#Art Theft

[saijspellhart]

Art Thief/Reposter Warning

Hello Puzzleshipping artists of Tumblr. Wanted to spread awareness of a particularly prolific art thief/reposter here on Tumblr.

@qyza8kcq4x6udjq is taking and reposting the art of many artists from Twitter, Instagram, Pixiv, and even from tumblr. They are reposting the art without credit to the original artist.

You can’t report the stolen art without filling out an DMCA, and that needs done by the original artist.

But what you can do to support the original artists is DO NOT LIKE/REBLOG the reposter’s posts. Help spread this awareness among the fandom so that we aren’t inadvertently supporting and enabling this behavior.

The best we can do is encourage them to stop reposting art, as it is theft. And to encourage them to get permission before reposting and credit the original artist.

If you can, if you recognize the art, try to contact the original artists and let them know so they can have the art taken down if they so wish.

#puzzleshipping #yugioh #art theft #art thief #art reposter #awareness post

[louistonehill]

A new tool lets artists add invisible changes to the pixels in their art before they upload it online so that if it’s scraped into an AI training set, it can cause the resulting model to break in chaotic and unpredictable ways. 

The tool, called Nightshade, is intended as a way to fight back against AI companies that use artists’ work to train their models without the creator’s permission. Using it to “poison” this training data could damage future iterations of image-generating AI models, such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, by rendering some of their outputs useless—dogs become cats, cars become cows, and so forth. MIT Technology Review got an exclusive preview of the research, which has been submitted for peer review at computer security conference Usenix.   

AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Stability AI are facing a slew of lawsuits from artists who claim that their copyrighted material and personal information was scraped without consent or compensation. Ben Zhao, a professor at the University of Chicago, who led the team that created Nightshade, says the hope is that it will help tip the power balance back from AI companies towards artists, by creating a powerful deterrent against disrespecting artists’ copyright and intellectual property. Meta, Google, Stability AI, and OpenAI did not respond to MIT Technology Review’s request for comment on how they might respond. 

Zhao’s team also developed Glaze, a tool that allows artists to “mask” their own personal style to prevent it from being scraped by AI companies. It works in a similar way to Nightshade: by changing the pixels of images in subtle ways that are invisible to the human eye but manipulate machine-learning models to interpret the image as something different from what it actually shows. 

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#Ben Zhao and his team are absolute heroes #artificial intelligence #plagiarism software #more rambles #glaze #nightshade #ai theft #art theft #gleeful dancing

[thatdogmagic]

...that your audience won't hate.

This is a method I started using when NFTs were on the rise - thieves would have to put actual work into getting rid of the mark - and one that I am now grateful for with the arrival of AI. Why? Because anyone who tries to train an AI on my work will end up with random, disruptive color blobs.

I can't say for sure it'll stop theft entirely, but it WILL make your images annoying for databases to incorporate, and add an extra layer of inconvenience for thieves. So as far as I'm concerned, that's a win/win.

I'll be showing the steps in CSP, but it should all be pretty easy to replicate in Photoshop.

Now: let's use the above image as our new signature file. I set mine to be 2500 x 1000 pixels when I'm just starting out.

Note that your text should not have a lot of anti-aliasing, so using a paint brush to start isn't going to work well with this method. Just use the standard G-Pen if you're doing this by hand, or, just use the text tool and whichever font you prefer.

Once that's done, take your magic wand tool, and select all the black. Here are the magic wand settings I'm using to make the selections:

All selected?

Good.

Now, find a brush with a scattering/tone scraping effect. I use one like this.

You can theoretically use any colors you want for this next part, but I'd recommend pastels as they tend to blend better.

Either way, let's add some color to the text.

Once that's finished,

You're going to want to go to Layer Property, and Border Effect

You'll be given an option of choosing color and thickness. Choose black, and go for at least a 5 in thickness. Adjust per your own preferences.

Now create a layer beneath your sig layer, and merge the sig down onto the blank layer.

This effectively 'locks in' the border effect, which is exactly what we want.

Hooray, you've finished your watermark!

Now let's place that bad boy into your finished piece.

You'll get the best mileage out of a mark if you can place it over a spot that isn't black of white, since you'll get better blending options that way. My preference is for Overlay.

From here, I'll adjust the opacity to around 20-25, depending on the image.

If you don't have a spot to use overlay, however, there's a couple other options. For white, there's Linear Burn, which imho doesn't look as good, but it still works in a pinch.

And for lots of black, you have Linear Light

Either way, you're in business!

EDIT since this has escaped my usual circles, and folks aren't as familiar with my personal usage:

An example of one of my own finished pieces, with watermark, so you can see what I mean about 'relatively unobtrusive'-- I try to at least use them as framing devices, or let them work with the image somehow (or, at the very least, not actively against it).

I know it's a bummer for some people to "ruin" their work with watermarks, which is part of the reason I developed this mark in particular. Its disruption is about as minimal as I can make it while still letting it serve its intended purpose.

There's other methods, too, of course! But this is the one I use, and the one I can speak on. Hope it helps some of you!

