What started as a normal Saturday yesterday, totally blew up on us when Jonas, a good artist friend of mine was on his way to us for an unrelated cozy hangout. You might have followed the news that were trending all over social media yesterday and today. If you haven't read on.

JoJoesArt (Jonas) got a notice by a fan of his who pointed out that A. Carter used one of his artworks, "Brotherhood" ( https://www.deviantart.com/jojoesar.....ideo-558408911 ) to promote his clothing line without permission.
Jonas called Carter out and reminded him about his action. It has all been done in a very friendly manner.

However, Carter instantly attacked and threatened Jonas, mocking him also.
What could have been an easy solution, turned into a big fiasco that reached far beyond the realms of our art community. It brought awareness about art theft and united the entire art community and art admires alike.

Read more about this here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nadjas.....er-art-fiasco/

This piece of artwork was my contribution to the topic today, because the two lion brothers have somewhat turned into a symbol for the unity of artists as well as their supporters. We should all stand up against theft.
Thank you all so much for standing up against the wave of theft and for protecting artists' rights!
I really want to mention too that, without followers who always keep an eye open and go the extra length to share links, evidence and posts where unsolicited usage of artworks takes place, thefts would mostly just remain unseen. So I really want to thank you all for that too!

On Tuesday next week, Jonas, his Sister (PixieCold) and I will meet up to make a video that will put some more light into the realms of art theft and what it means for us. We want to provide everyone with more information on art usage and bring more awareness regarding art theft online.

All the love!

Twitter post: https://twitter.com/AlectorFencer/s.....58684174389256