ART THEIF:
Vaalmet on Instagram
A few months ago my friend shared some work from an artist they really liked, unfortunately it was traced and stolen. But this person is still getting commissions off of stolen work. (And they made it their pfp 😒)
Multiple examples below ⬇️
The picture that I found to be traced was the mark and eve drawing in the middle.
The original is by DC comic artist Jorge Jimenez and is a work of Nightwing and Oracle: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9DBxpNtbha/?igsh=MXFwMjFjZjBiYWllcg==
You might say; “oh maybe she was just heavily inspired?”
No.
Here I’ve overlaid her work with Jimenez. It’s a 1 for 1 copy.
Here is a a piece of Atlantis fanart from Vaalmet
And here is J Scott Campbells 20th anniversary Danger Girl cover; https://krscomics.com/products/j-scott-campbell-danger-girl-20th-anniversary-smoking-gun-variant
SHIPS 4/25 COVER A: LIMITED TO 700 COPIES COVER B: LIMITED TO ONLY 300 COPIES 80 PAGES! IDW PUBLISHING (W)...
A recent work from Vaalmet;
And what she traced from (I can’t find the original artists name, my bad😔)
Anyway!!! I’m blocked on her Instagram after politely telling her that she should credit the original artists! Blocking me just shows that she is guilty.
Using Ai as an excuse still isn’t an excuse to sell traced work!!! Where is your integrity as an artist?
