my art was stolen on aliexpress
i just want to make people aware that if you see these designs on aliexpress, the artwork is STOLEN and they do not have permission to use my art for any reason whatsoever.
they ripped photos directly from my etsy, edited and cropped out all my watermarks, and as if that wasn't enough, they ran my photos through AI to generate new ones in an attempt to pass off the design as their own.
aliexpress rejected my reports against the listing due to "insufficient evidence" despite me having 8 pages of evidence which included the original photos they stole from me, timestamps that i had posted the designs 5 months prior to the stolen listing, and my original sketches and drafts of the art.
this has been so frustrating to deal with over these past few days :( i put so much care and effort into everything i create, and took what i thought were all the necessary precautions to prevent something like this from happening. their storefront is made up entirely of stolen art and its so disheartening to see so many others who i know would have put the same love and care into their work as i have.
i will continue trying to get this removed, but otherwise i'm not sure what else to do besides spread awareness. thank you to those who have supported my art, you have no idea how truly grateful i am for people who support real artists in times where AI and art theft run rampant on the internet ♡