#like theres a thing with szpd and sharing art did you know

[coldresolve]

Hello, Linecrosser here.

I apologize to have used your art as template without crediting. I didn’t know the origin of it, and have not seen your tumblrpost until just now. I know this is no excuse.

It was not my intention to cause any harm. This is my mistake. I am sorry for the negligence.

If you wish, I can wipe the picture completely, or add the proper credit to it. Whatever helps best to right the wrongs.

drop the "used as template" euphemism ffs

ive gotten a suspicious amount of anons the last half hour telling me tracing isn't a big deal, even telling me i should be flattered for having people steal my artwork, telling me maybe i'm the problem for being pissed about it, so i guess i'll give an art etiquette 101 for the people in the back: tracing other people's artwork is a copyright violation. like there are case studies on this shit, you can google it. and apart from the legal aspect, i'd posit there's an ethical failing because 1) you're passing off another artist's work, skill and time as your own and giving them nothing in return, and 2) your audience generally expects you to have drawn your shit from scratch unless you specify otherwise, so you're fooling them as well.

this isn't directed at you specifically linecrosser, you're a decent artist, with your skill i'm assuming you've been in the art world long enough to know all this. which is why i rejected your euphemism and categorized it as theft and not simple negligence. "i didnt know the origin" well you could've done a reverse image search on google and found me that way my dude. and if that gave you no results - dont fucken trace it. lol its not that hard

delete it. ask everyone who reblogged it to delete it as well. thanks