There’s a good quote that falls under situations like this: “Don’t knock it till you try it.” and it’s pretty damn apt. 

So awhile back I found out a commissioned character I made for a friend who paid for the character in real time currency had the character stolen by some ignorant tween. And this is the excuse I receive. 

This is not an excuse to steal anyone’s characters. This is a scapegoat to get out of trouble. Brother, you’re in enough trouble as it is with having stolen several popular characters including several personal friend’s characters. 

It’s burning my corneas.. 

I wasn’t kidding when I said a baser baby shouted that at me. 

This stamp isn’t this kids’ first offense. They’ve stolen fan works before and turned them into traced bases. They’re making a bigger mess for themselves. 

But let me explain you a thing. 

There’s such a thing as asking permission before hand. You don’t want to be labeled as an art thief by taking without permission. Credit doesn’t work if you didn’t get their permission. These artists have every right to attack you for taking their intellectual works without permission and can have your image removed. You can’t complain because you were in the wrong in the first place. On a place like deviantART, you MUST ask permission first. Some people don’t understand this concept and then wonder why they’re being attacked even though they gave credit. Doesn’t work that way sweeties. Permission first, then do what you want. It’s called respect, and it’s all an artist asks of you when they trust you enough to enjoy the works they share. 

What pictures? All this kid does is trace off of Google! 

Their head’s so far up their ass they’ve gone nose blind to their own bullshit. I showed them the link to the original artist of this image and that prompted an instabawwlock for me. 

This kid has no idea about genetics. A lion like Nik would never produce Sarafina. 

Okay artists listen up. If you get a comment of any type like this where they ask for art and offer exposure or “High offer” or any other bullshit that won’t pay your bills or put food in front of you, ignore them. It’s a scam to get free art. When you take commissions you ask for your money either full upfront first or half first. You do not want to get scammed out of your talent and hard work from assholes like this. These types of characters are vultures. 

Try to warn these kids that you can’t replicate Disney concept art in any way shape or form, and they hide my comments. I tried to warn them. Hello Disney anti piracy hotline!