I love her backgrounds. And she is so kind. 
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Right. I only talked to her once, but she seems like a person you would like.
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Yep.
I hate when my art is stolen it just makes you feel crappy.
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I personally think that people who steal art probably donāt have confidence in their own art but still want the feeling of someone complimenting you.
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Itās also not right to edit anyoneās work unless they have permission from the original artistš¤¦āāļø
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Youāre right. 
Iāve had one best friend that does episode drawings and she told me that she didnāt like how people used to ask her to trace her outlines. Which is very wrong. I feel that, people that steal others work isnāt cool and it makes the original artist mad and very confused, and sometimes stressed or pissed. So I really really agree with this topic. Because it makes zero sense to steal someone elseās work. 
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Yes if theyāre friends with me like very close then I donāt mind if itās a complete stranger or someone I barely talked to thenā¦wtf?
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Right?? I wouldāve been pissed. If someone didnāt asked and stole my āmaster pieceā
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Iām like āI can help you with pointers, just donāt freaking stealā really the watermarks cover some details but I just donāt want to risk anything happening
Hey guys! Where should I put my watermark?
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If youāre asking me, I would say somewhere on the body where itās easy to see and hard to remove. Such as, an arm with shading.
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Iāll never understand why people steal other peopleās arts
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Thanks! 
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Manā¦ and to think I felt weird about putting my signature on my stuffā¦ Iāll definitely have to start watermarking my stuff! (I mean even though I donāt consider myself to be a very big artist or anything) but we definitely need to keep an eye out for this kind of stuff!
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Than you for putting this out @Turtle_Cat! 
Iāve seen this issue around as well and I also agree, it should be addressed and is just so unfair to all the hardworking artists on Episode, or anywhere else, for that matter! Iāve also started putting translucent white watermarks across my (personal) backgrounds and the black watermark as well, for that matter- itās just incredibly rude and shows the disrespect for people who take so long and put all this effort- itās really not right. Anyhow, itās just so inspiring to see all these amazing art done by wonderful people and so I thank all of you for your amazing work. 
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Lol I feel the same when these words go by my ear that someone stole my art. 
Stealing art is such a disgusting thing that some people do as a hobby. 
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Also I would like to thank @Turtle_Cat for creating this thread.This community really needed a thread on such a topic as art stealing is sort of really common here than other platforms.
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I completely agree. Adding watermarks to your work is so important and can help reduce the risks of theft!
I wish I had thought of adding watermarks when I first started editing backgrounds to share with the community, but I trusted that no one would do that.
I think it can also be really discouraging for artists to share any work publicly again if their stuff is repeatedly stolen. 
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Very well said @shellyg. I know there are many very talented artists in this community (including you) and none of them deserve to get their work stolen. Iāve unfortunately have had a few encounters with art theft and I hate that all of the times, the thief wouldnāt admit to it 
itās one thing to steal and accept the consequences, but failing to admit to it is just wrong.
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Thank you for this! A few days back I saw someone (not gonna mention who) stole someone elseās art and it was beyond me how someone could believe they would get away with it as it was a well known artist and there arenāt many people on the forums. I also saw another account when someone swore on their life that the art was theirs even though there was evidence. It was sad, really. Iāve never had art stolen before but Iāve had a YouTube video be stolen. It was 2 years ago so I was very irrational. (Honestly though I donāt regret it)I wrote a VERY passive aggressive comment on their video and luckily they took it down. What I absolutely cannot respect is when someone denies stealing art after theyāve been called out. Plagiarism is so disrespectful to the artist and also to yourself as itās very easy for people to do a reverse image search and once people find out about it your reputation (especially on episode) will be tarnished. I utterly donāt respect people who plagiarise.
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