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Believe In Your Strengths by ichabod1799

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, August 7

GILES: Ethan Rayne. You have no idea how much thrashing you is gonna improve my day. (Ethan tries to bolt past Giles, but Giles clubs him in the gut with the flashlight and Ethan falls forward. Giles jerks him back up and is ready pummel him, raising a fist. Ethan has his hands up to ward off attack.) Ethan: (scared) No, no, no! Wait! Hang on! You-you can beat the crap out of me. Go ahead, I can't stop you! Or-or you can listen to what I have to say. Find out what's going on. GILES: What are you talking about? Ethan: Something bad is happening. Bad for both of us. GILES: Bad for you. Ethan: No, no, no! Listen! You have to listen! You're going to need time to prepare!

~~A New Man~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Why are we waiting? (Ensemble, T, MCU xover) by indraleigh

A Timely Arrival (Willow/Kennedy, T, Sleepy Hollow xover) by jedibuttercup

Different Addictions (Dawn, T, Criminal Minds xover) by hermione2be

'Brothers' (Xander, G, MCU xover) by madimpossibledreamer

Christian Name (Angel/Darla, G) by chronicAngel

Hope was a dangerous thing (Tara, G) by counterpunches

Untitled (Buffy/Spike, T) by friendlylocalwhumper

Untitled (Spike/Xander, G) by luscious2

[Chaptered Fiction]

The Secrets We Keep Ch. 1-4/? (Xander/Spike/Lindsey, E) by Spazlady2002

Forward Without Seeing (Buffy/Spike, M) by queen_insane

147 And a Half, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by acekoomboom

All Five, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by acekoomboom

Hindsight, Chapter 122 (Buffy/Spike, M) by Toften

New Beginnings., Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, E) by All4Spike

Save the Last Dance for Me, Chapter 76 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Passion4Spike

Safe, Chapter 7 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dusty

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork: Willow & Tara by a-slayer-world

Artwork: Buffy and Fusionman by heloisefinoux

Artwork: Slayer Scythe Poster by ichabod1799

Artwork: Drusilla by desbeauxpoisons

Artwork: Strong like and Amazon - Willow & Tara by thatbuffyfan

Artwork: Hellmouth Chronicles #0103 Not bad is sometimes enough () by hellmouth-chronicles

[Reviews & Recaps]

Buffy rewatch: Spiral (5.20) by elsalapizza

Buffy rewatch: Intervention (5.18) by elsalapizza

PODCAST: Chipperish Still Dead #13. Five Cats in a Demon Coat (AtS S2. 3-4) by

PODCAST: Fire Bad, Tree PrettyFBTP21: Debase the Beef Canoe by

PODCAST: Tiny Fences Buffy Rewatch: Season 2 Part 2 by

PODCAST: M&M Podcast Network Doomed / Somnabulist by

PUBLICATION: Peckapalooza Rewatching Buffy – Episode 77 Primeval by

PUBLICATION: Peckapalooza Rewatching Angel – Episode 21 Blind Date by

[Community Announcements]

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 - Cold as Ice by fic-promptly

PUBLICATION: The Sunnydale Fanfic ClubSo many online tools for writing! by

[Fandom Discussions]

One of these things is not like the others. In fact, none of them are like the others. by rahirah

30 Days of Bangel: Day 6: Favorite setting/location for a Bangel scene? by we-pay-for-everything

30 Days of Bangel: Day 6: Favorite setting/location for a Bangel scene? by royalweirdonj

Things that robots can apparently do on BtVS by thenewbuzwuzz and dreamsofghostsandstars

30 Days of Bangel - Day 6: Favourite setting/location for a Bangel Scene by tohavealifetimeoffun

30 Days of Bangel - Day 6: Favourite setting/location for a Bangel Scene by gianelson

Throwback Tuesday to that one time Tara and Dawn thumbwrestled by notsotaciturn

The cover of Goddesses and Monsters by rupert-giles

You just hate Spike by baumanhp

I’m almost there by sensiblyinsane

BtVS/AtS Fanvid Recs! by we-pay-for-everything

why would we even fight about Willoz/Tillow? by rupert-giles

Revello Drive Voids by stalwartsandall

What annoys me the most about the Buffy reboot by robin-hood-for-freedom

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Drusilla [INFP] by funkymbtifiction

