This is a reminder to include a LEGIBLE SIGNATURE on ALL artwork you share online. not just a watermark image or initials- a signature that can be read and then typed into various websites to find your account.

i was looking for targets on artfight and found art that did not match the user's style at all but was marked as made by them, and thanks to the signature on it, i then discovered it was not only uncredited, but was originally an attack on a completely different character owned by a different user. not only the art, but the character's design had been stolen. the same user had another character/image i highly suspect to be stolen, but because there is no signature on it and it didn't come up in any reverse image searches, i can't do anything about it.

and of course casual users stealing designs isn't the only problem. in case you weren't here for that whole debacle, here's the journal where i talk about scammers using others' art for massive profit; https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/9870922/