It's been such a long time since I written a journal here...I hate that it has to include such a negative subject.
While I wasn't the victim this time around, a couple of friends of mine, as well as several other well known BJD artists have had their photography stolen, filtered through photoshop, and passed off as 'original paintings' by this person:
www.facebook.com/matthew.c.nel…He currently has a kickstarter project as well in order to sell his 'original art.'
and a dA account here as well:
artistmattnelson.deviantart.co…I'm not looking to start a witch hunt, but this kind of theft happens too often, especially in the BJD community, and people can't be allowed to continue to do this kind fo thing. It's wrong.
Please, please do not patron this person. And, if you see a stolen image, inform the artist and report it asap.
On a lighter note, I am selling some OOKA Hujoo right now on ebay:
www.ebay.com/itm/251464638366?…www.ebay.com/itm/251464646788?…www.ebay.com/itm/251464649526?…I also plan on taking some fresh photos of my boys. It's been far too long and I miss creating art with my BJD, (although this most recent bout of art theft makes me wary *sigh*). So I'll be posting new photos soon.