#watermarks #artist tutorial #watermark #AI #art theft

[mariluphoto]

Few of the artist affected by AI art thievery.

Posts by Jon Lam Art.

#lensa ai #boycott ai art #ai art #ai artwork #art theft #artist #support real artists #photography #art #digital art #illustration #pottery #sculptures #comic illustration #anime

[copperbadge]

Meant to link this sooner but life briefly got away from me -- tl;dr it was discovered last month that over 1500 ancient artefacts were stolen from the British Museum by a senior museum curator. Who has been selling them on eBay for years. (Allegedly. And possibly the museum knew about it much earlier and covered it up, given he was dismissed earlier this year; the theft was actually uncovered by someone who linked the curator's twitter and ebay accounts.)

Lots of talk these past two weeks about how this does not give the museum much of a leg to stand on the next time it tries to assert it's a better caretaker of Greek antiquities than, well, Greece. The marbles being returned in our lifetime is a stronger possibility than ever.

Been a bad year for the museum, aside from the blessing of my presence there in April...

#british museum #art theft #your daily news digest

[yuumei-art]

So I've been seeing A LOT of my art stolen and sold as diamond paintings, such as by the thieves at Sparkle Studio.

Only the Diamond Art Club has official license rights to sell my art as diamond paintings. If you see it elsewhere, it's stolen, and please do not buy them.

#art theft

[cozylittleartblog]

worst way to start my new year, thanks. i have a lot of things to say about these companies but i'm tired and just keeping it focused to the pin side of things for this one. do not ever buy pins from these companies, literally ALL of them are stolen from small artists like me. if you want to buy enamel pins, check out etsy, and artist's personal websites and shops! (though even Etsy has some bootleg pins that ship straight from china, so tread carefully…)

Every pin I've designed is, thus far, EXCLUSIVE to my etsy. if you find it anywhere else, it's been ripped off! and once these stupid bootlegs pop up, it's basically a never ending game of whack-a-mole trying to get them all taken down...

#psa #art theft #pin theft #aliexpress #shein #wish #temu #deltarune #the bootleg pin is just over an inch tall. do you know how BAD this design looks at that size?? i'd know. i tested it. #they didn't even use the black nickel of the pin for the black parts of the design. and the listing says copper for some reason. what. #some people never even get their designs taken down. its really sad #so i might just have to deal with bootleg queens out there forever :( i hope nobody confuses the ripoffs for the real thing.... #my pin is so much nicer! its almost two inches big and it has two posts on the back so it doesn't spin #because spinning pins are the bane of my existence #im out here working my ass off out of my bedroom in my parents place trying to make a living and here come these pricks #i watermarked all my listing photos exactly so they Couldn't steal my fucking pictures so at least there's that #my new years is just full of bad luck so far i hope this isn't a bad omen #if my registration isn't accepted by the aliexpress copyright department I'm SOL and this will just. stay up i guess #i'm sad #bootleggers kys

[cornmayor]

UPDATE: THEY TOOK DOWN ALL THE PINS

My dearest Undertale AU community. I need your help cause some of you are victims of theft. I was informed that some freakers sell your art as pin buttons on one of our russian platforms.

I was able to contact shopkeepers, but I can't remove them without proofs, so here's the deal. If you see your/your friend's artwork please, DM me with:  - Nickname - Screenshot of your drawing(s). I have screenshots with higher resolution if you need it!  -Link to this work/WIP

If you know the artist, please ping them! If you can, please spread the post.

They ARE NOT going to remove pins if I won't find original artists, and I can't do it alone. Unfortunately, more serious actions like money refunds require lots of time dealing with documents, and I'm not mentally ready to deal with it, I'm sorry.

@ poetax and @ lunnar-chan are already aware! Thank you.

#undertale #undertale au #art theft

[sabertoothwalrus]

Art theft has always been bad, but I feel like the way tiktok promotes remixing other people’s content into “your own” has ESPECIALLY proliferated the idea that, if something is on the internet, it’s anyone’s to take.

like. My friend just found these comments on a tiktok someone made of their comic:

This is why I don’t allow reposts. Because even if I give one person permission, even if they credit me and do everything I ask, you never know who is going to steal it from them.

So here’s your reminder:

If you see fanart or a fancomic you like, you ABSOLUTELY MAY NOT share it without checking if it’s ok first.

IF YOU RUN A FAN ACCOUNT. I’M LOOKING AT YOU. YOU’RE NOT HELPING ‘EXPOSE’ ARTISTS BY POSTING STOLEN ART YOU’RE JUST BEING SELFISH AND DISRESPECTFUL. @‘ING ME ON INSTAGRAM ISN’T GOING TO FIX THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN’T ASK PERMISSION

THIS GOES FOR TRANSLATIONS. I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO MAKE A COMIC MORE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUR LANGUAGE, BUT IT’S STILL A CONCERN THAT IT WILL GET STOLEN FROM YOU (and I KNOW some people don’t ACTUALLY care about it being more accessible, because I’ve asked people to reblog my original post with a translated transcription and they threw a fit because they obviously just wanted the views for their own page)

Comic dubbers are also not exempt from needing to ask for permission. I know there’s a lot of editing and you are technically producing new content, but jfc you still need to ASK TO USE SOMEONE’S ART. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE MONETIZING YOUR PAGE.

