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"Blotch" Is STILL In No Way Associated With...
13 years ago
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Hopefully this will be informative where it needs to be, and mildly amusing for folks who are savvy enough to recognize Nigerian Princes, pop-ups advertising eternal youth, and take any anonymous person claiming to be the reincarnation of Herbert Hoover with a grain of salt.
We've mentioned this guy before--here's a link to that journal in case you missed it. In short, he likes to tell people, in person, that he IS Blotch.
His newest line is that he's the "third" member of Blotch. (The most inane part about it is he claims to draw all of the adult stuff, and just that. So, if you happen to run into him at Frolic in San Francisco, feel free ask him to accurately predict the next adult piece we plan on uploading. That should be pretty good for a giggle.)
For the record, "Blotch" has always been a collaboration comprised of two people, Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet. Teagan sketches/writes everything, and Tess inks/paints everything. Since day one, this information has always been available on our personal website, www.screwbald.com, and subsequently on every other website we run, such as www.dogsdaysofsummer.com, or www.nordguard.com. Everything we've published has also been credited to Tess Garman (a.k.a. Kenket) and Teagan Gavet.
Why a separate account? That's completely beside the point of this post, but we get asked all the time, so here you go: we still both create personal and separate art from time to time, and have personal accounts in which we watch/fave things, or communicate with people independently. This Blotch account was always meant to be about posting art, and just that.
Back to the imposter. We have never had anything to do with a guy named "Christopher Curtis."
We have never worked with anyone of that name, never met this person, nor spoken to him.
We are in no way associated with him. If you'd like to let him couch-surf out of the kindness of your heart, that's great-- but know he has nothing to do with Blotch, or our art, and he's not going to reciprocate by including you in the mythical "Dogs Days sequel" or make you a free fursuit.
For that matter, we've also never attended Frolic or any of the California Bay area furmeets, other than FurtherConfusion. We own the Diego fursuit, which Kenket built, and Teagan photographed. Kenket is the only one who has worn it, with the single exception of a good friend who wore the suit to Foxtrot in Denver, 2011.
You can find a complete list of places we are active online right here in our Profile ID. If it's not listed, that isn't us. There is only one email we will ever use, screwbald[at]gmail.com.
You can also meet us both in person at many major furry and comic conventions. Here's a list of places we'll be in 2012.
This is just a friendly announcement to spread the word, since it appears a few people have actually been hurt by this guy and his lies.
Stay savvy, my Internet friends. Always use protection and don't click on the pop-up ads.
Cheers,
Blotch
AKA, Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet
We've mentioned this guy before--here's a link to that journal in case you missed it. In short, he likes to tell people, in person, that he IS Blotch.
His newest line is that he's the "third" member of Blotch. (The most inane part about it is he claims to draw all of the adult stuff, and just that. So, if you happen to run into him at Frolic in San Francisco, feel free ask him to accurately predict the next adult piece we plan on uploading. That should be pretty good for a giggle.)
For the record, "Blotch" has always been a collaboration comprised of two people, Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet. Teagan sketches/writes everything, and Tess inks/paints everything. Since day one, this information has always been available on our personal website, www.screwbald.com, and subsequently on every other website we run, such as www.dogsdaysofsummer.com, or www.nordguard.com. Everything we've published has also been credited to Tess Garman (a.k.a. Kenket) and Teagan Gavet.
Why a separate account? That's completely beside the point of this post, but we get asked all the time, so here you go: we still both create personal and separate art from time to time, and have personal accounts in which we watch/fave things, or communicate with people independently. This Blotch account was always meant to be about posting art, and just that.
Back to the imposter. We have never had anything to do with a guy named "Christopher Curtis."
We have never worked with anyone of that name, never met this person, nor spoken to him.
We are in no way associated with him. If you'd like to let him couch-surf out of the kindness of your heart, that's great-- but know he has nothing to do with Blotch, or our art, and he's not going to reciprocate by including you in the mythical "Dogs Days sequel" or make you a free fursuit.
For that matter, we've also never attended Frolic or any of the California Bay area furmeets, other than FurtherConfusion. We own the Diego fursuit, which Kenket built, and Teagan photographed. Kenket is the only one who has worn it, with the single exception of a good friend who wore the suit to Foxtrot in Denver, 2011.
You can find a complete list of places we are active online right here in our Profile ID. If it's not listed, that isn't us. There is only one email we will ever use, screwbald[at]gmail.com.
You can also meet us both in person at many major furry and comic conventions. Here's a list of places we'll be in 2012.
This is just a friendly announcement to spread the word, since it appears a few people have actually been hurt by this guy and his lies.
Stay savvy, my Internet friends. Always use protection and don't click on the pop-up ads.
Cheers,
Blotch
AKA, Tess Garman and Teagan Gavet
Thanks for the mildly amusing refresher ;)
*stands* >_> .... <_< .... =>But yes, the extreme length of getting a tattoo, and still doing it despite being outed.
