Nads6969 Commission Victim - TaffyBratz
TaffyBratz was one of many unfortunate people to commission Ms. Stepputat, hoping for a nice, original, creative piece of work starring her OCs.
So they were given this:
https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/Commission-TaffyBratz-603809351
This looked weird to me for many reasons.
For one thing, the perspective is ALL fucked up. Either those senshi in front are the Amazon Duo (a group the Amazon Trio and the Amazon Quartet don’t like to talk about), or the couple in the background are goddamn hobbits.
So when my artist-sense got tingling, I started searching and found something. Somethings, actually.
Princess Endymion/Touko (left) and Sailor Sun (right) look aaaaaaaaaawfully familiar. Because they are. They are traced from Jupiter and Venus:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/37928821839331275/
https://vinylls.tumblr.com/post/92983082953
The brunette in the back’s gown appears to have been traced off of this by JackoWCastillo:
https://www.zerochan.net/1789924
And the fellow in the back is traced off of Prince Endymion’s settei:
Going off of her commission prices, Ms. Stepputat possibly charged 1750 points for this, which is the equivalent of $22.
TaffyBratz also received this:
https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/C-Sailor-Sun-2-of-3-567240208
And this:
https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/C-Sailor-Earth-1-of-3-565222322
Which were traced off of this:
https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/Commish-Sawai-Cerecere-277387037
And this:
https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/Commish-Sawaivesta-277386996
So poor TaffyBratz got suckered into paying for “commissions” made from tracing official work and Yettyen’s work, which also means that Yettyen could have gotten some money for a commission instead of Ms. Stepputat.
I wonder if this could serve as evidence in a copyright infringement case, since there technically was an exchange of funds for dishonestly produced work?