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Help expose art thieves Anonymous
Someone please post the Japanese KH fanart site this image came from, because two people have stolen her art.

There is an art thief in Minitokyo who has traced this fanart from a Japanese site http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/265912/

There is also one in DevArt who colored the Japanese fanart http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/34210004/

Now, whoever is spamming the DevArt theft saying the MT version is the original, STOP IT! The MT version is a shameless trace of the Japanese artist's drawing. please help to expose both of these art thieves, don't let them get away with it! It's bitches like these who cause Japanese artists to close down their sites, and since we enjoy their art so much we should at least help to expose those who pull shit like this.

<-- Original
>> Anonymous
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<-- Minitokyo trace. She enlarged the original, traced it, then added a few minor details. This is a blatant rip of the Japanese artist's work.
>> Anonymous
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<-- Here they are side by side.

Again the link to the trace http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/265912/

If you have an account there please call her on it and get that rip removed.
>> Anonymous
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<-- the DevArt rip. Someone is trying to say the MT trace is the original in the comments (probably th person on MT), but that is a lie.

This pisses me the hell off. Don't let them get away with this, especially not the MT person. Do something if you are able.
>> Anonymous
Have you spoken to the mods/admin of devArt and MT about it?
>> Anonymous
>>180904
I can't D: I'd have to register for accounts first and I currently can't do that.
>> Anonymous
>>180904
I've forwarded this to the DA mods, but without an original link source to reference, it's our words against their's.
>> Anonymous
She drew not one of those pictures in her gallery.
>> Anonymous
>>180949
DevArt or MT ripper? (both?) I've contacted the doujinshi section mod on MT so it should disappear soon, whenever she is back online.
>> chuguru
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While we are on the topic of stolen art, check this out:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43508763/
Pic very related.

I've reported this to DA several times, and I guess they are ignoring me. Please help in reporting this.
>> Anonymous
>>180974
HA! Oh my god people are ripping official art of high-profile corporate artists now? Holy shit. Nomura get in the car it's an American!
>> chuguru
>>180984
I know! Not only that, but as soon as I commented on it when I first saw it, asking the person to take it down, they promply deleted what I had to say, and now I can't bug them.
>> Anonymous
>>180923

Yeah... I've reported it a couple of times... stupid DA mods are so f*cking lazy. >:( They'll delete other stuff without any proof of it being a rip, and yet with this stuff... no dice.

>>180985

Not true... you can bug them, and you can report it until the mods do something. I'm going to keep bugging them until they do, because this is ridiculous.
>> Anonymous
Given the pool of pretentious fucks that dA is, they aren't very quick to defend and/or take care of the rabid art theft in the 'anime' section as most mods don't even consider it a true 'art' form. They'll get on your ass quicker than stink on shit if you even think about stealing the same overdone half-starved woman 'artistic nude' in greyscale, though.

I speak from experience given that someone stole a drawing I did of Canti from FLCL and dA didn't get around to removing it from his gallery until almost a month later. What's even funner is that they don't ban for art theft they decide to take care of though; they just remove the drawing.
>> Anonymous
That mod deleted the trace on Minitokyo! At least we didn't have to wait more than one day for action to be taken against it.

Hey while we're here why not post known art thieves so we can look at their gallery and see if we recognize anything?
>> Anonymous
Art Thieves-Bad.

I mean just cause someone's not that great at drawing they have to rip off other people's stuff? WTF. if your not that good, practice or give up. don't rip off someone's art.

