What/who is a red shetland?

pretty famous furry character, google her up. Or F-List her

Yeah sadly there are lots of users on flist who are happy to take artwork and make a character that is not theirs. I can't tell you how many times I have seen artwork I have commissioned end up there

I'm jumping on a user who is portraying her vastly wrong.

I don't get the joke but I still like the sketch

This isn't a joke, its a demand from certain admins on Flist.

I have alot better images of her on my gallery, I just quickly cranked this out for the sake of somebody in commands request. I plan to remove this once the situation is solved.

Plus she's appeared in 11 comics under her own title.

Yeah. F-list puts the burden of proof on the person whose likeness is stolen. I've fought with them for ages over this.

Yes, they've taken their cue from trademark law; you have to defend them vigorously with no exceptions or the precedent you allow to be set can cause you to lose it later. And sometimes, this degree of vigilance becomes downright impossible - ask Robert Crumb how well the 'keep on truckin' image ultimately worked out for him.

Seriously? Great, sounds like they need to realize that written permission needed is required else they face legal action.

For you that's definitely an option. For those of us who commission artists for our work and likenesses of our characters it's harder still. Since the artist in question is still the copyright holder we have to have THEM do the verification of theft and that makes me as a commissioning client have to bother the artist further sometimes years after the commissions have been done, posted, and forgotten.

It's amazing there are people in the community who need introduction to Red... She was one of, if not THE first ever "star" characters I ever learned about. (Of course, this was almost 20 years ago...)

Longer than that I think. Pretty sure the original GraphXPress portfolio was going in the 80s - I'm sure Jim will set us right on that matter.

Which you really need to get back out there. Drive Thru comics dude.

What happened?

cry havoc and let slip the pony's of war lol

And there was a comic you did before her, called Equine the Uncivilised. Did he become an old fat king or did he do anything else later on?

My gosh, I remember that one, too!

I can proudly say that I am the proud owner of several of those comics, in fact. They were actually my first introduction to furry anthro comics.

(And no, Disney comics don't count!)

Seriously? *blinks* Wow, goodness... :/

*sigh* Sometimes I wish she was flesh and blood; I have a few things she can knock about.

i have seen you draw her more than a few times. at times i think you are the artist behind her

um.. Yeah. I should dig out my originals of the comic. I *think* I have a # 1 here some where.

If Red Shetland, either in name, or in image, or both, were the subject of a trademark registration you could bring down the hammer, to the extent of collecting legal fees and causing works to be destroyed. As it is, you most likely have a common law trademark, and could issue a cease-and-desist letter.

If you have registered the copyrights on the assorted ouevre of Red Shetland, that bolsters your case, but even if you haven't, you can still show a history sufficient for a C&D.

Red Shetland has been a huge source of inspiration for me.

I'm sorry to hear you're having this trouble. :c

She's not just any filly in chain mail.

Always try to stay on the war-mare's good side and you'll live longer.

Saw it, and they have her wrong... and another site that steals art as well.

I don't understand.

Red Shetland is the Mare that this tod fell in love with even though she would probably gut a fox just as soon as look at him. Story of my life

That's the problem with furries, they have no standards.

Still giving you trouble?

Oh hell yes.