Beware FuRomantic of FA

[zhivagod.livejournal.com]

It all began with a new user on FA named Noee. Check 'im out, by the way, he's got awesome potential.

Noee came under fire very quickly for having 'recolored and stolen' art and FuRomantic claimed to have the original. (NSFW: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4468079) There was a small flame war from a few fans of FuRomantic. FuR claimed to have posted the original, which was posted a few days before Noee posted his own piece... However, Noee pointed out that he had uploaded the same piece to HentaiFoundry over a month ago. FuR responded claiming that they too had uploaded the same pic to SoFurry around the same time. (I would post a link to FuR's image, but it has been removed... Can you see where this story is headed?)

FuR had uploaded earlier on FA but was hours behind Noee on the HF vs SoFurry. However, since they were so close, it was hard to judge who was in the right... Until you looked at the art. Once you compared the pieces side by side from an artist's eye, it became VERY obvious that FuR was the theif. Noee's art was clean and crisp. FuR's was made up of straight lines, as if someone had traced using the line tool, there was even a small patch of color that seemed to have been forgotten which was the same color that Noee's picture was! There was artifacting all over FuR's version, showing that the image had been swapped to a different format than was originally intended. There was even an additional dick on FuR's image that was HEAVILY aliased as if it had been cut from another image at a lower resolution.

After being proven a thief and even going so low as to attack the original artist personally, a mod was brought in. FuR's image was removed and the harassing shouts left on Noee's page were deleted. Noee reuploaded their own piece to remove the comments.



TLDR: If you skipped the previous story, this is the important part. 
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/furomantic
FuR's style seems to range GREATLY and I highly suspect that most, if not all of their images are the same story. Traced and recolored. If anyone else can help pinpoint any originals in their gallery so we can get this thief banned, I'd be very happy :D

 

Comments

[oceandezignz.livejournal.com]

Classy. Straight up classy. This is why stealing artwork never works. You will always eventually be busted no matter how good you cover your tracks!

[sigilgoat.livejournal.com]

Looks like his stuff is all anime/hentai artist rips, I don't really know much about that or I'd be able to help ;__;

[silverfalln.livejournal.com]

You may want to stick this on art_theft as well. I don't think all of them watch here.

[silverfalln.livejournal.com]

Gah, hit reply too soon. They're pretty good at finding originals.

[zhivagod.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll hit 'em up!

[slanderouslibel.livejournal.com]

It's all been pulled. There's one pic in the Gallery, and one favorite. And at least one person has publicly announced they have stopped watching FuR.

Icon for FuR, not OP.

[uozlulu.livejournal.com]

I noticed there's only one work left in their gallery now.

I also second the art_theft crosposting, but you might want to make your links hot links.

You can do that by making it coded like this:

<a href=http://www.furaffinity.net/user/furomantic></a>

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

I'm seeing quite a few pics in the gallery?

[slanderouslibel.livejournal.com]

I'm only getting one, though I notice their profile says they have 11 submissions. I don't know what's going on.

Have you refreshed/cleared your cache? That could be why they are still showing up for you.

[witchiebunny.livejournal.com]

Actually there was a bit more of a mixup. Noee was reported for art theft and originally his piece was removed for that reason.

Noee noted me and showed me the previous upload prior to FuR's on the separate site, at which point I deleted FuR's and deleted the harassing shouts from Noee's page and asked them to reupload. :/

[witchiebunny.livejournal.com]

If you can find the originals, I'll do the rest.

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

Are you someone I can talk to about claiming an abandoned account? I've tried to contact 2 other admins to no response, and it's a little frustrating.

[shukivengeance.livejournal.com]

I see their 11 submissions as well, and have never viewed this person's account before.

[witchiebunny.livejournal.com]

Yea, I can help you with that.

[kayla-la.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Should I note you on FA or email you or.. ? I don't wanna get too offtopic here in the comments.

[witchiebunny.livejournal.com]

Note me on FA. :)

[neolucky.livejournal.com]

Ugh thats really horrible. I've had the same thing happen a few years ago, where a mega-popular furry artist traced my work then turned around and started telling everyone that I copied -HIM-. But thankfully it blew up into a meme and he got made fun of and it was happy ever after. Point of the story is, it's really dumb to try and take credit when the artist undoubtedly can prove they have the original in some form.

[fyphfoko.livejournal.com]

well, on the bright side, more popularity for noee :)

but yeah, hastle ... thing is hastle

[fyphfoko.livejournal.com]

*chews carrot*

aparently, their "always open for commissions"

[thaily.livejournal.com]

I always wonder what their parents are thinking with people like FuRomantic, I refuse to believe they've moved out of their parental house. Though they obviously did a shit job raising him, I'd love to see their faces when told their kid traces animal-headed people porn on the internet.

[zhivagod.livejournal.com]

I'm on the hunt! :T I'm not sure why but this particular case has felt kind of personal for me. I was so infuriated by FuR.

My bf is a hentai nerd and I showed him the art in said gallery. He said he recognized some of the images but didn't know where he'd seen 'em. ;; It's not hard proof but it's somethin, I just gotta find the originals.

[pine-fuzz.livejournal.com]

If you dont have the adult settings on FA then you'll only be able to see one image. There are actually 11 in their gallery but they're all porn =3

[slanderouslibel.livejournal.com]

A-Ha.

Thanks for that. Now I'm seeing more stuff...

*wondering if that's a good thing...*

[frazzled-niya.livejournal.com]

You lie you will eventually be found out and have lots of angry people after you (if he did indeed do commissions and such o_O)