Ick.. people are gross >______>;

snaps them in two

huzzah; art theft on weasyl again >~< (had it happen to me once)
that sucks; hopefully the issue will be resolved soon

Theft is pretty much everywhere.. it sucks u _ u
I have a feeling they chose weasyl because im not really active on there at all HMM.

weasyl isn't active as much anyways.
(i've already made a point in my last journal there why i don't support the site anymore)

And yeah, art theft is everywhere and is bad

Inb4 "WATERMARKS RUIN ART QQ" remarks.
I'm sorry that it came to you having to post about this. =(

Oh god I hate those remarks so much...
I mean hey, if you don't mind that your art gets stolen then be my guest lmao

it's ok~ ty ♥

I love it when artists sign their work. it makes it easier to find them and watch them and commission them for art.

aw sorry your having to deal with this :/
hopefully people will be a little wiser

People don't respect ownership at all.
An artist full signature used to mean something and was respected, but to truly protect one's art now a days, you have to watermark it.
One reason I'm working on getting a small watermark stamp made to physically stamp arts over the larger one I have.

I really hate people's lack of empathy when they do that shiz. Just because you can't get one thing doesn't mean you should steal it without the law bitin' your ass!

I had someone recently complain about my watermarks being in the way. Of course, I didn't really care but, I don't think he understands the point of large watermarks at all. Not everyone out there is good and when you are doing fan art especially people will sell that and claim it as there own.

what's Eeray

Wait...so people are blaming YOU for their Eeray's being stolen?

Nah, im just sayings not my responsibility if they get stolen for not having a watermark

Oh, alrighty then!

I was gonna say...

I remember there was a recent case of this on FA. Where the person would just crop off , photoshop out, extra. Water marks raises the bar. but it's not a fix all. Large on the side, cropped off. small next to the person, painted out.

Really I think the best defense against art theft is an artists' fans. There are lots of them. They know who the art work belongs too.

Ooohh god. Just deleted all my submissions of my myos until i can get home and watermark @-@ thank you for the PSA!

I tend to make mine so well-hidden that unless I tell you, you won't know they're there.
But I understand when it comes to adopts, since an artist's signature alone doesn't mean you own it.

I do what GrumpMonster mentions but only with my sig. If the art isn't mine or a commission I plaster a huge watermark on it in the middle for the safety of my commissioner. But I need to remember to do that more often. >= A =<

I've noticed it gets tricky when it comes to comissioned work, because sometimes there is no clear watermark and the design can get stolen through comissioned work, which sucks a lot