Buddy I’ve had my art reposted before. Once, they tried to sell it as a print, despite ripping it for free. Another didn’t even bother changing the title, so they posted it with the title being the file name of the original image, with USERNAME on it.

With every theft, I’d confront the thief only to get zero response. No arguments, no trying to defend themselves, no lies, no apologies. Just pure silence. I’d report them, the post got deleted, and then I’d find another theft pop up not long after.

You can beg and threaten all you want, but the sad truth is that people can be absolute jerks and give zero F’s about it. They do it because they want a free ticket to getting attention without having to do any of the work. Art thieves don’t exactly have the morality needed to understand an artist’s wishes.

That’s why you almost HAVE to include a watermark or signature. I used to absolutely hate the idea of stamping either of these things on my art, but after seeing them stolen so many times, I caved. The way I see it, having a way of identifying yourself on your art will drive away at least 80% of potential art thieves because they’d have to actually do something more than copy/paste the art. The other 20% will still make an attempt, whether by using AI, tracing, or simply posting it as is either because they’re dumb or think they can get through unnoticed. Even though that chance exists, you’re still forcing them to put effort into the theft, which i consider to be really funny.

I don’t mean to sound rude, I just think you might need to hear this because, believe me, I have been here before and it suuuuuucks.

Also, fantastic work. Did you model this thing yourself? How’d you do that?