Character Theft
This is a repost of a pending artist beware for Adam McQueen/a.kreykrey
To start this post off, I have never posted my email publically, nor have I ever given any indication that the character (or any character) in question was for sale. I do not know how this person got my email, nor who they got it from, and I have no clue who he even is. I have zero sales posts for the resale of my ocs, and I have very little desire to sell them, let alone give them away. I believe this is a case of character theft.
http://prntscr.com/mrhomv
When they first emailed me, they were very polite. They asked if I could give them the rights to the character, as I no longer get art of her. Eventually they do mention some form of compensation being given, however they still imply they want me to just give them the character.
http://prntscr.com/mrhpf1
I’ll admit, my response was probably rude, however, this was in no way a wanted business transaction and personally, I find it extremely rude to randomly email someone and ask them to give you their OC simply because they want it. They questioned my decision, and I informed them that it was none of their business as to why I would like to keep that particular character. At this point, they attempt to bring in an artist beware post that was made against me (rightfully) years ago, which was resolved between myself and the artist to try to guilt me or intimidate me. After that they get very aggressive, telling me that he will be using the character anyway, claiming I lost rights to the character the moment the issue with the artist occurred, which apparently means he has the rights to take her and use her how he wants.
http://prntscr.com/mrhpmw
I inform him that if he does use the character, I’ll be contacting the artists to remove the pieces from their gallery as there was no permission given to use the character and I have proof that I’ve owned it since 2016. He then threatened me once again, saying that all it would lead to is him or others posting Artist Bewares against me for informing artists that I won the character. Again, he brings up an artist beware that was solved, at this point I believe he’s trying to scare me into relenting and giving him the character.
http://prntscr.com/mrhq4h
I blocked him after this. They have created a twitter account:
https://twitter.com/BatVentress
I do believe they will try to go through with the character theft. If anyone orders a commission with the character below and claims they own it or they have permission, they absolutely do not have either. Below is the original piece of artwork from the artist I commissioned to design her, as well as the general details showing the time the image was made.
The character’s name is Ventress. She is a batpony with a distinctive tied tail and mane, and no cutiemark .
A lovely friend has discovered the identity of this guy thanks to Derpibooru.
His OC name is Jake, and he goes by KreyKrey: https://derpibooru.org/1861863?q=OC%3Ajake https://www.deviantart.com/shyshyoctavia/art/COMMISSION-Heck-Off-736945029 (slight NSFW warning, I tried to find the least offending images in his tag that also provides the name links. It was difficult).
There are multiple Tumblr links in the gallery on many of the images however I cannot see if they include accounts linked to his thanks to Tumblr throwing a fit about adult content.