callout on
XCYdrawsX for copying my fursona on two separate occasions, as well as copying art by @/Nightrizer
on december 29th rayla copied my fursona Al.
my fursona, designed by @/sleeptalks
his tos stating you cant copy his designs
rayla's copy
when she copied my fursona i noted her about it and she reluctantly agreed to make design edits, but only after i said i'd be looking into legal options
here is our convo from the time
and the changes she eventually made which we settled on and agreed was changed enough to be different from my fursona
i never brought it up with her, but two friends and I realized that the design wasn't the only thing copied, but the art was as well
the fullbody was copied/traced from @/Nightrizers art
the overlay
after the initial copy i thought we were done and on good terms, she apologized and i was fine with how things were
I was just noted earlier however that she had copied my fursona yet again
#4 on this batch is copied off of my sona al yet again
I left a comment on the post which was promptly hidden, and then rayla proceeded to block me
my best friend
Conan4Real was also blocked right after that despite having not interacted with her at all since december
I have already noted the owner of the copied design
I was more than prepared to deal with this via noted yet again and talk it out, but since rayla has blocked me she's left me no choice other than to make this public
EDIT: adding on some more art tracing proof
all of the art traced/copied is by @/Nightrizer
rayla's dragon adopt
from @/nightrizer's art here
and here (just the head)
and here (just the head)
overlays:
EDIT 2:
addition from @/HuntingPeople
1 is traced from here
(It IS free to use, but in the deviations description, they've made no mention of using stock or crediting any sort of inspiration so)
And 2 is traced from nightrizers art and another which I can't find (Nightrizer is credited as 'inspiration/reference' for the posing)
3 is traced from here there's no mention of nightrizer in the desc
There's honestly a bunch more I noticed while taking these screenies, but I'd be here all day if I got them all jdfhjkfhd (Tracing nightrizer's dragons seems to be a big recurring theme)
It's also worth mentioning how wildly inconsistent their style/skill level is when you scroll through their gallery + the fact that all this traced art is being used to sell adopts/make commissions/art trades etc. which is insanely gross as it seems all people receiving this stuff doesn't know"
EDIT 3:
adding in another beware from @/dazeydog
EDIT 4:
rayla claims she's done tracing/copying but has since extremely heavily referenced
Coyhund possum oc. the post has been deleted, but here's the proof
original art by poiarpawz
referenced/traced version by rayla. while it wasn't traced line for line, its impossible to miss the similarities and its very clear it was extremely referenced. from the ref layout, drippy background, pose, accessories, etc
overlays for reference