#milkybreads

[haikyuuotomeproject]

Art by our talented artist @sennsually (*^▽^*)

Hi everyone!

First of all, we’re very sorry that we haven’t responded to all of your messages (๑◕︵◕๑). We’ve read all of your messages and thank you so much for your positive words and feedback on the trial and error! For those who are having problems while downloading it, please wait for a while and we’ll contact you soon!

Secondly, we’re aware of what’s been happening with @milkybreads (Aiko) lately, and as we have received messages/questions regarding her work with us, we would like to address them here.

Milkybreads/Aiko was a member of Haikyuu Otome Project and she was also the main artist, a position that is now @cheritsundere (Kait). We decided to talk to her first before we post anything here or taking down all of her artworks. Sadly, we’ve got no response from her. She’s been on hiatus from our project for more than a year and other than the promotional artworks that she’s provided for us, she has provided us with the basic sprites; all the coloured sprites that we’ve posted here are NOT Aiko’s. Since we got no words nor explanation from her, we’re going to take down all of her artworks and we’re going to change a few sprites as well.   

As for our project, please do not worry as we are going to continue working on it and we’re going to make sure that all of our artist/artworks are their own and we’ll check before posting it and make sure to keep the integrity of our work.

That being said, we’d like to have your cooperation to stop sending Aiko hate messages and/or death threats. We get that everyone is disappointed and it’s fine if you want to send her messages of constructive criticisms, but cyber bullying is not okay! And of course, tracing art is also not okay! We’re here to spread the love (from the Karasuno boys ;)) (´∀｀)♡

I hope that you guys will continue to keep on supporting us! Thank you for sticking with us for almost 2 years. It’s going to be a long journey and we can’t wait to see the final product of this game. We’re going to do our best!

Thank you so much! (°◡°♡).:｡

[4seungri]

Tumblr Artist of the Year

“Hi. I’m milkybreads and I made a shitty apology making up excuses of what I did for the past 2 years (tracing art and selling them to make profit for myself) and I’m trying to guilt trip people by mentioning that I’m taking anti-depressants and playing victim.”

[its2016stoptracingart]

Milkybreads Tracing Evidence Pt. 2 Even though milkybreads deleted most of her pics off from her blog and twitter, they are still floating around as reblogged posts and/or reposts. This evidence proves that even milkybread’s most recent drawing (the Sugawara Koushi one, which she just deleted) was traced. Please note that the first image shown (one with glasses) was sold as a print on her online store around a year ago. The original artist clearly stated this on their pixiv: “I wholly forbid the reproduction and manufacturing of my work without permission.”

!! Submissions are finally open on this blog, if you know any original sources then please submit them. Be sure to provide the original source/artist. !!

Sources: http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=4302523 http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=11937939 https://twitter.com/__kiyomaru http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=4855598 http://ohprcr.tumblr.com/ http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=598731

[h-otokichan]

ok y’all how much do you wanna bet that they’re waiting for the attention that the call-out post generated to die down before coming back to tumblr and doing the same exact thing again???

[atsumus]

I just saw your MB post and I went to check her blog and I just thought I'd let you know all her art is as taken down as it gets (traced art and untraced included). You may still see the art float around Tumblr though because Tumblr doesn't delete the reblogs of the original.

Thanks a lot for letting me know, anon! It’s good to know that the art was taken down for now!

However, that doesn’t actually change all that much (yet). Without ever actually admitting what their mistakes were and explaining it instead of trying to justify it with a mental illness and guilt tripping and without properly apologising to the original artists nothing is solved. 

They made profit out of other people’s hard work and it’s a shame and deleting all the pictures now feels more like hiding evidence instead of actually showing regret. I know, I don’t have the right to make assumptions like these but it’s hard to believe those words. 

I do not want to defend them but I know that this situation is hard. It’s their own fault though but still, I had hoped for something better than just this and the worst is actually how many people don’t even realise that this “apology” is a guilt trip and that deleting everything and going on hiatus is making them look like a victim when they’re clearly not. 

Sorry about this rant, I’m still pretty shocked and scandalised because of this issue and I hate people who deceive others and don’t even want to properly take responsibility for their actions.

[mischievousmurmurs]

Hi um this may be random since I'm not really a hq!! blog TBH I just joined the fandom a couple months ago, and one of the first hq blogs I followed was milkybreads. She was a really friendly person (and for someone who's quite anxious about making friends in a new fandom, that meant a lot to me) and I felt really welcome. And then news of art theft came out. And people were (understandably) upset and angry. And she apologized. And then people were still upset and angry. One thing I don't get is: for all the things people say about supporting people who struggle with depression and stuff, Tumblr isn't really very friendly/accepting about it. I get it, she betrayed the trust of the community. But she is making a step to change it and apologize, and regardless of whether you feel that she was being sincere about it, it's better than not doing anything about it at all and just disappearing. And then there are people accusing her of guilt-tripping others with the 'anti-depressants' thing. I personally feel like she was just trying to answer to those who are asking about her, those who treat her as close friends in the community, who are worried for her well-being how she is feeling right now in this mess. But everyone is entitled to their own interpretation, and I'd like to suggest this: Look at it this way: if she's lying and guilt tripping us, and you make nasty comments, you still don't benefit, and it doesn't change anything. If she's not intentionally guilt-tripping, and is genuinely sorry and hit hard by this incident, then you're just suffocating her. That's not right, even if she is to blame for the art theft. While I personally am going to give her the benefit of the doubt and accept her apology as real and sincere, I would like to make a suggestion. Regardless of whether you feel she is sincere or not, just let it go. If she's really guilt-tripping, her conscience will catch up eventually. Don't be hateful and mean, because (a) you're hurting an actual person, not just some AI on a screen; (b) you deserve better than to be petty and mean-spirited. That's all I really have to say. Thanks for reading this!

[atsumus]

That whole milkybreads issue already made me upset but now that I read their official apology.. It’s nothing but a guilt trip and who doesn’t even have the guts to say what exactly they’re apologising for.. I mean, they’re just talking about mistakes and not saying what mistakes and neither what cleaning them up and taking full responsibility means. Will people who bought from them be refunded? Will ALL traced art be taken down? I understand that it must be hard to get hate messages and threats and all but just ignoring a problem doesn’t make it go away so it was only a matter of time until they’d be called out. And now mentioning antidepressants and playing the victim and wishing everyone just the best when they used to simply block everyone who tried to talk about it with them privately.. I don’t know what else to say but to me it’s really upsetting especially the whole mental illness thing.

[fuckboy-no-jutsu]

Lmao are you an idiot? She's guilt tripping ppl in her apology too and you still defend her. 10/10 genius

(wow my first hate mail mom i made it)

Lmao are you an idiot? How can you possibly know that she’s “guilt tripping” people? You don’t know shit about her and i’ve exchanged a few words with her and she’s one of the most genuine person here on tumblr. If you msg some of the popular artist here they’ll fucking ignore you bc they think they’re all high and mighty and you might say maybe bc thye’re busy or they have a lot of msgs so they can’t respond but some you’ll just know that they’re flat out ignoring their fans. I’m defending her bc she knows herself that she did something wrong and you’re claiming that she’s guilt tripping? well fuck you then and you’re here sending me shit bc i have different opinions??? 10/10 genius