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Art Theft- Artist using doll photos as his own art and selling on E-bay

Jul 27, 2015

    1. An Artist on Etsy that goes by the name Chadsart is using doll photos and manipulating them in a photo editor. He is then calling them original art and selling them as his own.

      Here are some of his examples-
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      I'm not sure who the first doll is. I found the image in google search.
      The bottom left doll belongs to .AN/Anova/Ovalaire- https://www.flickr.com/photos/an-ov...jKx-bfXucF-doXuVa-didwgB-9z6MD5-9vC4Tk-bbfcD2
      The two on the right belong to Doll Leaves: Amara- http://www.doll-leaves.com/doll/view_424.html
      Kira- http://www.doll-leaves.com/doll/view_408.html

      He has taken down some of the images after being contacted.

      Chadsart https://www.etsy.com/shop/Chadsart?r...shop-info-name


       
      #1 MysteryAya, Jul 27, 2015
    2. This is not the only thing he stole, his art on the fantasy area is a copy of Jasmine Becket-Griffith
      http://www.strangeling.com
       
      #2 sadi-chan, Jul 27, 2015
    3. I sent Strangeling's Etsy shop a message with a link to one of "his" works that's clearly a paint over of her work.
       
      #3 thakyuki, Jul 27, 2015
    4. This is why I no longer take photos of my dolls anymore.
       
      #4 Elysion gear, Jul 27, 2015
    5. at such moments I'm like: 'thanks God my dolls are so uninteresting for others, that it's unlikely it'd happen to mine'. But if it did, i'd just report this guy somewhere... has anyone tried that? In case he doesn't respond to your message,@thakyuki, I think this should be just reported in the country where this person comes from. Or the dolls' owners' own countries.
       
      #5 CutieKitty, Jul 27, 2015
    6. I can't see the fantasy images on his website - nor the Etsy site now
       
      #6 ceejay, Jul 27, 2015
    7. #7 sadi-chan, Jul 27, 2015
    8. The owner of Strangelings has taken action, which is most likely why those pieces were removed.
       
      #8 thakyuki, Jul 28, 2015
    9. This person needs to be kicked off Etsy and banned for life IMO. There is zero excuse for theft like this.
       
      #9 Lee Turner, Jul 28, 2015
    10. This has happened so many times now and it still annoys me every time I see it. The pictures appear to have gone from his shop, but he can obviously just make more! I remember the issues with Mijn Schatje a good few years ago now, she was a prolific photo thief and made a lot of money out of it too, whilst claiming that it was all her own work from her imagination.

      A few months ago I got into an argument with someone on Instagram who had painted a picture of a Doll Chateau Y03 body (basically a copy of one of the company pictures). She hadn't referenced them anywhere in her work and was basically reaping the compliments for something she had blatantly copied! Argh it irritates me still :(
       
      #10 beatnik, Jul 28, 2015