Feel free to ignore it, I just need to vent.

HOW THE FFF IS IT ALWAYS GODDAMN COINCIDENCE WHEN SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH SOMETHING THAT MORE THAN JUST SUBTLETY REMINDS YOU OF SOMEONE ELSES WORK?

There, had to be done. Sorry. I had two people today pointing out two different artists that came up with characters similiar to some of my work. Strangely enough, no matter how often I come across this and ask (and i'm being nice, not OMG YOU RIPPED ME OFF), I always get the same answer: "I totally didn't notice when drawing it" or "OMG what a coincidence".

Am I buying that? By now I guess I'm paranoid enough that I have to say "No, the FFF I do".

I have Dest since 4 years now and he's been all over the net, FA, DA, SA, y!gal and not to mention half a million vore sites. I dare to say he's pretty well known and it really makes me sad to see obvious features of his just taken 1:1 and all I get is a speech of what a wondrous concidence it is. Or people just don't give a fuck.

I'm not the best artist, but I draw because I have fun. There's a lot of heart in my drawings, no matter how stupid, weird or gross they may be and it's a shame people have so little interest in the worries of an artist.

I'm not against people being inspired, that's entirely fine. Hell, even copying is fine as long as you give credit to the original piece. Everyone starts small and I do understand that tracing things or taking another artist as inspiration is part of the learning process. Still doesn't hurt to mention what inspired them instead getting snappy.

But it's the internet, right? It's who finds it, keeps it and if you upload something for free then it's your own fault if people run off with your concepts.8 Comments