Peppicatred / Felineattraction / Spike

[zodiacart.livejournal.com]

Hello, everyone. I tried searching the tags to see if this person has already been reported here, and I can't seem to find a post on them. But, if another one has already been made I will be happy to append this post as a comment on it, and have this one removed.

This post is about a person who goes by many names, her current ones are:
http://felineattraction.deviantart.com/
Peppicatred
skitzmix (her known name on furcadia)

In the past she has gone as Spike or some variant of it with numbers, I know she was banned from FA and then permabanned from FA for trying to dodge her ban.

The most recent trace she has done is of my own artwork:
http://tinypic.com/r/25f7u4i/7
http://felineattraction.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d48i1v3

Original can be seen in the following places as well as my FA icon. these images also appear in my DA, zodiacspothole:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5967455/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5967439/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5967438/

And here is an image layover of the two:
http://tinypic.com/r/2s81no1/7

She has blocked me on two or three of my DA accounts for calling her out on tracing in the past. her and I have also had a conversation in Furcadia about her tracing, some time back.

07/12/11 20:12:45 Zodiac: Answer me honestly. Why do you keep tracing?

07/12/11 20:12:59 Zodiac: Are you trying to troll people

07/12/11 20:13:08 skitzmix: i stopped, untill that one from dayna because she kept pming me on furc alt market

07/12/11 20:13:08 Zodiac: #So#Sl#Sp Draw me, I'm an art whore. [ <a href="http://is.gd/51tiK">ALTS FOR SALEZ</a> ][ <a href="http://is.gd/51tgT">Commissions Open</a> ][ WHAT THE CRACK MAN!? - <a href="http://is.gd/51tjh">Lol Zodi</a> ]

07/12/11 20:13:28 Zodiac: Why "did" you do it

07/12/11 20:13:38 Zodiac: Why do you keep "stopping" and then doing it again

07/12/11 20:13:50 skitzmix: i did that one of daynas because she pissed me off

07/12/11 20:13:52 Zodiac: And why every time someone catches you do you argue with them and insist you are not/

07/12/11 20:14:13 Zodiac: And, do you understand that these are all the reasons why people don't like you?

07/12/11 20:14:17 Zodiac: It really baffles me

07/12/11 20:14:20 skitzmix: because people are jerks

07/12/11 20:14:33 Zodiac: People are jerks because you are acting in a way that makes them not like you

07/12/11 20:14:35 skitzmix: i just want to be left alone :(

07/12/11 20:14:37 Zodiac: So they have no reason to be nice to you

07/12/11 20:14:44 Zodiac: Then why bother coming online if you want to be left alone/

07/12/11 20:15:00 skitzmix: i have a few friends in furc

07/12/11 20:15:02 Zodiac: You keep doing all of this shit to push people away but then you get mad when people treat you like shit

07/12/11 20:15:20 Zodiac: You can't just pull the kind of crap you have and expect people to be your friend

07/12/11 20:15:23 Zodiac: It doesn't work like that

07/12/11 20:15:26 skitzmix: Look ill try to be a better person. 

07/12/11 20:15:28 skitzmix: i know that

07/12/11 20:15:42 Zodiac: Well I have to be completely honest, I don't beieve you right now

07/12/11 20:15:45 Zodiac: If I ever see it, then fine

07/12/11 20:15:55 skitzmix: ok, but i swear ill change

07/12/11 20:15:59 Zodiac: But as of right now i have no reason to think you will do anything else than what you always have

07/12/11 20:16:02 skitzmix: if it means people leave me alone.

07/12/11 20:16:06 skitzmix: then i will change

07/12/11 20:16:15 Zodiac: People will leave you alone if you stop doing things to make them bother yo

07/12/11 20:16:25 Zodiac: But you pretty much set yourself up

07/12/11 20:16:39 Zodiac: its like you put a giant KICK  ME sign on your own back

07/12/11 20:16:43 skitzmix: im going to change i swear.

