Warning: Art Plagiarism/Theft and Character Theft Across Multiple Platforms
I’d be less inclined to make a call-out post if the person in question hadn’t made their account private once they received a warning to take the plagiarized work down, but hey. Here we are.
Tumblr user Vibrantacrylic has been plagiarizing my work for at LEAST the past two years, and labeling my characters as their own without any attempt to make significant changes to the designs.
I was alerted to the situation through their Instagram (which they flagged as private after they were notified that I was being made aware):
This person has been plagiarizing my work since at least 2016. It would be one thing if they were just using my work as a reference–But they have been flat-out tracing my work, sometimes without even attemping to make significant changes, and labeling my characters as their own. INCLUDING my original work outside of World of Warcraft.
Please take notice that in the comments, they are claiming my concepts and characters as their own, under different labels.
In this example, the plagiarized work is a PAID COMMISSION:
Aaaaand some more examples:
In total there are 30+ works (that I’m aware of) of mine that have been plagiarized on this persons’ social media. I will be making a separate post entailing all of them, but for the sake of getting this information out there, I’m using these examples.
If you don’t want your work and your concepts stolen, it would be in your best interest to block the aforementioned:
Tumblr (how they have access to my work)
If you find this user posting my work on other platforms, please notify me so I can take appropriate action.
I’ve filed reports on all the above websites to have action taken against the user, and hopefully get the plagiarized work taken down. I’m exhausted, and extremely hurt by the persons’ unwilligness to take the plagiarized work down–As I stated before, when confronted, they immediately went reclusive. This person has been kind to me in the past, and it’s a huge slap to the face to find out this has been going on for so long.
I know people don’t particularly care for callout posts–as I certainly don’t–But I’m not going to let myself be taken advantage of like this.
How dare you take advantage of me like this. I put my heart and soul into my work, and gave you ZERO permission to have that sort of access to my work, or to me.
Please share this as much as you can. I don’t want to see others’ work shamed like this.
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