I was put on noticed, by another art commissioner, that an artwork I commissioned had been traced from their commissioned artwork. I compared the two artworks and had an artist who I have come to trust, Artemis, to give me their input as well. My conclusion was the claim of tracing had merit. I was gravely disappointed, silently furious, and had to confront the artist.

Unfortunately, the artist has disabled their FA and deleted all of their artwork. Said artist was running away from their culpability and responsibility, and after my head cooled, I took stock on another issue. I commissioned a total of 6 artworks from this artist, and after the claim, I went through doing due diligence in ensuring that no other artworks I received from the artist are based on traced art. So far, I haven't found any close matches. However, the internet is a big place, and I am just one person who is left deciding whether to pull all of their artworks on my end. It is a real shame because they are all appealing artworks, and a few inspired me to create meaningful context with my characters.

On another front, I am in the process of getting my money back for that one particular artwork. I won't do this for the other artworks until I can reasonably match them to other works, but I am left feeling uncomfortably uncertain whether the five others are also traced.

Definite shout out for  theeldertrinity for helping me with this. Go check her stuff out, especially if you're into transformation like I am. Thanks Artemis!