(I'm not counting the 15 year olds who post stolen work once in this, just the folks that keep doing it once they're caught once)
I'd also argue it's easier to find imposters with things like reverse image searches and the steady merger of meat and cyber space.
Hehe, lets hope this clears everything up ^^
Gain a impostor!
And seriously, that's pretty low of him.
This loser will get what's coming to him before long. I just hope I can be there when it happens.
I see no reason, for this trouble making treason, should be stabbed like Twlight fantards with a stake! :P
Some would, oddly enough.
Sucker is born ever minute and all that
A few months ago someone tried to impersonate Rukis over at DA. It made me feel so angry because I feel so much respect for her art as I do with you two. And the worst is that not only he was crediting to himself the Red Lantern comic and talking about how he made it and stuff, but he was also charging for commissions. Of course, it is such a mistake to try to impersonate a well know artist, because people are going to know it's not you.
But yeah it sucks there's some scumbag trying to ride your coattails and causing trouble.
Seriously, it seems the guy has nothing better to do. Good on you for calling him out and letting your fans know what's what :D
makes me wonder if they aren't autists of some way or another.
Lonely, insecure people with certain problems with their personalities have an incredible power to plunge themselves into a world of their own delusions. These are the same sorts of people who believe that celebrities are in love with them, or that soap opera characters and game show hosts are their friends.
Sad? yes. But also very sick.
You can only live a lie so long before you abandon it or start to believe it's true. His mind is gone, I guarantee.
*ducks, runs and covers*
If he doesn't, he at least got some balls and talent, only lacking the reasoning to give up riding a dead horse.
... or maybe not, but you guys just draw great stuff!
Sorry to hear about this. What a trully jackass thing to do... And SAD, really...
On another note... why would anyone say they were the incarnation of Herbert Hoover??? That's just silly
People are oblivious and easily fooled. If we weren't, the world would be a much better place.
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His next line probably will be that he is the person who step on the moon, right after Neil Armstrong!
Maybe he will even invent a better cure for the cancer, after the first one going to be invented.
And he was the second messiah of god. >.>
Who said you can't mixing art, science and religion in one place.
And I don't actually believe that someone stepped on the moon, still anyway I can't proove that. So he can even claim that he is the first one who going to step on the moon. And nobody nowadays know Jesus, maybe he will say that he is that guy. Probably when his god complex for popularity grows bigger than his imagination.
THE SARCASM JOKES ARE FUN
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Can't we do help somehow to you, to get rid of that "third person in blotch" guy? :/ It is annoying, unfair, unpleasant, undescribably not funny (not to mention that he breaking few laws with stealing someones identity and preteding to be another person in front some of your fans) and the fact that he just doing that ruins my inspiration that I'm gaining from my favorite artists.
On a different note, above hidden comment is ours. I just wanted to add that extra little bit :3
But really, I don't see how people can have the internet, like your guys' work, and STILL not know who you are. Honestly, it's PRINTED on the cover of Nordguard!
Oh well, I guess some people are just destined to be swindled. Sucks it happens by someone impersonating y'all.
-RnD-
Quite a mental person...
it is seriously sad an individual would stoop as low as this, and most importantly, go as far to claim someone elses work as their own. hopefully someone smacks him out of his dream world and back to reality.
best luck on resolving this, just hope he learns his lesson and soon
*Tanek*
Cheers for the male
this reminds me of the trouble from 10 years ago with that art thief.
Had the same case with someone who bough pics from me and afterwards claimed he had drawn them himself (in his art class) luckily I'm a little bit "known" in Luxembourg under the art students, so people recognized my style and informed me.
Hope this guy doesn't make you to many further problems.
I hope none of my friends down that way are gullible enough to take him in.
I kinda doubt it, but you never know. It'd make sense that they'd be one of your many watchers... Y'know, watching. Er whatever.
Either way this whole thing is stupidly amusing in my opinion. xD
hehe. No, I'm not trying to be a dick, but the irony here makes me smile. Whatever this guy is doing is wrong, but someone needs to write a book about who is the REAL Blotch. It's continuing to be an interesting story to follow. Thanks for the entertainment.
BTW, hopefully someone around here in the bay will remove the guy's balls and them to you as a gift. Is there a bounty by any chance?
cheers.
Something warm and soft to blow your load into
I'm going to re-post this journal link if thats ok.
God this is so cliche. WHO DO I SHOOT?!?
OH YEAH AND imposters are lame people with no lives.
Honestly, the first time I heard his story, some of my bay friends and I immediately knew that he was an imposter.
Have you let this guy know you know what he's doing and you aren't happy with it?
The crazies that show up at cons sometimes are just hilarious.
http://blotch.nabyn.com/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5878538/
Unless that booth was a scam too and I'm hugging random liars... I really hope not...