Quest to get Harmony in a “Which Buffy Character Are You” test while pretending to be Harmony by thenewbuzwuzz

i've actually seen quite a few people say that the puppet show is one of their favourite episodes by slayers-every-one-of-us

How would you describe heaven and hell (plus the other realms) in the whedonverse by we-pay-for-everything

30 Days of Bangel - Day 7 Most heartbreaking Bangel scene by dingoes8myrp

I reached Season 6 in my Buffyverse rewatch... by thepassionofthenerd

Least liked characters? by nightshade

Sarah Michelle Gellar's best moments in Buffy by MarieVampSlayer

Week 6 -The New Watcher by K. Rusch by Multiple Authors

How Was Pete's Death Explained? by thetopher

Bangel Video Recs by Carrie Hopewell

The First by Mrs Gordo

Positives & Negatives (continued) by Multiple Authors

Season 12 Announced (Continued) by Multiple Authors

Episode in Season 7 uses a part from Season 5 by AlreadyTaken082

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She Never Sleeps by ~ichabod1799

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Rob Cantor's Shia LaBeouf by ichabod1799

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Sabrina: Pandora's Box by ichabod1799

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Samara Bear by ichabod1799

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I Found My Illustrations Stolen and Sold Across The Internet

So I was scrolling through my phone on YouTube Sunday morning - part of my weekend routine. When I see a video that grabbed my attention. "The Babadook Explained." Though it wasn't the title that grabbed my attention. It was the thumbnail they used. An illustration of the Babadook. An image I'm all too familiar with, right down to every single ink drop. I have it framed in my hallway, I walk past it everyday. I made it. 

(Top: My Babadook Poster illustration.   Bottom: Youtube Film Comics Explained Babadook Video Explained Thumbnail) I didn't mind them using it at first. I was a little flattered. I clicked on the video and scrolled through the description. That was then when I felt disheartened. No credit to the artist. Though credit was given to the music used in the video. Just not the illustration used in the thumbnail. I did leave a comment saying they probably should give the artist a credit. But I have yet to hear back.

It's not the first time it has happened and I have seen it a fair amount of times. Sometimes I get a message out of the blue asking if they could use my image in a post. I always say yes as long as credit is given. It’s a simple thing you can do that really helps out a lot. For me you don't even need to ask, just go share it around and credit. 

However it's a problem if they start profiting off it. 

After the Babadook video I got curious and did some internet investigation (thank you reverse image search) and I was quite shocked to see a lot of my stuff was being sold across various websites. 

Though this is also not the first time this has happened. Last year in a Buffy Facebook group I'm in, one of the members shared a print they purchased off Etsy. A certain element of that looked way too familiar. 

(Left: The piece found on Etsy.   Right: My Buffy poster illustration) 

I could tell it was heavily inspired by my piece, the colour scheme and the quote (however they did add the full quote which I'll give kudos to, works better). But also the actual scythe illustration was cut out copy of the one I drew on my poster design. I drew that scythe vector myself. And gave it a couple of my own stylised additions that were very evident on the copy too. That and with some of the flaws in the copy are too exact to be a coincidence.

For example, these stylistic gaps along the edges and the handle.

(Left: Buffy Scythe prop replica for comparison.   Middle: Copied piece on Etsy.   Right: My Buffy Scythe poster illustration. Comparing my style differences from the prop but my different style design elements are also in the copy)

And the mess of this clamp thing which has a few flaws the exact same in the copy. 

(left: Copied piece found on Etsy.   Right: My Buffy Poster Illustration.)

By the time I found it the seller (AandZ Design) had already sold out.

I left a comment on the Facebook thread how that was a stolen piece and was met with a lot of hateful remarks; that it was rude to say that, that they looked nothing alike etc. Yeah right, the comparisons speak for themselves.

But of course with fan art you're powerless to do anything about it. I don’t even know what to do about it. I messaged the seller and again no response back.

For the record sake, I created that Buffy Poster in March on 2014. (You can see the DA listing here) I have no record of when AandZ Design listed that piece on Etsy. But it was shared on Facebook in May of 2018.  

However it did motivate me to reopen my etsy shop and start selling prints of my Buffy poster. So buyers who like it can by a legitimate signed print.  

https://www.etsy.com/shop/mttwood  

Anyway back to today with the research to see what else was stolen; I found this Babadook design on Society6.

