"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves."

-- Abraham Lincoln --

In case some of you were wondering why several of my deviations have disappeared from my gallery I've been accused of art theft by a photographer here on DA -- in other words taking her photography and drawing over it -- and despite my protests to the contrary she decided I was lying, she knew better, that no one could recreate her photo down to the smallest detail, etc., etc. I will reiterate, I did not draw over her photograph, I drew it and all the details of it I wished to incorporate into my drawing and then drew over that (which, in effect, is doing what she accused me of ) She reported me to the dAdmins and they, subsequently removed the deviation (although how they managed to delete something I'd already deleted I'm not sure -- does anyone know how they accomplish that?)
This next part is conjecture, as I have no concrete evidence to support my theory (although this nasty little note left on my home page by the photographer stongly points to my theory that she set her friends and watchers to attack me and my gallery as being correct "I think it's safe to say that your theiving days will soon be over.
Have a nice day!", but following closely upon that first deletion several people began attacking other art in my gallery accusing me again of art theft, one of them going so far as to reply to comments from my viewers that this was done in PhotoShop, it was nothing but me changing the photo to an "oil painting" and claiming it as my work (this despite the fact that my husband watched me draw at least one of the works in question -- from where he sits at his computer he can see my computer screen clearly. Also -- and this is nit picking on my part -- I DO NOT, and never have used PhotoShop for any of my works so his/her comment that he/she knows PhotoShop when they see it is patently false). These drawings they found questionable were also reported to DA and, even though I'd already deleted them as well, were once more removed from my gallery. (By the way, I removed the first drawing because I was disgusted and repulsed by the animosity from the photographer and didn't want anything to do with her or her photograph in my gallery -- the second two I removed because I was tired of being vilified by several persons about them.)
Anyway, I wished to apologize to my watchers, especially those who've added my works to their favorites, and those who've received comments from my attackers -- BUT, I refuse to accept the appellation "Art Thief" and will continue to produce digital art despite the harassment (though I'm pretty sure the harassment will continue).


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Some of my latest wall papers at *kabegami
.. Switching On
.:: ::. Dragon Keep
.::: :::. Cloudburst
.:::: ::::. Wadi Rum
.::: :::. Winter Sun Dogs
.:: ::. Into the West
.: :. Thailand Sunset

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we should stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."

-- Theodore Roosevelt --



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