I also DO NOT CARE if your pinterest page is “just for your personal reference” STOP UPLOADING ARTWORK AS ORIGINAL POSTS. IF YOU MUST PIN ART, JUST POST THE LINK!!!! I die a little inside every time someone says they saw one of my comics on pinterest and had a hard time finding my actual post.

Why is it important that artists stay credited? Well, I for one, am about to start my junior year of my BFA, and I won’t be able to work my part-time job anymore. My art is going to be only source of income. Every time someone reposts my art without credit, that’s more people that won’t find the link to my store. That’s potential job recruiters that won’t find my portfolio. That’s work that I’ve done that someone else is getting activity for, potentially even making money off of.

Please, PLEASE be aware of art theft. Point it out when you see it. Please understand most artists see it as offensive and disrespectful and are not flattered by it.

#art theft #psa

[erika-xero]

!ATTENTION FELLOW CRITICAL ROLE FANS!

This person is selling tons of stolen artworks on their Redbubble, including my Mollymauk piece which was featured in one of the Critical Role episodes.

I singhandedly had to file DMCA takedown requests for 83!!!! OF THE LISTING FEATURING THE SINGLE ONE OF MY ARTWORKS

Please, spread awareness among fellow artists, tag the ones who's art you recognized! Let's bury this acc under a huge pile of DMCA takedown requests!

#ART THEFT #art theft on redbubble #critical role #critical role art #critical role fanart #the mighty nein #campaign 2 #mollymauk tealeaf #cr mollymauk #cr caduceus #cr yasha #cr beauregard #cr caleb #caleb widogast #critrole #cr art #plagiarism #spread awareness

[8pxl]

‘AI doesn’t replicate artist, it creates new artwork!!’ LMFAO then how is this AI bro selling 'pixel art' thats obviously generated off my art 🤨🤨🤨

#also fiverr refuses to remove them lmfaooooo #art theft #ive found soooo much shit generated frm my art lol

[tomthefanboy]

Art removed because I fucked up.

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#DadSwap by Twitter user Adonyne

~~2500 notes later addendum~~

Wait...

ooooops

dammit. I looked to see if she had a tumblr first I swear! I checked tha Carrd and everything!

Well idk, shit, uh... here's her instagram! Please follow the original artist!

edit 2: replaced the art with screenshots and url links so if people do click back here it will be better attribution.

edit 3: Heeeyyy!!! She finally messaged me back on tumblr! She does have a tumblr! @adonyne and @ne-adonyne

I look forward to reblogging art if it is ever posted here, though since it's not on her carrd.... idk. Leaving this post up as a monument to my idiocy I guess. It's not like it will delete all the reblogs.

#dadswap #the last of us #the mandalorian #din djarin #joel and ellie #grogu #pedro pascal #read the bio kids #art theft #I might have found her tumblr if I'd been blogging at work

[babycharmander]

Okay while everyone is talking about the hbomberguy plagiarism video and how insidious and awful plagiarism and lack of citations are, can we ALSO talk about art theft and how posting art without permission and/or proper sources/credit is massively harmful to artists just like people using other folks’ words without citation or credit is massively harmful toward writers?? Can we please do that? CAN WE PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ART THEFT IS A MASSIVE ISSUE THAT NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE CARE ABOUT?!

(And this isn’t even going into AI—the theft of art to create AI is also a massive problem. But here, I’m just talking about regular humans who steal art and Don’t Care.)

#plagiarism #art theft #hbomberguy

[thatdogmagic]

Adobe Has Entered the AI Ring

A new challenger appears.

Go tell them how you feel about it.

I'm serious.

This post has been live for 19 hours, and they're not pulling in nearly enough attention, I assume because everyone's so fucking exhausted by the shit with CSP happening just last week.

I cannot stress enough: ADOBE IS THE IMPORTANT TARGET. Way more important than Clip Studio.

They set industry standards. They can force changes like this without giving a fuck about individual customers, because by and large their products are licensed hand over fist by everyone in the entertainment industry.

This is absolutely the time to mob the shit out of Adobe's mentions.

EDIT: This post was made December 6th; I'll update it if/when things change.

EDIT 2: IDK if Twitter is breaking or my head did, I could've sworn I linked to the parent tweet. It's fixed now, though!

EDIT 3: I may be clearing out snotty replies, but I am writing down names for a blocklist so thanks for making that easier on me. :)

#ai art #art theft #stable diffusion #adobe

[mariluphoto]

Why real artists NEED to be protected from AI.

Full article here.

#boycott ai art #ai art #lensa ai #artist #support real artists #art theft

[triflingthing]

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, home of the biggest known art theft in history.

#art theft #art #green aesthetic #greenhouse #vsco #vscocam #iphonography #travelblr #Boston #massachusetts #architektura #architecture #sculpture