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thank you for posting her response. to rae, we appreciate that you acknowledge this and that the situation was handled calmly.

tumblr user @raethestar frequently traces her art.

@raethestar​, also known as @rae-the-artist​, @rendiggitydog​ and @/RaeTheArtist on twitter, has been found to trace her art on multiple occasions. we feel it is important to bring this issue to light, as rae has used a few of her traced pieces as examples for her commission work in the past. considering that 1) she has not given proper credit to the bases she has traced from and 2) the work is not her own, this may be deemed as false advertising and is harmful for the original artists she has stolen from. evidence for the confirmed cases of tracing can be found under the cut.

PLEASE DO NOT ATTACK OR HARASS THIS PERSON. we are creating this post in order to bring light to wrong behavior in the hope that rae can identify this and refrain from doing so in the future. to rae herself, we kindly ask that you stop tracing from multiple sources, or if you decide to continue doing so, to 1) not use it as commission advertisement and 2) provide proper credit to the best of your ability.

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tumblr user @raethestar frequently traces her art.

@raethestar​, also known as @rae-the-artist​, @rendiggitydog​ and @/RaeTheArtist on twitter, has been found to trace her art on multiple occasions. we feel it is important to bring this issue to light, as rae has used a few of her traced pieces as examples for her commission work in the past. considering that 1) she has not given proper credit to the bases she has traced from and 2) the work is not her own, this may be deemed as false advertising and is harmful for the original artists she has stolen from. evidence for the confirmed cases of tracing can be found under the cut.

PLEASE DO NOT ATTACK OR HARASS THIS PERSON. we are creating this post in order to bring light to wrong behavior in the hope that rae can identify this and refrain from doing so in the future. to rae herself, we kindly ask that you stop tracing from multiple sources, or if you decide to continue doing so, to 1) not use it as commission advertisement and 2) provide proper credit to the best of your ability.

first and foremost, the screenshot below shows rae referring to pinterest as her source of reference. however, it is important to note that rae explicitly deems the poses she draws as ones that “i come up with” rather than providing proper credit for the original bases.

here is a link to her pinterest, which contains many of the bases we found that she traced directly from. they can be found in the “Draw Ideas” board.

next, this post on tumblr, as well as this one on twitter, are rae’s commission postings. as we’ll show in a bit, two of these commission “examples” (the two on the bottom, listed under “Background/Extra Character”) are traced directly from bases and aren’t actually rae’s art, despite the fact that she is consciously advertising them as such. this is stealing, false advertising, and a direct lie to her possible customers. it is unacceptable in every sense of the word.

below are a few examples of traced artwork, at least from what we could find:

traced from the bottom right and top left poses respectively; no sign of any proper credit. the cleo one is included in her commissions examples. (feb. 18, 2020)

this one refers to using a draw the squad base, but does not credit the original piece or artist. (feb. 1, 2020)

another one from her commissions examples.

the original twitter account this base comes from appears to no longer exist, but the kanji has been translated to say “second copy/trace banned” 

ely’s 100k celebration piece. arms are traced from the middle, legs are traced from the right. ely does not condone tracing or art theft of any kind. (mar. 16, 2020)

traced from base 3.

and last but not least, this one is stolen directly from DeviantArt user Anipul, with no proper credit. rae’s version traced and mirrored the pose. (apr. 3, 2020)

tracing – even if it is claimed to be from a “draw the squad” base – is wrong if you decide to post it without proper credit and claim that art as your own, ESPECIALLY if you use multiple traced art pieces to “advertise” your art skills and gain money from doing so. it’s literally plagiarism. our only request to rae is that she refrains from participating in this behavior in the future, or to at least provide credit where credit is due.

to reiterate, PLEASE do not attack rae for this behavior. we simply aim to bring light to the situation. thank you for your consideration.