Something bugging me with Heidi selling prints of Aries. The art isn't made by Heidi, it was fan art someone else made. Heidi could have just as easy sold prints of a photo of Aries or even that decent digital painting she made herself, but she's choosing to sell fan art instead. I really hope Heidi got permission from the artist to sell them(apparently with no royalty from it), or else they might be feeling pressure to allow Heidi to profit off their hard work because of "poor Heidi 😢 "
Heidi has been selling products with that art printed on it since January of this year:
From what I can see through some Twitter searches, the artist, Hanmonster/Kalydali, made the art shortly after the drama first broke, and posted it on May 20, 2019. It seems that Heidi didn't know them at the time, and they were even concerned that Heidi would want the art taken down since it was posted without Heidi's permission.
The listing on the shop (and Heidi's tweets advertising it) does credit the artist, saying that it's "Licensed for commercial use."
So I imagine (or at least hope) that Heidi took the time between the art being posted and the prints being made to have a conversation with the artist about selling the artwork and any royalty agreements associated with it.
















