Anoter stolen image...

I understand, being a tattoo artist myself, that we have a profession that is built over a foundation of copying the work of other artists.  If a client comes in and wants anything OTHER than a piece the tattoo artist will be drawing up personally, then there's a 98% chance that it's the work of another artist.  I get that.  Hell, at least 50% of the tattoos I do are based on the work of other artists.  That being said though, if I were to post something I did online, (you can check my portfolio for instance), I give credit to the original artist.  It's the fair thing to do.

I also understand that many tattooists aren't actually artists... They may be able to apply a clean, solid tattoo, but if they were asked to actually produce anything on their own, they'd be at a severe loss.  This is where I think I make an exception.  I love to draw and, (again, use my gallery to make your own conclusion of this), might actually be pretty good at it.

On top of this, if you were to google search "zombie girl", chances are that the image I drew up and have posted in my DA as such will pop up on the first page.  I've seen it stolen a number of times already and put on skateboards or just in people's portfolios as their own custom works.  As one might imagine, this pisses me off to no end.  

Now, to the guts of this post.  I drew this piece for a client so they could have an original John Devilman piece.  I didn't put it on a sheet of flash or sell it in a book because it was for that one client and my own personal use.  When another tattoo artist takes that design and uses it on one of their clients, it takes away from the person I drew it for by making his tattoo less unique.  I know I can't help it, but it pisses me off.... but what makes me even more upset, is when cock-breathed brick eaters post it as their own, as if they took the time to do more than just trace my drawing and tweek a thing or two here and there.  Assfaces like this:

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who take full credit for the piece, as if it was theres and THEN, the scumsucking pieces of shit TATTOO it on someone:

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Yeah... this shit pisses me right the fuck off.

Thanks to mange.deviantart.com/ for tipping me off to this piece of shit.  Everyone punch this guy in the fucking face if you ever see him.