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A-kon Artist Alley: Art Theft & Staff Indifference
Last weekend i was at A-Kon, an anime convention in Ft. Worth, Texas. this was my 3rd year tabling at their artist alley and almost certainly my last. while i’m disappointed to say that, what took place over the weekend was unacceptable and disrespectful to every creator that bothered to show up there.
if you are a creator who has ever been to or have considered tabling at an artist alley, please consider reading. thank you.
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My fiancee and I stopped attending Akon years ago, as we just found ourselves increasingly at odds with how the con was being run. After they moved it to Fort Worth, I’d heard from other friends who attended that the situation was... marginally better... but this?
This is unacceptable, and while I had considered trying an artist alley booth at a con like Akon, I won’t any longer. It would be foolish, however, to assume that Akon is the only con where this is happening. The truth is, you never know with cons, and the average consumer isn’t going to have an eye for detail to tell if the prints are ripped or not :/ the twitter account forexposure_txt is a good example of how much the average person cares about where or how they get their art, as long as they get it cheap, they couldn’t care less if the person selling it made it or not.
Cons should, ideally, have a reviewing process BEFORE the con for all waitlisted artists and tables, but that would require money and resources they’re not likely to expend. Artists should stop booking tables at these cons, to put the pressure on them to take action, but there will likely always be some that continue, either out of indifference or necessity for themselves.... the only other step we can take is to advise consumers on how to recognize stolen artwork.
Things like blurry prints, pixelated work, work without signatures, work with altered signatures, are easier to spot. A lack of cohesive style is another flag, but more a yellow one than red. For example, I feel like my artwork lacks a cohesive style, because i’m constantly learning and trying to improve, so I feel like a lot of it looks drastically different. This ^, clearly, is not that kind of situation, but we should be careful that we don’t let our passion for justice trample over artists who are just establishing themselves.
I’m sorry but it’s really annoying to see this keep happening on my dash. For those who don’t know,Pixiv is considering shutting down access to western users.
Why?
Because of edits and reposts onto social media sights, such as Tumblr, Facebook, even Twitter. The problem has been here for the past months and I really just get sad seeing everyone reblog edits and reposts of art that’sUNSOURCED.
I’m sorry if I seem bitchy, but this is a critical issue, because not only would this cut off fandom posters, it cuts off any person in the US from accessing Pixiv.
Pixiv artists are already deleting their works and accounts, more and more artists are deleting everything because of this. I have alreadymade a post about this on my main, and so havetwo ofmy friends. You may say we’re throwing a big deal about this, but the thing is- we’re just trying to make sure that us fans and future fans have the art resources.
Things to know:
ZEROCHAN AND WEHEARTIT ARE NOT SOURCES.
I REPEAT. ZEROCHAN AND WEHEARTIT ARE NOT SOURCES.
If you really absolutely don’t know, try the Google Images source thing.
Or better yet-saucenao is a better one, as if it’s a pixiv work, it shows you the original pixiv link, if it’s deleted or not, and the artist.
If you don’t know the source, DO THOSE STEPS ABOVE, and if they don’t work, state you don’t know it and ask around.
Oh, and biggest thing for the Vocaloid fandom mainly, along with other fandoms:
this is a list of pixiv artists who do not want their art reposted or edited at all.
If you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO REPOST THEIR WORK, ASK THEM FIRST! It won’t hurt you to be polite, and even if they don’t understand english they probably will understand what you’re saying.
I find this very relevant to this blog so I hope you’ll allow me to give another PSA.
(Thank you endless-chocolate for sending me this link)
I see this happen on my dash sometimes and I’m not gonna lie, I did consider unfollowing the people that reblog unsourced fanarts. Especially more so on those so-called one piece confessions/dirty op confessions whatever. It’s getting ridiculous.
However, it’s my belief that every one of you are wonderful people who respects others, especially those who have worked hard in drawing and writing all the wonderful doujins and fanarts. So I hope I can raise some more awareness to this.
As usual I’m going to illustrate it in an easy way. (read right to left)
What supposed to happen:
What you’re doing when you don’t source:
What you’re making the artist do:
Every artist grow by displaying their work and getting critique. But when their work is spread around without any credit to the artist, AND EVEN MAKES THE OWN ARTIST DELETE IT FROM HIS/HER SITE it lost the purpose and meaning.
What you should do from now on (if you haven’t been doing so):
Here’s a guide on how to use saucenao. If it’s from pixiv, saucenao will most likely find it. If it doesn’t, use google image search.
If an artist spend their time to draw that fanart, I think we can spend a bit of time finding out the proper source/credit.
This has been another PSA from Dark Honey.
cant stress enough about this topic, please source everyone
【 Such a tragedy we have avoided.. 】: Let me just pause ooc for a moment.
I am proud to be raising awareness of this serious issue!
Please spread this around so less and less of a problem will continue!
B E A N S
SPOOKY DOES NOT LET ME TOUCH THE BEANS
I feel robbed
Intended to be read from left —-> right
A very rough, short comic put together in 3-4 days because I wanted to experiment a little and practice drawing cats.. The original concept spawned from a thought that I tweeted a few days ago.
I had to eyeball from stock photos for some poses of the cats since I don’t actually have a cat to reference (I’m mildly allergic… Much sadness). Although there are many mistakes artwork-wise, I hope some of you will enjoy! Thank you for reading.
