same shit different day

i'm WEARY of this

exactly, it's genuinely so nasty how people just do not respect the arts at all and don't remotely care for the people behind the work

if there’s any similar scams that are happening with musicians or writers or even just regular degulars in general, please feel free to use that post to add to the conversation and post any protections you find are helpful

there’s a fan artist i follow that adds hidden Gumball and Darwin from The Amazing World of Gumball as a watermark, which is both the funniest and most efficient anti-AI thing i’ve seen

generate them a 4 piece combo meal, no sides no drinks no sauce no nothing just 4 knuckle sandwiches to the jaw ( + delivery fee )

i’m petty enough where i’ve set my phone up to point directly at my monitor while i was working and record my lineart process, it’s honestly so annoying having to jump through hoops over stuff like this

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(Obligatory my opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my clients, but I am of the opinion they're all pretty cool 😛)

one more note: i’m using that post as an example of how this scam goes. i’ve seen it happens to others so i just wanted to have a more recent example to use to help explain what’s going on if that makes sense

OK bye, make sure to put watermarks on your WIPs! stay safe out there, creatives

that i can agree with. whenever i take a commission proper, i move it off of Twitter / Bluesky. if it’s an art trade, i don’t mind keeping it here because i only DM mutuals and it’s easier to call out foul play (if needed) when there’s no money moving hands

just an addition to reiterate: i’ve seen some claim that this is harder to pull off on VGen and Skeb, so if you have either of those accounts then it’d be easier to prove your case

PayPal seems to be the finicky one that scammers usually try to target because it’s harder to prove on your end

telling those losers to pick up a damn pencil

RIGHT? like wtf is your problem

OK that’s just incredibly cool, i won’t lie. that’s awesome