#beware of artists

[juniperandmoonlight]

So I looked this up to see if it was really a McCarthy era poster. The answer is no, but the truth is actually equally entertaining. Apparently the quote is paraphrased from a letter sent from Leopold of Belgium to Queen Victoria in 1845 :

"The dealings with artists, for instance, require great prudence; they are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that very reason dangerous; they are hardly ever satisfied, and when you have too much to do with them, you are sure to have des ennuis..."

(I found this on Snopes, they were not able to determine who created the modernized version).

“Beware of Artists” - Actual poster issued by Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1950s, at height of the red scare.

[monstermonger]

I saw this scene while driving to the shop yesterday and couldn't stop thinking about it ToT

[atanerrum]

bugs that may infest your house

[nataliedecorsair]

A warning about AI crap

@giannaaziz1998blog this user browses through art-related hashtags and steals your work, AI-fies it and posts with the same hashtags as in your original post. It could be a bot, it's getting hard to tell at this point. For example, that thing saw my post, stole my very old non-glazed sketch, slapped AI on it and posted with exactly the same hashtags, even though some of them aren't related to it. Also restricted replies, of course, and blocked me. Please, block and report them, I'm not the only artist who was "blessed" with this abomination.

P.S. - glaze your art if you can, people. That's the only way to protect your art at the moment.

[blondebrainpowered]

[angelmaking]

protect yourself

[sparkchemy]

Hey, just wanted to give a quick PSA on a new type of bot/scam going around Tumblr. I've seen these types of comments on multiple artist's posts now. All of them are from generic / empty accounts with the usual bots behavior and they always ask artists to DM them in regards to commissions.

ASSUME MALICIOUS INTENT / REPORT / BLOCK / CARRY ON WITH YOUR DAY

A couple of examples below:

[haycoat-art]

BEWARE OF THE USER foggymagazinegiver!

They have been stealing art from people in the Pokemon community including some by @xxtc-96xx and adding MALICIOUS LINKS!!!! So be careful clicking on them because they WILL potentially harm you a lot.

So what should you do?

REPORT THEM for this

@ai-art-thieves should also help spread the word around!

Stay safe everyone!

[dynasoar5]

BIG PSA: if you're an artist, I wouldn't recommend using @inprnt . If you already have, archive all your work until this is resolved. They aren't giving satisfactory responses (if any) or being clear why many of us aren’t receiving payments until MONTHS after their ETA for balance withdrawals, and only respond after numerous emails, if they ever do.

If you sell a print on @inprnt as of summer 2023, you'll have to wait 30 days until the money appears in your site balance, and then potentially up to 4 MONTHS for your withdrawal request to appear in your paypal account. As a reminder, the site's service terms still say withdrawal requests "should take" 3-10 business days.

If you're a supporter of artists, I'd recommend not buying prints from @inprnt. They need to explain what is going on

this all being said, I am no longer offering prints on @inprnt until they come clean or this issue is taken care of.

[azul-demetileno]

BEWARE OF THIS SCAMMER!!!!!

this person asked me is i was available for a comission and i said yes (i admit i was oblivious since i have little to no experience with commissions) and i made a sketch of what they wanted and asked for a payment (i gave them my paypal email and received some suspisious emails...i learned from my mistake)they tried to get me to make a refund of a money that i dont have, they were insistent. Aparently they have a modus operandi since i contacted another artist and they told me that they almost got scammed by this person. I feel stupid, used and i lost my time and dignity, but i won´t fall for that anymore, please share this so more artist can protect themselfs from this scammer (all they want is free art, so they don´t value our effort and skills)

[dashintrash]

Hey guys, I normally don't do these sorts of posts but

Artists beware!

There's this guy going around, asking mainly tadc artists to do commissions for him (usually its digital circus x hunterxhunter manga redraw), and if they refuse he'll spam slurs and insults, make alt accounts to demand the artist to finish the art He's prob just a troll (cause I refuse to believe ppl like him are real lol), so it's best to just block him and don't interact

his current @ here: jinbe-the-shipweight (previously jimbei-the-son-of-the-sea) UDP: found his tumblr alt originally it's "anime-fan785", if you search it now it will redirect you to "fullmetal895" - his current name twitter: originally ToesGeo but changed his name to Kick_Ass785 (still shows up in search if you type ToesGeo) bsky: I don't think he has a permanent account on there, but usually his @ are themaxx(+numbers), kick-ass, or something crude here's some messages me and other artists got from him (cw for slurs and generally unpleasant behavior):

this is what he sent to me:

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cartuneslover23 (twitter)

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his tumblr:

his twitter:

his tumblr alt:

[sernhuh]

The KIY triplets human(ish) design hcs

[cry4nne]

Waking my Lady

[dyrdeer]

SCAM WARNING

Hello furry artists!

The account @bonderberry reached out to me to try and commission a picture of their "son's dog" willing to pay 4x the amount I was asking. They insisted I gave them my email and I repeatedly tried to give them different methods of payment before finally relenting. I was a fool!

I received this email as soon as i sent my address

As you can see, the email address servicepaypal@gmail.com is not the email paypal will send you emails from. the one is service@paypal.com. Please be aware of this scam! I wish I would've known before providing my email address. If someone is insistent in getting your paypal email, DON'T GIVE IT TO EM! Please beware and don't be as naive as i was!

[kayenimate]

Common side effects include referencing a b99 joke

[kurouppy]

Commission scam alert!

A scam is going around currently where someone will dm artists offering $200 via paypal to draw "their sons dog", regardless of the artists actual commission price which is typically much lower, so far I've seen the dogs name is often bailey but it can be other names too

The account will most likely be blank with no pfp, bio or posts and a small amount of likes and follows that all seem to be found on one or two tags. The usernames will be a combo of around 3 words that seem randomly generated. Typically they will insist on it being a specific payment method (currently it's paypal) and refuse to send money any other way

Here are the exchanges I had with them and their blank account, typically the scammer will follow this general script. Do not accept comms from a user coolcowboywitch

Here are the pictures of the dog they sent me, reverse image searching didn't come up with anything so I'm not sure where they're from (potentially AI generated), if you get sent these exact pictures it's most likely a scam

There are two main ways this scam can work:

1. They are attempting to steal your paypal login information or to trick you into sending them money. There are many ways they can do this, including sending phishing emails or claiming they can't pay you unless you send them money first

2. They will either send you money and then file a charge back or send you money that never processes in the first place, meaning you do the labor and never get paid. This can even lead to your account being overdrafted

A similar scam was going around on instagram a bit ago that instead offered $300

Posts with recent examples of this scam:

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Deeper explanation of how the scam works:

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