⚠️ Please Reblog This So Fellow Artists And Users Know! ⚠️

⚠️ Please reblog this so fellow artists and users know! ⚠️

Tldr at the bottom.

Recently, a mutual of mine ( @mahoganyrust ) had their art stolen by an account named 7dreamycloudscapeskies55blog, who shamelessly used ai to do so.

Stolen art:

The original masterpiece by @mahoganyrust:

Mahognay asked this person to stop, putting up a post discussing how this type of behavior towards the art community was wrong.

However, earlier today, I was scrolling through Tumblr and saw another one of these posts. This one was from a different account:

I messaged my friend to notify them, and we both came to the conclusion that these "accounts" were actually bot accounts. (They both end with a set of numbers and the word "blog".)

If you see accounts similar to this, please don't like them or reblog them. Even without the usernames, it's obvious these accounts are mostly for stealing art and using ai.

As to those stealing art (in any way), please stop. These artist have put hours upon hours into their work, and they didn't do that just for you to post it as your own with the press of a few buttons. It is especially rude to slap ai art over it. That is still stolen, and that isn't art.

There is a difference between being inspired and stealing someone else's work. Even if it is just inspiration, in which you created something original based on someone else's idea or work, it's still good to give credit where credit is due.

If it isn't yours, then don't say it is.

Tldr: Any Tumblr accounts that end in numbers and the word "blog" please report them and don't boost them by liking or reblogging. These accounts are bot accounts made for stealing other's art and using ai.