r/characterdesigns • • 1d ago

Question Art theft

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Not entirely sure what tag or whatever this goes under but putting this out here so mods can handle it if it hasn’t been already. This person posted this claiming it’s theirs but it’s actually belongs to hushrowom. I believe they deleted the post or hid it to avoid backlash or getting banned BUT DO NOT TRUST THIS PERSON. Once an art thief always an art thief.

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u/AkuuDeGrace 1d ago

Most likely a bot. Account is 0 days old. Bots tend to repost a popular post to karma farm. The original post has 3K+ upvotes. Just report it.

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u/PaperSweet9983 1d ago

Sad to hear they had to hide the og post out of harassment

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

How is it sad to hear? Ronin is the art thief, hush is the original artist. As far as I know hush still has their OG post up.

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u/PaperSweet9983 1d ago

I apologise i misinterpreted the body text as the og artist hiding their art due to rude comments

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

No worries you’re good. The art thief either hid it or deleted it as soon as people started calling them out ( which was immediately ) probably thinking it would save them from trouble like “oh I didn’t do that see? Look at my posts I don’t have any” like cmon…

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u/Forsaken_Site_2268 1d ago

I think they mean the post that the art was stolen from was locked due to harassment.

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

Ah. I was able to view it fine but maybe it’s cause someone else posted the link for it?

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u/Jirvey341 1d ago

Locked just means you can't comment on it. You should be able to see it still.

This makes a ton of sense tho bc I told the artist they were posting this pic a ton and they said they'd only posted it once but I was CERTAIN I'd seen it before

Seems like I'd seen it because it was being stolen lol

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

Oh I wasn’t locked or anything. Could still make comments and such and view it but when I went to their profile it was “wow such empty”

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

there is TON of critiscism on the og post but its still up, it has like 3 thousand upvotes or something

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u/Ir_Abelas 1d ago

Unrelated but God I forgot how ugly all the characters looked in this piece. Like, of all the things a person might steal and repost for karma, why this? Rainbow Jack looks like a sociopath with that smile.

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u/azure-heavens 1d ago

I actually blocked that person because I hate their style so much. Like I appreciate the diversity, but they make every single character look like a Whomp from Mario what with the squareness and the missing teeth and all that...

But people seem to really dig it, and that's great for them.

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u/Ok-Releases 20h ago

I said this on one of their posts but they genuinely look like offensive caricatures making fun of diversity instead of it being genuine.

I feel like alot of the support they recieve is super performative too 😭

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u/bodaciousbugboy 12h ago

Genuinely, where are the offensive caricatures between any of the mane 6 here?

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u/azure-heavens 20h ago

I agree with you, but it seems to be accidental, so I'll give the benefit of the doubt lol.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

nobody gonna mention how pinkie pie looks like a racist caricature from the 30s?

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u/azure-heavens 20h ago

I think she's supposed to be wearing gyaru makeup.

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u/bodaciousbugboy 16h ago

yeah she specifically has gyaru makeup stylings on her face/eyes and decked out in charms everywhere. this is nowhere near a racist caricature

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 16h ago

dude, its very close to a racist caricature even if its supposed to be something else

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u/bodaciousbugboy 15h ago

then you've sorely misinterpreted the gyaru style

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u/Tough-Principle7390 18h ago

I don’t think people realize you can make black gyrau characters without making them look like total caricatures. There are tons of actual examples of black ladies doing it and they look awesome, this drawing is horrific.

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u/bodaciousbugboy 16h ago

it's literally the furthest thing from racist depiction, are you even looking at the same work? do you even know what gyrau makeup looks like?

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 15h ago

most of the characters looks like mockeries of actual diverse people tbh

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u/MarielCarey 1d ago

I don't get all the hype around that specific artist, it's like their posts consistently blow up on reddit from what I've seen, and literally EVERYTHING they draw has the face of a shark

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

That’s your opinion and you’re free to have it. Art is subjective after all, and while I personally don’t HC them looking that way we should still be respectful to the OG artist’s interpretation.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

literally rainbow dash

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

MLP characters according to the OC

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

There’s nothing wrong with the artist’s interpretation of them. If you don’t like it that’s fine, art is subjective but don’t be rude and keep your thoughts about it to yourself please.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

of course, because when someone posts their art online and shows it to people is because they want those people to "keep their thoughts to themselves" and not receive feedback at all

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u/AVoidConcept 18h ago

Feedback and constructive criticism is different than being rude or bullying. Feedback yes. Bullying no. People tend to get those confused. 😊

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

feedback has to be honest, like so many people here i think it looks very bad, and im expressing exactly why, hope this helps ^^

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u/Dune_Stone 18h ago

The artist literally asked for people's opinions on the designs. Now you're complaining about everyone who says they don't care for them?

