Well…it’s finally happened. My art was stolen by not 1, but 2 online stores that I found. I’m not going to name them as I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of “advertising” them. 

This does make me have to put this out there. For all the fan art I create, I don’t own the characters or the shows. If I could buy the rights for them, I would, but I can’t. I am the creator of that artwork displaying the characters though. I am the one who drew them that way and the artwork itself is mine to own. I put my heart and soul into each piece because of my love of the shows or characters. My goal is to spread the love for these shows so others can pick it up and watch it too (and if any creators or executives of the shows are reading this, hopefully make people want to buy official products as well).

Right now, I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place with fan art. I’m not going to churn out more if its just going to be stolen by another person. Because of this, I’m really only going to put most of my focus on my personal artworks that I will own fully out-right, copyrighted and all.  By doing this, at least if I see someone using my work, I can use the full legal force against that person.

So, what does this mean for you, my dearest followers? Don’t fret too hard, Im still most likely going to be putting up some fan art, I love the shows too much just to quit of them. It wont be as much though as I normally do. However, my watermark, which is found on every image I upload here, is going to be WWWWWAAAAAAYYYYYYY more obvious and I might put a mustache on everyone just so that another person might think twice about lifting it. This sucks. I want you guys to be able to enjoy my artwork without my watermark being too obnoxious and have the super high-res I like to give. But again, I really don’t have a choice.

This really sucks cause I a have a cool Star vs piece Im working on now.

I realize I might lose a few followers with this decision, but I was already planning this for a while now, the stores selling my stuff was a kick in the butt.

However, for those who do stick this out with me, know that I got big plans for next year, things already in the works, cough *web comic, the Halloween special was just warm up* cough.

The only other thing is just a brief mention that I am going to be in Steel City next week, so if your in the area, please come over and visit me!

Thanks again! You guys are awesome!