-.- I go to DA, and I've seen a few people that have ripped off others. reported a few to :p I'm glad my stuff don't get stolen...then again I"m not that great so I doubt anyone would wanta steal my junk :P
>> Anonymous
original and theived both suck. nuff said. complainers, quit your bitchen. theives, learn to draw.
>> Anonymous
>>181392
The original is hot, what the hell. One of the best images of Riku out there, that's why it was stolen.
>> Anonymous
>>181392

... the hell are you on about? The original is beautiful. It might just be LINEART, but gorgeous all the same.
>> Anonymous
>>181373

Haha, I remember how I used to look at other drawings and draw them off, just for practice. And it worked well, but I never posted or showed them anywhere. That's just wrong.
>> Anonymous
>>181368

Awesome. ^__^ Now if DA would just get off their lazy asses... *grumbles*
>> Anonymous
>>180974
This one was bahleted, good job guys! Shall we hunt some more?
>> Anonymous
Reported the guy last night myself since I am a DA account holder. Guess it finally got the mods attention.
>> Anonymous
wow what a fucking retarded thread
>> Anonymous
seriously thanks for shitting up /cm/ with art thief/DA drama bullshit
>> Anonymous
>>181740
>>181744
Uh, right. Since you are here you rely on these Japanese artists too, and shit like this is what causes them to close up shop, so if it goes unchecked, YOU will not have nearly as much material to gawk at either so shut it.

You're the one shitting up /cm/ with your pointless trolling.
>> Ulquiorra
all this over one drawing?

..come on, guys :|
>> Anonymous
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wtf do you think fanart is?! FUCKING ORIGINAL!?! lmao, gtfo noobs and post good shit, like so.
>> Anonymous
>>182181
But taking something that someone else did and saying "Lol, it´s all mine. I did that and no one else." without giving credit to the original ("I took a sketch from this page and edited it") is considered theft.
I bet if you were an artist and would see your art floating around and someone else claiming they have drawn it, you wouldn´t be happy.
>> Anonymous
lol, i am an artist, and someone has taken a pic i drew and done shit with it, and i don't give a damn. seriously. it's not hurting anyone, they aren't making any freaking money off it. In fact, be fucking honored that they'd copy your crap.
>> Anonymous
>>181769

Less Kingdom Hearts stuff would be pretty freakin' sweet.
>> Anonymous
i'm totally agreeing with you.
>> Anonymous
dA don't give a shit about art thieves.

http://superdemon-inuyasha.deviantart.com/
/b/tards have buttsexed this person for several weeks now and reported her stuff. Nothing has been taken down. I have personaly reported about 20 pictures, all with links to the original official art. If you look through her gallery I'm sure you will recognize most of her "art", even her "Original characters". Example: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/19550979/?qo=138&q=by%3Asuperdemon-inuyasha&qh=sort%3Ati
me+-in%3Ascraps
Inutaru, not Inu Yasha (lol).
Photobucket with some of her copied shit: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v628/SeraphimSephiroth/Rippage/

Lulz: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Superdemon-inuyasha

So what I'm trying to say is: don't bother with dA. They don't care.
>> Anonymous
Since this has been taken care of there is no need to bump it unless someone has another art theft to expose.

>>181740
>>181744
>>182041
>>182181
>>182193
When you create something and someone disrespects you by claiming THEY created it, that crosses the line. Not everyone will care, but the vast majority of people don't want their stuff ripped, be it art or anything else they made. If you had to work on a project at work with a bum associate who made you do all the hard work, research and planning, then he turned around and presented that to your boss as something HE did, it would be the same thing. That person is getting credit and praise for stealing someone else's work, and like I said that crosses the line.
>> Anonymous
>>182193
...Actually, I DID have a guy make money off a picture I drew of Jin Kazama. He sold it as a cd cover. THAT fucking pissed me off for two reasons 1) it's fanart and I'm against selling that since 2) It was my art he was passing off as his own, so even if I was into selling art of other people's characters, I didn't reap any of the benefits :(
>> Anonymous
>>182281
Oh, and I forgot to say: I also ran into a girl on DevArt that was tracing my art and was taking commissions, meaning she was getting money by redrawing my art. That kind of stuff is not cool. I mean, I'm the type where I don't care if my art is yanked from my site and displayed (hell, I see my stuff on /cm/ and /e/ all the time, and I think it's cool as fuck), but when people start claiming that THEY did it, and the rare bold ones that MAKE MONEY off my hardwork? No. That's time for a boot up the ass.
>> Anonymous
>>182205

Oh fuck do I hate that bitch. Worst person on deviantart. Even snapsnogger doesn't piss me off that much.
>> Anonymous
Oh you mean like this woman:

http://www.artistlore.com/ - check her anime gallery. Those are soooooo original, she was selling them for $3000... :/

These people sicken me... I can't begin to understand people who'd willingly accept praise for someone else's work...
>> Anonymous
It looks vaguely like Toto's art, but not quite. I hope it's not, because she (he?) took her site down (or had it taken down, etc).

