berrie

There are currently two TikTok accounts (most likely operated by the same person) impersonating both myself (EJ) and @doodle-bunstel

They are:

taking our artworks

using AI to alter our drawings

removing or changing our watermarks and signatures

and reposting the edited images as their own original work.

Unfortunately, TikTok's reporting system has not been helpful. Both Bunstel and I have reported these accounts for impersonation, but TikTok has repeatedly responded that they found no violations.

We ask for your help.

If you have TikTok, please report these accounts under "Misinformation" and "Deepfakes." While TikTok unfortunately does not allow reports for impersonation unless the victim is a public figure or celebrity, these accounts are, by definition, spreading misinformation by pretending to be artists they are not and presenting altered artwork as their own.

‼️Please do NOT comment, message, or otherwise engage with these accounts, as any interaction only boosts their visibility. Reporting them is the most helpful action you can take.‼️

If you don't have TikTok, a reblog would be greatly appreciated to help spread awareness.

Bunstel and I have spent years developing our skills and creating artwork out of genuine passion for both art and the characters we love. Our work is shared freely with the community. It takes us hours to create a piece, yet only seconds for someone else to run it through AI, alter it, and claim it as their own.

moon reaper adopt up on my toyhouse ^^ check it outtt

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

(and niles’ section 🤎)

You’re telling me they didn’t want romance but still put Niles “I also thought - at least in those first few years - that you might be out there somewhere, too. That maybe, against all odds, you survived. Kept me going, that hope.” Abara in the game?

More spoilery meme below cut