#yettyen

TaffyBratz was one of many unfortunate people to commission Ms. Stepputat, hoping for a nice, original, creative piece of work starring her OCs.

So they were given this:

https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/Commission-TaffyBratz-603809351

This looked weird to me for many reasons.

For one thing, the perspective is ALL fucked up.  Either those senshi in front are the Amazon Duo (a group the Amazon Trio and the Amazon Quartet don’t like to talk about), or the couple in the background are goddamn hobbits.

So when my artist-sense got tingling, I started searching and found something.  Somethings, actually.

Princess Endymion/Touko (left) and Sailor Sun (right) look aaaaaaaaaawfully familiar.  Because they are.  They are traced from Jupiter and Venus:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/37928821839331275/

https://vinylls.tumblr.com/post/92983082953

The brunette in the back’s gown appears to have been traced off of this by JackoWCastillo:

https://www.zerochan.net/1789924

And the fellow in the back is traced off of Prince Endymion’s settei:

Going off of her commission prices, Ms. Stepputat possibly charged 1750 points for this, which is the equivalent of $22.

TaffyBratz also received this:

https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/C-Sailor-Sun-2-of-3-567240208

And this:

https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/C-Sailor-Earth-1-of-3-565222322

Which were traced off of this:

https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/Commish-Sawai-Cerecere-277387037

And this:

https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/Commish-Sawaivesta-277386996

So poor TaffyBratz got suckered into paying for “commissions” made from tracing official work and Yettyen’s work, which also means that Yettyen could have gotten some money for a commission instead of Ms. Stepputat.

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This:

https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/Artrade-with-The-Devil-Butterfly-339788405

Traced off of this commissioned work:

https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/Commish-Sawai159-Pt2-277386988

And just like in many other cases, the original artist has to learn AFTER THE FACT that their work was traced, come onto the traced image page, and ask to be credited:

 https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/339788405/2845401440

This paid commission:

https://www.deviantart.com/yettyen/art/C-Spreefee-pt-3-283038278

Was traced to complete a PAID commission here:

https://www.deviantart.com/nads6969/art/Commiss-Sailor-Dark-Star-327764703

Overlay is here:

https://www.deviantart.com/genetic-miles/art/Nads6969-Overlay-of-Yettyen-800949202

I want to reiterate something.  The original piece was a paid commission, meaning the art belongs to the commissioner AND to Yettyen.

 Ms. Stepputat, who apparently couldn’t finish her own paid commission by her own skills, decided that Yettyen’s work would help her.  So she traced it.

 This is like having a store where someone asks for a teddy bear, so then you go to your neighbor’s house, break in, steal the teddy bear, and then sell it. Ms. Stepputat’s commission is basically stolen goods, which she sold.  

 Another thing about commissions.  When someone commissions you, it means that they want YOUR work.  They are paying YOU for YOUR skills, your ACTUAL skills.  If they wanted someone else’s work, THEY WOULD COMMISSION SOMEONE ELSE INSTEAD OF YOU.  This is dishonest at best, false advertising as well.  

 It doesn’t matter how much you want money to draw stuff for someone.  It doesn’t matter how much you NEED money, and drawing is the only way you can get it.  Be honest about your skill set, and don’t be afraid to refuse commissions if you don’t feel that you can give you commissioner the quality of work they’re paying for.  It might suck, but they will respect you more for saying “no” than for saying “yes” and giving them absolute crap.  If you can’t draw it, you need to tell your commissioner that you can’t, or that it might take a bit of time for you to finish it because you want to practice drawing whatever it is that’s giving you trouble.  If you commissioner is patient, they’ll be okay with this too.

 IT IS NOT OKAY TO LIE TO YOU COMMISSIONER.

 IT IS DOUBLE-NOT OKAY TO TRACE SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK TO COMPLETE YOUR COMMISSION.

 IT IS TRIPLE-NOT OKAY TO TRACE SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK TO COMPLETE YOUR COMMISSION AND GET PAID FOR IT.

To make matters worse, the person who commissioned Ms. Stepputat in the first place confronted her about the traced work, and she got her comment hidden and was blocked in response: