April Bawolek

Apologies for a non-art post on my website, but I find this absolutely repulsive.

A Vietnam-based ‘company’, “Vintage Boy”, has stolen my artwork and used them as designs for their apparel without my permission. The Lana Del Rey vector designs (1,2) are both my own personal pieces, and the Lady Gaga sweaters are also both by me (1)— the second Lady Gaga one taking bits of pieces of my work and combining it with other elements.

I am absolutely sure that I’m not the only artist they have stolen from— if you take a look at their galleries, most of the art on there are popular artwork seen on Tumblr. If you’re an artist and your work has been stolen, please post on their wall and ask them to remove as well.

Here is a link to their Facebook page.

Hey, friends and fam! Got a public service announcement for ya: STOP SCROLLING FOR A SECOND AND READ THIS. IT CONCERNS ART THEFT. DON’T STEAL ANOTHER PERSON’S ARTWORK AND CALL IT YOUR OWN, AND EVEN WORSE, DEGRADE THE ORIGINAL WORK BY PUTTING SHITTY TYPOGRAPHY ALL OVER THE BACKGROUND. Don’t...

Hey guys! A friend of a friend had a piece of her artwork not only stolen, but sold and has had a profit made on it. Could you help rally to have him take this down? He’s been asked to remove it and has decided against complying with the original artist as of now, but hopefully with enough positive support for the OP and firm encouragement to Yarnell, we can  convince him to stop selling April’s design.

Please be civil, nobody responds to yelling and name calling. Also please support the original artist in any way you can - that’s better damage control than screaming at the plagiarizer.

Here are the links from the message above! Original Work David Yarnell’s Twitter David Yarnell’s Instagram David Yarnell’s Facebook