COPYCAT ARTIST ALERT 03!

Not the first time this has happened, but there is the issue of the audacity of blatant theft...

Artist in question: @CarminDez

Example 1:

My art:

His art posted afterward:

He does acknowledge the inspiration...

But the art is used without my approval or authorization.

More of the same... Example 2:

which came from my art:

I suspect he is using AI to reverse engineer a prompt from my art and then generating his cheap knockoffs.

I have checked a dozen of his deviations and they are all generated by the intellectual theft of other artists.

I have done two things:

1. Blocked him. I suggest you do the same.

2. Notified DeviantArt Staff. While there is no specific precedent for a response to this issue, this could potentially impact the sales of the original artists and that is of concern to DeviantArt.