Look familiar again?

(Above: Very Familiar Babadook Illustration being sold on Society6 )

I messaged Society6… and you guessed it. Still no response.

I then found my Evanescence Lost In Paradise poster on another site being sold as a phone cover. This was from a website in Turkey. I messaged them and they took it down in less than 5 minutes with an apology. So good work to them.  

I found my Majora's Mask Consumed illustration also being sold as phone covers on another website. But at least they left the watermark on it. Lol.

(Top: My Zelda Consumed Illustration.   Bottom: The phone cover being sold on Aliexpress)  

However I do have this available as a phone cover on my Redbubble page and society 6

https://www.redbubble.com/people/mttwood/shop

https://society6.com/mttcreative

That way you can actually support the artist who made it. And it’s a high print quality that's not going to be printed  pixelated. I'd image all the stolen ones would have printed poorly as I never upload a full 300dpi image to be shown on the web. The images would have been stolen off here on DA or Pintrest and those are all 72dpi which you couldn't print at a decent size.  

Then some further digging and I came across my Penny Dreadful cover illustration being sold on a T-Shirt.

(Top: My Penny Dreadful Cover illustration. Bottom: My Penny Dreadful Cover stolen and being sold on TeeHow)

I did this as part of the Penny Dreadful fan art contest a few years ago to design a comic book cover. Though I didn't win (due to not being a U.S citizen), I did make it into finales, to which I pulled out. But I guess this image is also partly owned by ShowTime because of that contest. I've received many requests to sell this on a tshirt but I don’t have the rights to even do that. I tried and redbubble wasn’t having any of that. So I was quite annoyed to find this website TeeHow selling it on Tshirts.  

I tried to message them also but the email address listed on their own site doesn't even work. All my emails bounced back.

But that's not the last of it. I also found my Penny Dreadful illustration being sold on stickers on Aliexpress.

(Above: My Penny Dreadful illustration stolen and being sold as part of a sticker set on AliExpress.)

And this copywriter who decided to use it as part of his portfolio for whatever reason. And without credit.

(Above: My Penny Dreadful illustration being used on Nick Sheptak's portfolio without credit)

At that point I kind of had enough.

I use to say when stuff like this happens, you're making waves. Someone has noticed you. They like your stuff enough to copy it. There’s a little sense of pride but when they're profiting off it and you can't and you don’t even receive so much as a credit. It feels very discouraging to even continue.

And because it's fanart I don't even know what rights I even have to begin with. It's just a muddled area.

I should go and do more originals, but truth be sold, fan art sells. It pays the bills. It gets noticed. And I was born to be graphic artists - my painting teacher would always say. I just don't have many original concepts these days.

I've always been more than happy to share my stuff with you guys. I loved making wallpapers for you to use for free. But please don't steal it just to profit of my hard work. A lot of my stuff is created in the late hours of the night/early hours of the morning.

And if you're going to use my stuff for any thumbnails or anything (that shouldn't be profit driven) please give a credit. It's the least you can do.

And I'm sure this has happened to a lot of other artists as well. If so, how did you feel? What did you do?  

If you like to know what platforms I do sell on, here's a list

Etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/mttwood)

Displate (https://displate.com/ichabod1799)

RedBubble (https://www.redbubble.com/people/mttwood/shop)

Society6 (https://society6.com/mttcreative)  

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Sabrina Poster: The Witches Are Coming by ichabod1799

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This bad boy sold out at supanova. Not to worry though metal prints are available on displate (displate.com/ichabod1799). Order today and get free shipping. More paper print stock will be available in June. Message to preorder. #artistalley #zelda #legendofzelda #majorasmask #darkart #spooky #displate #displates #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVu9xZnchf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c1o408to0z7y

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Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow Study by ichabod1799

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Santi Bear by ichabod1799

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Storm Study BW by ichabod1799

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Metal prints of my Jane Doe poster design is now available on displate page. www.displate.com/ichabod1799 #displate #displates #horrormovies #horror #theautopsyofjanedoe #halloween #digitalart #posterdesign https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYLpgCFeaS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=123y37s0owmix

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Penny Dreadful - They Will Hunt You by ichabod1799 Prints of this are now available on my Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/listing/610266950/penny-dreadful-poster-vanessa-ives-they