Art Theft (We're all tired of it)
Jan. 21st, 2019 04:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrb488EDIT: I am reposting my original post from Pillowfort. If you read it there, you can ignore.
There has been some discussion about Naturalshocks disappearance on both Tumblr and Deviantart. My understanding (though not verified) is they got fed up with their art being stolen and deleted everything. I have come across at least one person who claimed the art as theirs. It was so obvious it was Naturalshocks work though, and they had also claimed other artists works as theirs too. Their excuse was that they 'edited' the work, so now it was their work.
As an editor, I can assure you that changing a piece of art, a photograph, or especially a story to make it more aesthetically pleasing is just an edit. You still didn't create it, and you don't deserve to put your name or watermark on it. (This is a particular pet peeve of mine. There are several well-known people out there who edit professional photographs and put their watermark on them because they 'edited' them. You know who you are.)
Frankly, I'm surprised that more artists don't flee from the internet. They choose to share their lives with us, and we should (at the very least) be grateful to them for that.
There has been some discussion about Naturalshocks disappearance on both Tumblr and Deviantart. My understanding (though not verified) is they got fed up with their art being stolen and deleted everything. I have come across at least one person who claimed the art as theirs. It was so obvious it was Naturalshocks work though, and they had also claimed other artists works as theirs too. Their excuse was that they 'edited' the work, so now it was their work.
As an editor, I can assure you that changing a piece of art, a photograph, or especially a story to make it more aesthetically pleasing is just an edit. You still didn't create it, and you don't deserve to put your name or watermark on it. (This is a particular pet peeve of mine. There are several well-known people out there who edit professional photographs and put their watermark on them because they 'edited' them. You know who you are.)
Frankly, I'm surprised that more artists don't flee from the internet. They choose to share their lives with us, and we should (at the very least) be grateful to them for that.
