Subversive5
Executioner
There is a lot of pirated work on DeviantArt. Sometimes the signatures are removed, but often they are left on the pictures.
My pictures have turned up on other sites and in blogs, as well as somebody else's DevianArt gallery. This is bizarre because the originals are in my own gallery on the same site. I just posted links on them, back to the originals, and occasionally I post other comments on them, just for fun. None of my work is signed, and I just accept that, to a great extent, internet piracy is unavoidable.
I like your construction sketches and ideas forming in a storyboard style. It sounds as though you have the germ of an original concept for an illustrated story here. I hope you remain inspired, and I will be interested to see how it develops. Please carry on.
Funny.........now that I think about it. A sincere pity has strangled me. I’m trying to wrap my head around why they do it. Trying to place myself in their shoes. If I hadn’t developed any method of expressing myself I’d probably do the same. Maybe they don’t consider it stealing, and maybe I shouldn’t either. What are our works when our claim of them has expired upon our deaths. They will belong to the collective of human expression. My ego should not worry of impermanent things, I lost the right to complain when I posted my works on the web. They might consider themselves collectors or fall in love with the works. Some may be outright thieves but for the same core reasons; and, why should I worry, isn’t the gist of art to present your feelings and ideals unto the world; however, what gets to me is the “ living vicariously” thing they’re doing. No pity for the complacent thieves, but I extend it to those lost and looking for inspiration so that they too one day will create works on their own. It’s better to know the cold reality of it before going in. It was your complete acceptance of unavoidable piracy that put the final nail in the coffin for my doubts. Thanks Bobinder.