Edit: 9th page updated because I found a mistake lol. Also TW for mention of animal cruelty
SCUSE ME WHILE I GO ANNOY MY CAT WITH LOVE NOW QAQ
Watercolor Days
So i’ve been doing a lot of watercolor painting lately, as a way to deal with stress and depression. It’s been raining more than it hasn’t for the past few weeks, and generally been overcast and sad looking, so I took to painting to cheer myself up. Some of it was experimenting, some of it was trying to reproduce things I saw in my dreams. Obviously, I ask that you don’t repost my paintings or try to claim them as your own, but that would be silly since it’s easy to prove they’re mine lol. But they’re all personal endeavors, and they’re not open for use/alteration/any of that sort of stuff.
Also, dis is my tripawd cat, Spooky. She gets spooked easily. She’s scared of bubbles... and the sound of plastic bags.
What have I been doing?
Well, I’ve been battling depression with watercolor painting, and playing Monster Hunter World lol.
I am planning a huge post with a bunch of the watercolor stuff I’m proud of, but it sucks taking photos at night because the light yellows everything, so tomorrow I’ll be taking better photos of my stuff and sharing it, so look out for that :3
Do you have any advice on being too scared to finish a piece of art because you may ruin it? Like not wanting to go in a darker shade or not finishing a sketch as it may go bad if that makes any sence
It’s better to fail and learn than to not try at all!
Don’t let your personal art be something you stress over. What if it doesn’t turn out how I picture it? What if I mess it up? What if it’s just a waste of time/supplies? What if a mistake ruins it?
No matter what line of work or hobby you’re in, if you enter something in a deeply negative headspace, it’s even less likely to go as you plan. If I’m stressing over the final product while i work, it shows in the art. Things end up rigid, overworked, etc.
Successful art requires discipline and a great deal of patience. Relax! Don’t concern yourself with the final product or over-hype yourself the desire for it to be perfect. Experiment. Push yourself outside your comfort zone. If it works out, great. If it doesn’t, that’s fine. Each new piece or sketch where you push your boundaries with light and colour, perspective, anatomy, etc., is a step towards learning and improvement.
Some of the best painting work I’ve done is in my painting sketchbook–because it was in a sketchbook and I wasn’t creating it under any pressure to make it perfect or sellable or print worthy. I was just creating to experiment, improve, and enjoy myself. That’s the place you’ve got to get to.
Quiet Watercolor
Today is another quiet watercolor day. I’ve been painting for the past few hours, alternating between pieces to allow to dry because I never want to stop doing something. This isn’t amazing, by any means, and it isn’t intended to be. It’s just me trying (and failing) to capture something I saw in a dream, a dream where the sky was watercolors. It’s a generally rainy/gloomy day where I am so I thought what better to fight the gloom than bright watercolors. Even if it won’t ever be my strongest skill, it feels good to do, so I’m gonna keep doing it.
I’m sorry if you followed me expecting me to be active with a lot of digital art, because of my on and off struggles with depression, it comes and goes. I’m currently attempting to address a lot of things that might be playing into my depression to try and produce more creatively. In the meantime, I hope you can enjoy what I am making at least, and understand that it’s helping me unburden a lot. Well, this, and our new cat, Spooky.
Big Mood
Trying to just do something creative in spite of being sick... It’s sloppy, and messy, and probably inaccurate, but I don’t care.
My heads in a weird space apparently though.
We’re excited to announce that Mochi’s Megabucks Update will be coming to Slime Rancher in late February!
In this update you’ll be able to race through the Nimble Valley alongside the lightening-fast quicksilver slimes! Be sure to practice your running and shooting, because these speedy slimes are always in a rush.
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OH MAN, Gotta remember to start a new game for this. I want to take my time through the new content, Ogden’s update felt short because I went through my original game to see it, where I already had large amounts of muns and supplies. i’m excited :3
Beat Saber is a unique VR rhythm game, where your goal is to slash the beats (represented by small cubes) as they are coming at you. http://www.beatsaber.com
I can totally imagine @therealjacksepticeye playing this in his spare time, what spare time he has
This is a lot to handle
The amount of stress is making me physically ill.
Really hoping this wasn’t a mistake.
Tomorrow...
We’re picking up our new kitty tomorrow!
Yesterday, while I was furiously cleaning the apartment and trying to make things kitty friendly, i was refreshing the center’s cat page frequently because I was afraid she would be adopted while we were preparing. After one of my refreshes, I didn’t see her right away, and I panicked SO HARD. She had just been scooched up a row because of adoptions/additional cats, but I realized how much I already considered her MY cat.
So, with my fiance’s... approval? agreement? BASICALLY, I made sure he was totally down for a cat and totally chill with me going up there and OFFICIALLY adopting her, but requesting that we pick her up in a couple days because I still needed to kitty-check our home. They were totally fine with that so i filled out the paperwork and paid the fee and she is OURS.
I can’t wait to share this extra special bundle of fluff with the world. She’s 6 years old, and that’s fine by me. We couldn’t handle a solo kitten, and we don’t have the space for 2, but a single adult cat we can handle. The best part is she does fine solo BUT is receptive to other kitties SO when we get a house, we can look into adopting another special buddy for her in the future.
I’m excited, and nervous, but I think having a furry companion again is going to be good for both of us. She’s more work than a hamster, but it should also be more rewarding.
I can’t wait to bring our sweet new baby home :D
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I need to reblog this, even though I liked it ages ago, because...
BIG.
FUCKIN.
MOOD.
I’m about ready to break out the crayons and the butcher paper, idk what’s wrong with me, I’m not lacking in ideas, just getting hung up on NOTHING
