#untitled 2004

[xkippyx]

I sprunki-fied SCP-173/Untitled 2004 :D

[the-goya-jerker]

Untitled 2004 by Izumi Kato requested by @nintheyeblinder

I'm so sorry, this guy scares me so bad.

Kato's work contains a lot of baby-like creatures like this and they scare me so bad. I don't know what it is exactly, but they're so eerie to me. (I also find irl babies quite unsettling, so... no surprise there).

With the way the face looks it kind of looks like it's been skinned. The neck looks bloated as if with rot, the darkening at the buttocks, genitals, stomach, and cheeks feels like some odd sort of rot.

Overall vibes I get: dead baby. And that's kinda a 0/10 for me.

It doesn't help that this used to be the image attached to SCP-173. I didn't have an SCP phase or anything, but when I was a bit younger Weeping Angel type stuff scared me so bad.

While the artist eventually did give permission for the SCP site to use his art as long as he was credited, that didn't happen until 2014. The use of this image for SCP-173 predates that by seven years. (It's actually the first story attached to the concept of the SCP, apparently, isn't that neat!)

But, it leaves me to wonder... is this ethical? Is the use of art by others as the mascot for creepy stories ethical? What do we, as an internet base, owe artists when we use their art in creepy stories? Was it wrong to take an artists art and use it as a prop for a creepypasta?

What about cases like the original Jeff the Killer image? Last I heard the origins were still incredibly dubious, but there was a strong chance of it being tied to early-internet bullying. Is it wrong to potentially use an image used to mock someone as your creepypasta mascot?

Or, if we want to keep to SCP stories, what about their article The Young Man which uses a famous image of a WW1 soldier in the trenches? That was a real man, in a real war, and now his face is being used for ooooo creepy stories~

So, to spice up this 0/10 review, I want to ask a different question than usual.

Is it ethical to use art for online horror devoid of original context?

Yes

Yes, but not if it's photography (ie; the shellshocked soldier)

Photography is fine too as long as it's manipulated enough (ie; Jeff the Killer)

Only if the original artist is credited

Only if the original artist gives permission

No

Other

Voting ended onJun 13, 2024

[creature-of-the-week]

Untitled 2004 (best known as SCP-173 from the SCP Foundation wiki) by artist Izumi Kato (2004)

[artblooger19moon]

SCP-173

[cowchunk]

i like untitled 2004 because it looks like a baby

[thadeeliv]

does anyone know where/when/if Izumi Kato's "Untitled 2004" is/will be publicly displayed?