*Disclaimer: in this rant I am not targeting anyone. This is just my opinion on some of the things I’ve seen* Okay, so quickly, one thing: There are some things you can own, and some things you can’t. AND YET WHY ARE THERE SO MANY “THIEVES” FOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OVER?! okay, I understand art theft, since art belongs to you. You made it, and it would be nearly impossible to perfectly replicate. But we gotta have a chat on some other quote-on-quote “thefts” 1. Art style theft. You have no idea how many times I’ve heard this: “Your style looks so much like ___! Please don’t steal art styles!” Like bruh- Art style theft doesn’t exist- You can’t just STEAL a style. If you could, I’m sure a lot of people would be in jail for stealing “realism” Art style is unique to everyone- and you’re bound to pick up a few ideas for your own style from other artists. But it’s still your style. So if you see someone with a similar style to someone else’s, then it probably means they’re a fan of the other person, or even the opposite. But in the end: ART STYLE THEFT ISNT REAL. 2. Color pallet theft. “YOUR CHARACTER CANT BE A MONOCHROMATIC ROYAL BLUE PALLET!!! MINE IS!!! REPORTING >:o!!!” I probably don’t even have to explain myself- But I still will- Okay, I remember a while ago I saw someone who made a color pallet contest thingy where you drew a character based on the color pallet and if you win you get to keep the pallet and the character design. If you lost, according to them, you had to re-color your art if you wanna keep it. Lol okie- It’s like- “Haha, you lose so now you never get to use these colors ever again :PP” You can’t claim ownership to a set of colors. You can claim ownership to a character made with that set of colors, but not the colors themself. Because in reality, there is a high chance someone else “found” it before you. And that is that. 3. Name theft. “Your character is name starry?! My character is starry!” I- I’m done explaining myself- 4. Pose theft. Lmbo just imagine someone coming up to you in class and saying “pose theft! My character is sitting in a desk, and that’s my idea, so you can’t steal it!” The human body can only move so many ways. You can’t claim- ugh- 5. Last but not least, username theft. You have NO FRICKIN IDEA HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED! There are SO many users online, so there is bound to be someone with a similar- if not the same- name as you. You can’t go reporting someone for having a name with two iis or a q replacing a g or with the word “star” or “fire” or “water” or “ocean” because it’s similar to someone you’ve seen- Especially if they don’t even know that person exists! I get it if your username is suuuuuper unique or whatever, but still! You can’t claim the rights to these kinds of things! The same thing happened with NBWDFI and GWDFI! The owner of the studio (who was back then just a manager) harassed the people saying the words “who don’t fit in” wasn’t owned by the studio. Plus she also said all gender studios were rip-offs of GWDFI- pfft, hate to break it to you, I’m pretty sure there are girl, boys, and nb studios older than GWDFI that might possibly be able to claim that. And that my friends, is how I will end this. Leave comments lol- And a love and favorite, if you like-