Anyway, to add to the pile of art theives:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32143412/

I'm debating whether to comment or not. I know it would be petty, but it's so hard not to. Not to mention DA won't do anything.
>> Ulquiorra
>>182477
commenting doesn't really do anything but stir drama... it's better to just report things.

I've had a few submissions not be deleted, but if you report the same thing a few times over, you'll usually get it noticed.

The tricky thing is that you need to know the artist's original website, to "prove" the theft... and with a lot of these artists, it gets hard to hunt that down.
>> Anonymous
...WHY is that freaking Riku sketch still there?! Quick! Everyone flood the admin with reports!!!

>>182477

I think it is... it was in her sketches section. >:( I'll comment if you will... I already reported it.

>>182281

... you can sue him for that...

>>182354

For some reason I can't get into the site. ^^;
>> Anonymous
>>182528

That's what I figured. XP

I have the original website, I just have reservations about giving it out. Especially if the staff won't even do anything.
>> Anonymous
>>182529
I'm not sure I want to comment, because as>>182528already pointed out, it would probably just cause drama. Maybe the best thing would be to politely ask her to take it down?
>> Anonymous
>>182540
D:< Why are you withholding the link? Damn man don't be a stingy prick, the whole point was to post the site link of the original image. The more people who know where it comes from the better.
>> Anonymous
>>182545
Guess that was the wrong thing to type on 4chan. >>;;
>> Anonymous
>>182540
you're the type who ignores people that ask for sources even when you know them, aren't you
>> Ulquiorra
>>182540
well, if you submit it via a Report, no one will see it except for the admin... and honestly, I've had 3 art rips taken down since I joined (not my art, someone else's), so sometimes they *do* something.
>> Anonymous
>>182548
Damn, I just started a flame war, didn't I. Or something.

It's only because I know sites that have been taken down, and because the artists ask you not to.
>> Anonymous
>>182552
Uh, no, they say not to pass around direct links to the inside of the sites. If they didn't want anyone to know about or view their websites, they would not have made them -_-
>> Anonymous
>>182557
I could have sworn it was something like 'please don't give our urls to the public.'
>> Anonymous
Sorry for offending everyone, I guess. I really didn't mean for it to blow up like this.

Yes, I know everyone thinks I'm a prick now. I just don't want any more KH fansites to be shut down.
>> Anonymous
>>182567
That is what that means, don't direct link inside. Like I said, if they didn't want anyone to know about their sites they would not exist, and they certainly wouldn't have joined the webrings and KH search.
>> Anonymous
>>182574
I don't think any of us want KH sites to be shut down.. but without a link to the original picture, we can't get the art theives shut down.

It wouldn't even be out where Disney lawyers could see it and go sue-happy (if they're even doing so anymore- just look at all the KH porn on Y!Gallery)- the only people who would ever see the link to the fanart site would be 4chan and whatever dA admin or admins recieved the report.
>> Anonymous
>>182540

If I'm not mistaken, there's a password entry to the site, yes?

I had it before my external (sadly, my only copy of...everything... was on it) died, so... yeah. I'm trying to get all the sites back. I have several (some had help translating, some I did the translation myself) at the moment, but I've been looking for the source site of that picture for about a month now, with no dice.
>> Anonymous
>>183064
They have NEVER sued anyone, and whether or not they have really told people to yank their sites at all is highly debatable. Most likely they just wanted to scare people because KH is targeted at children, and many of the fan artists draw yaoi and hentai, and of course Disney doesn't want children stumbling into porn.

If Disney actually wanted to shut down these sites they could do it ALL in a matter of a few days, easily.