07/12/11 20:17:19 skitzmix: i did that dayna one out of revenge, and as you said, thats childish

07/12/11 20:17:49 skitzmix: wish me luck :P

07/12/11 20:19:45 Zodiac: Now that you have posted all of that you know if you ever post traced artwork again the shitstorm is going to be 10 times worse

07/12/11 20:19:57 Zodiac: Just FYI thats how the internet works

07/12/11 20:20:08 Zodiac: People are going to be waiting for you to slip up

07/12/11 20:20:08 skitzmix: i know that

07/12/11 20:20:29 skitzmix: I will stop this time i promise if it means the crap will stop

07/12/11 20:51:22 skitzmix: http://fav.me/d3nl2w2

07/12/11 20:51:27 skitzmix: its done

She has several other incidents of tracing in the past, and she is especially known by many for tracing/stalking Rynies, Pez, and many of their friends. Heres some screen shots I still have of past incidents, I'll find more of them if I can.

This image was traced from a drawing by Rynies, and we reported it. Either herself or DA chose to remove it, we aren't sure, and then she uploaded it again in a different color.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2mhxz68.jpg

Here is a layover:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/TangiaKira/57dd7780.jpg

Again, I'm sorry if there is already a post on this person, I tried to find one and I couldn't. Please tell me if there has already been one made.

Comments

[zodiacart.livejournal.com]

EDIT MARCH 19th 2012: Since this post, I have had NO contact with this person what so ever - up util around the time when she came posting comments on this journal. I did not reply to her in any of them, but she chose to come into one of my streaming sessions and bring things up - I kicked her and she came back repeatedly with the subject. Finally, she left but returned under a fake name - first pretending to be curious about a situation this pretend person 'knew nothing about' - then defending peppi in a matter of minutes having suddenly become fully informed on the subject. I have a bit of log from the incident, but I don't see any reason to post it, but I can if it is necessary.

I know that as usual, she has claimed that she is no longer tracing people, but as I have said in comments I will not believe this til I see it in action for a long, long time. What I am about to share with you is not exactly a case of direct tracing, but I am sure you will see the kind of similarities that I do.

By her : http://felineattraction.deviantart.com/#/d4syzsn
( Will replace with a screen shot, if she deletes this post )

My Character : http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5938647/

As you can see, the quality of her drawing is not traced. But if you cannot see the similarities between the two, I am sorry but I would have to say you are either blind, or extremely optimistic. Given her past for tracing and copying others, I think it is a safe bet to say that yes, she is copying (or at least trying to immitate) my art/style/character design/whatever you want to call it. Do I care? No, not in particular, if she wants to continue to be passive aggressive and unoriginal, then so be it. But, I thought I would update this post for everyone here, lest you be tricked into believing she is truly changed - she has not.

[zodiacart.livejournal.com]

This is going to be the last time I bother to say anything to you, explaining these kind of things. I am tired of repeating myself to you.

- Tracing people and posting it as your own is not okay.
- Copying people's ideas and acting like they are your own is not okay.
- If you use something as a reference, you should link where you got your reference from.
- If you use someone else's artwork as 'inspiration' for something you have drawn, you should ask them first.
- If you use someone else's artwork as reference, you should not only ask them, but also link what your reference was.

You have never done any of these things for the people you have been copying all these years, and at this point it is very had to believe you want anything other than to make passive aggressive jabs for attention. Start being a considerate person, who shows respect to your peers int he art community, and maybe some day we will be able to believe you have changed.

That being said, whether you take my advice, or once again ignore it for the hundredth time is up to you and if you choose to continue ignoring it, then you are the only one to blame for not being able to move on, not us.

I will not be replying to any further comment from you on this journal, as I have zero desire to be in any kind of contact with you ever again. Any further updates I make to this journal will be for the benefit of those reading, nothing more.

[sigilgoat.livejournal.com]

You are continuing the dialogue at this point. If you have changed, then let this go and show the world through your actions.

Zodiac is only updating when it's necessary for the content of the post.

[amy maree (from livejournal.com)]

zodiac needs to delete this post, if i heed her advice, then this post will become defamation, and its quite frustrating

[shukivengeance.livejournal.com]

Deleting posts is against the rules of this community. You were told this before a month ago by another moderator. Consider this an official warning for pressing the issue, and also for deleting your original comment above where you asked for the post to be removed the first time.

Further infractions may result in being suspended from this comm, so I highly suggest you review our rules and abide by them.

[amy maree (from livejournal.com)]

i know, but this post is becoming defamation, i wont ask for it to be deleted again, but the whole furaffinity community needs to get off my back. Discussion terminated for now

[amy maree (from livejournal.com)]

doing an edit of rani atm so it doesnt look like zodiac's static drawing anymore, it wasnt meant to look the same in the first place, ill be uploading it when complete.. sorry zodiac, didnt mean for that to happen.