“I googled it” “I don’t know who the artist is” THEN DON’T USE IT. Wanna know somethin else? IF YOU CLICK THE IMAGE YOU’RE LOOKING AT IT HAS A LINK YOU KNOW.
Also REVERSE IMAGE SEARCH
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Posted this on Twitter but I’m going to bring it here as well. I want to make this train/trend go on about our experiences with art theft. I know us speaking out won’t stop art theft as that is a very impossible mission, but I’m hoping that this will come across people unaware the damage they cause by simply using an art piece with no proper credit given, permissions asked, or not showing resources on the art.
I want artists to have fun with this little side project on drawing out their experiences with their oc’s/persona’s of art theft. Or maybe if you have yet to experience someone stealing your art, draw your support of being against the idea of art theft - it would be much helpful. Hash tag the piece #voArtists and/or #VoiceOfArtists. (I just realized today that #voArtists also stands for Voice Over Artists WHEEZE but I’m going to still roll with it. I already tried dodging VOA becauses that stood for Voice of America dlosahgiusdhg) I hope this gets messages spread around about art theft as many of us artists are tired of it happening. Just saw a friend’s art get taken when it had a large signature of their name on the bottom and it was simply cropped out in their edit with no credit given. The excuse we got was “Oh I didn’t know who the artist was when I found it” but used it anyways. I say again. If you don’t give credit, research the image’s original source, reverse image search, or even care to mention that the piece is not yours in description you do not use it as it doesn’t belong to you
I’ve had my drawings found on the internet and even one of my characters trying to be sold and I’ve even gotten “Oh well its on google” or “But its on the internet which means I have the right to use it” Me being the artist of course answers “Me being the owner and creator of the image I did not give you permission to use my property” And of course they proceed to argue the fact that its online and free to use. Worst part is, is that it is very difficult to get our art taken down upon request to that art thief. Sometimes we are ignored, blocked, or even told off then blocked. Those are the fun ones :) Some places don’t have proper reports to assist us in cases of art theft. Tik Tok’s report system is dog shite. You try to report property theft they ask for your full personal information and proceeds to say “You give us permission to share this with the other party” that is not ok. Gonna stop here before I keep ranting and rambling haha, apologies. But please do help support this and spread the word. I’d like to see stories out there and I’m even checking these hash tags to see art that’s been made on this and stories being told.