-boggling. But considering what he apparently already thought he could get away with I guess I wouldn't really put it past him o.O


      Boosting!
       
      #112 Jany, Mar 5, 2014
    13. I have alerted Julia Cross (Flickr) and Nu-Da-Tee (Deviantart - InamorAmento on Flickr). I gather someone has already recognised Illusionwaltz's dolls and messaged them...

      I sent this guy a polite note on FB asking him to remove my photo. So far I haven't been blocked yet, but I'm thinking he's getting a LOT of messages now... Maybe he just can't keep up with the blocking :p.
       
      #113 Sigune, Mar 5, 2014
    14. [​IMG]

      I love the title, "theivery: Matthew Christopher Nelson". I hope he enjoys having his name associated with his behavior.

      This. He should know better.
       
      #114 strangeangels, Mar 5, 2014
    15. Boyfriend just checked and confirmed that there is no Wizards art used. Nor Warhammer, nor anything else he could recognise.

      Did anyone contact Pepstar?
       
      #115 Amber-kyou, Mar 5, 2014
    16. Here is a composite of his so-called "intro page from the book" featuring Illusionwaltz's Eddie:

      [​IMG]
       
      #116 Lachlana, Mar 5, 2014
    17. @ strangeangels - Yeah, I tagged every image with his name and now they're online, so they should come up in searches :)
       
      #117 Lachlana, Mar 5, 2014
    18. Yep it's illusionwaltz's on Flickr
      [​IMG][​IMG]
       
      #118 Creatures of Nat, Mar 5, 2014
    19. I too recognized Julia Cross' Thranduil from The Hobbit (Roderick), and SDink's Claude. It's sad. I feel like bombarding FB with complaints.
       
      #119 Azha Nei, Mar 5, 2014
    20. #120 Amber-kyou, Mar 5, 2014
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