Art Thief

[blackmtnwolf.livejournal.com]

I was browsing DeviantArt and came across this person's gallery.

There are so many deviations she has submitted that look as though they were copied from Goldenwolf and BlaqRiot, possibly some other artists as well.

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Comments

[gearpony.livejournal.com]

Her character Zero looks a lot like Blaqriot/Emrys in general, (I almost thought it was gift art for her until I read the title and artist comment.).

[blackmtnwolf.livejournal.com]

Right, exactly. I thought it was gift art as well until I read the description and saw that almost her entire gallery is composed of "gift art" for Blaq.

[spiralunwinding.livejournal.com]

It's not direct copy work, though. Sure, she has been 'influenced' by their styles, but I don't see any direct copying of any of their works.

[blackmtnwolf.livejournal.com]

I saw two or three that were directly copied. One of them is the embrace picture. Those were the ones I was mostly referring to, since I know that artists can be inspired by others' work.

I also don't think it's acceptable that she's copying Emrys' markings for her own character.

[spiralunwinding.livejournal.com]

This person has obviously already been notified, and I don't think that you mentioning it will help the situation for those reasons.

[blackmtnwolf.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming you're talking about me mentioning it in this community?

If so, the reason I'm mentioning it is because if she is an art thief, I'm sure other artists would want to be aware of it.

[spiralunwinding.livejournal.com]

And I'm telling you, that I don't think she is an art thief.

[blackmtnwolf.livejournal.com]

Alright, that's fine. But I doubt it changes anything.