Art Theft.

It happened today. Sad, I know. And with the Sakukina artwork as featured right next to the Journal. I was hoping this would not happen as soon. It did happen on Gaia Online, let me know about the issue in the Art Post forum, so thank you so much for letting me know.

I was surprised this happened, I didn't intend something this serious would happen. That is my biggest pet peeve, stealing. Especially artwork, artists including me worked very hard for it. I find it very rude that you just take the copyright as your own making our work go to waste.

This Journal not only tells how scared I was, but to alert everyone, if you see my artwork on any other site claimed by someone else, doesn't have to be Gaia Online, PLEASE tell me. Report it yourself too with proof it belongs to me. This is a huge favor, things like this get me paranoid that it can happen again, and I never know.

Once again, many MANY thanks to my friends helping me out with the situation. You guys are absolutely true friends with helping me for this.

EDIT: I have thought about using Watermark on my artwork. Yes I have heard that its useful to prevent works from being stolen. I am currently trying to learn how to Watermark so hopefully this will not happen again. If anyone is interested, here are the links for both GIMP and Photoshop:

GIMP: [link]

Photoshop (Self Made): [link]

Much Love,

-Victoria B.