And he's a Nor Cal local? I used to be one.. man.. it would be fun to actually challenge his claim. No, not in an evil way.. just make him draw on the spot... since he did claim that he's responsible for the adult art you two create. If he so much as to ask for money to draw.. then it would be more awesome to humiliate him right there and then. Hehe. Sure wish I was back at NorCal.
Well, thank you for the update on the said person. He will back down eventually. The spotlight would be too good for him. Keep calling him out... hope no other furs would fall into his web of lies.
On the other hand, Keep up being awesome you two! =3 I just found out you also go to FF.. YAY!
I find it funny that furries still don't know who Blotch is. I mean, this entire fandom runs on the internet basically. Even a friend of mine that suits but doesn't give two shits about furry art knows Blotch is two chicks. It's like the secret that's not a secret.
Alternately, you could try impersonating them in return. Just pretend to have no life and be attention-starved.
So many of them keep the details of themselves to themselves. A quick example, Boris Vallejo, a very famous artist in the fantasy genre has a whole autobiographical section with a picture. Look at a very long and popular artist ZEN and it would be very difficult to verify who that person is. I had to search through several accounts and read many journals to find anything that would allow me to know if some claiming to be ZEN is telling the truth.
Makes sense as many furry artist want to be known by their fursonas and not by their actual self. Where artist who submit to brick and mortar galleries want a, if inflated, autobiography about their lives and inspirations.
in the end, this guy is either going to vanish or writte an apology, either way, so problem is solved, just a question of time until it haves official closure...
i didn't knew "blotch" was actualy two persons (two ladies to be exactly XD), the more you know...
but this guy haves some nerve, picking on someone everyone knows... i bet that blending into crowds is not his forte
*salutes* stay safe, great ones
I love you C:
lol
[only Kenket will get this]
go to one of the cons he goes to and claim to be Christopher Curtis. the fact that there are two of you would only make it even more amazing.
I explained that Blotch was a collaberation of Tess and Tegan he was surprized, and mentioned that he had been chatting to 'HIM' on th xBox forum. It was a real letdown to my friend as he was so excited to have chatted with the wonderful artist Blotch.
Looking forward to seeing the BOTH of you ar Midfur
Marc
Oh, and also, a funny thing people don't think about.
Conventions TALK to EACHOTHER.
Yes folks.. you piss off a convention, you may find yourself a lot less welcome at others.
So yea.. thig guy may think he's awesome, but eventually, his world will crumble around him, and he will find himself rather unwelcome in the comunity.. Furr Fandom is remarkably good at backing eachother up most times.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/diegosummers
He's been spreading a story how he was a contractor helping with the drawn part but is unable to be credited by it cause of 'legal agreements'. But he's sketched while at my place, and they're crappy. Like, everyone has ot start somewhere, but you spread lies and not even close to the same level as the one you impersonate?
So, for the last month you've been getting more people asking, right? Yeah, he's let loose in the bay area down here, mooching off of people :/ Most likely using that story to make people interested in him and willing to help out...
Who the fuck is this guy? He doesn't come to Chicken does he?
There is a dude.. a guy ... claiming himself to be blotch when blotch is two girls?
... ... ... And he's in my neck of the woods? He had better not spout of some of that stuff in my presence or else he's gonna get yelled at.. alot.. or worse.
I'm sure that has to be terribly annoying, sorry to hear about that. I'm sure their actual art isn't anything like yours.
I can't imagine why someone would truly hardcore claim to be someone else.. that has to be a ton of wasted time and energy that they could spend improving their own self image instead of copying others >_>
And it's sort of sad that someone would rather pretend they were someone other than themselves, rather than try to be whoever they could be.
I get the sense that you're not worried about copyright, or personal offense, so much as you don't want anyone taking advantage of or cheating, or misleading someone.
So this nitwit's sad, bad, behavior at least gives you a chance to take the moral high ground, and make a statement about what is and is not acceptable behavior. Your cogent, non-vicious, ethical response says as much good about you, as their yucky behavior says about them.
Regardless, let's hope that they someday grow up, that they don't take advantage of too many folks' good intentions, or that failing that, they fall off the face of the Earth.
I squee'd a little inside. It's gonna be so exciting seeing you guys in Australia!
Anways...can't believe that someone is pretending to be Blotch or that any one would want to claim to be someone else. Some days I refuse to claim to be me...xD
That said, creepers gonna creep and I hope you can find a way to actually prosecute and make that guy's fb account get closed or something.
And take care! Hope you ever come close to Spain, I miss the Kenkets ^^
I'm sure he'll get weeded out just like everyone else that tries to pretend they are others, or steal characters or art. He won't last long around here with that kinda attitude.
Keep up the great work guys (er... gals!). :)
If I come across Christopher Curtis I still have the audacity (and am a giant too) to get in his face IF he calls himself Blotch. I can still draw Diego (eidetic memory), so if he can't then that will burst any bubble someone might have about whether he is an imposter or not.
(I've only done the top half of Diego not to worry, the version I drew was PG).