Trade Issues

[teekchan.livejournal.com]

I did an art trade with a user a while back, everything went a-okay. Both parts are completed. I check FA today and see a 'Prepose' flat rate sale and see something wrong.

It was the trade they did for me.

When I did the trade, they showed me two sketches to pick from, I chose sketch A. The user is now selling off BOTH sketches, including the one I chose, as prepose commissions. They said it was okay because they are not using my character. I told them I felt ripped off, because I expected an original piece, and provided one, and now there will be mass copies made of mine (multiple people can purchase the sketches).

They haven't replied yet, but I'm wondering if it's okay for them to do this because it's a trade, or if I'm right to be upset and feel ripped off?
And if the latter, should I pose a beware?

Comments

[morti-macabre.livejournal.com]

I do understand what they're saying but I still do think it's an awful lot of stink to raise over something that I assume will be inked over again with new lines anyway?
If they redraw the same pose it would still look almost exactly the same, I dunno.

To me, it seems like a non-issue, but I can after some thought understand the frustration on the whole.

The artist should have just drawn something new. I would never do such a thing but I can see this happening with just more than this artist, reusing an old sketch I mean.

[houndofloki.livejournal.com]

Yeah, basically. I think this is fairly jerky, because it means the artist they traded basically got an edited base instead of an original piece.

But it's not illegal, and unless the artist feels strongly enough about it to post a beware for others, there's not much that can really be done.