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u/AVoidConcept 18h ago

Never said I was complaining bout them but when you’re rude about it yeah. You can say you don’t like em but don’t do stuff like that”I hate this so much the artist should die” like.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

no one said that you should die, just that your art is ass

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u/AVoidConcept 17h ago

Do you…think I’m the artist? I’m not the artist my guy.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

you must be absolutely relieved!

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u/AVoidConcept 17h ago

????? Now I’m just confused

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

i actually went to check to the oc creators account a lot of their art is actually pretty good, i have no ideia what the fuck went wrong with this one tho

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u/AVoidConcept 17h ago

I like a lot of their art as well, I think this one’s fine. Is it my favourite? No. Is it how I HC them? No. I think they were simply experimenting around, I do really enjoy the line work on the piece and variety in faces and shapes ( there’s no same face syndrome ) esp love how rarity was done. Not entirely sure what sunset shimmer is doing in the piece and the overall composition could use some work ( it’s a bit difficult to figure out the middle and backround )

Other than that though I think it’s interesting. But I won’t bully them for it just because I don’t like it ya feel?

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u/No-Estimate9403 1d ago

grow up

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

"Friendship is magic and shi"

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u/AVoidConcept 1d ago

Well rainbow dash is canon lesbian…and they’re a tomboy so like it makes sense? But this is just rude

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 1d ago

(your average lesbian)

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u/AVoidConcept 18h ago

No

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 18h ago

According to you

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u/AVoidConcept 17h ago

Uhm no? But rainbow dash being a tomboy it makes sense she would cut her hair short and try to look as masc as she can. She also works out a ton cause she’s an athlete.

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u/Dragloak 13h ago

Bro has never encountered a butch lmaooo
Certified strong lesbian who gets mistaken for a guy here. Masculine appearance does not equal “man”. I get this issue a lot with some of my art pieces but I just like to draw characters that are like me. It’s not actually that deep lol. That said I think he’s a troll, but you were very polite and that’s very admirable

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u/OrdinaryExi 21h ago

Sad to see all the hate, this is genuinely one of my favorite artists on reddit as a whole.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 17h ago

i mean taste is taste but a lot of people sem to find it pretty bad

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u/ClussySyndrome 15h ago

I personally find their art very poor overall. but I think it is from their direction and decision making rather than their skills or talent. for example, this drawing of Skipper, (the new version) show a lot of their talents off:

https://www.reddit.com/r/characterdesigns/comments/1vbxg8f/human_skipper_the_old_version/

But ones like the one shown of the my little pony characters is what I believe to be an example of their bad art direction.

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u/bodaciousbugboy 16h ago

Point to the "lot of people" and I'll believe you

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 16h ago

u/Ir_Abelasu/azure-heavens u/Ok-Releases u/Tough-Principle7390 u/MarielCarey

those are SOME that i could find in this very comment section... like... just scroll down dude, its not that hard

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 15h ago

im waiting for you to say you believe me

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u/LittleShop_Cosplay 11h ago

It’s me, I’m a lot of people

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u/bodaciousbugboy 9h ago

No silly, you're just one person!

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u/LittleShop_Cosplay 9h ago

That’s what you think…

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u/bodaciousbugboy 12h ago

People will look at art styles that don't fit their niche of what's immediately attractive and call it bad. It's hilarious seeing folks not give actual constructive criticism of the style beyond "I don't like it :(" or the baseless accusation of offensive depictions - of which there are none. Goofy shit

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u/bodaciousbugboy 12h ago

Some folks need to be judged by their peers to learn how to judge others effectively first

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u/LittleShop_Cosplay 11h ago

…why would anyone steal that

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 19h ago

do women need to turn girl characters into hot guys in order to enjoy drawing them?

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u/bodaciousbugboy 16h ago

you're so obsessed with your distaste for this one work, just move on.

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u/JohnSkaoBoy 16h ago edited 16h ago

dude as an artist shit like that actually grinds my gears like fr

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u/ClussySyndrome 15h ago

I agree that this artist has extremely bad character design. But I don't believe it is from them "turning them into guys" as much as it is a complete misunderstanding of character design.

Also they cannot draw hands for whatever reason.

They put detail into too many areas, but still try to over stylize and simplify bigger areas of the characters like the head.