Profission ripped off by Katia Convents
If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery then we are very happy to share this with you. We're about to launch a brand new portfolio tomorrow, couple of small content updates and layout amends aside, and just going through our analytics we came across Katia Convents.
Profission site is top, Katia Convents site is bottom.
Using imagery and code directly from the 2005 Profission site, and even using our google analytics urchin, the site goes as far as having a profission,png logo, but the copyright is altered to suit the new site.
This version of our site is archived here
Katia Convents is here
Here email address is [email protected]
We see this as a wonderful and poignant epilogue to a site that has served us well for five years.
Tim
The Curious Case Of Omar González
UPDATE 4 Proof that A.O.G.A. was making profit with the illustrations, an screenshot took from TinEye that redirects to deviantART's print shop:
UPDATE 3 On I side note, one of the recent claims of Omar is that he sent his drawings for a revision to DibujArte S3 Maganize and that was the moment when Tozani steals them, what he doesn't realize is that those drawing exists before the release of that magazine, the following drawing is the cover of the book included in the No. 1 edition:
The section where the magazine offers help to readers by sending their drawings to be checked starts in the No. 15.
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UPDATE 2 I don't know how the lawsuit end (or if it progress) but A. Omar Gonzáles A. keeps harassing Tozani through the blog of his deviantART profile claiming he steals his works and attacking all his co-workers who aren't related to this madness. He can't answer about Artgerm, elpinoy and Gattadonna and just avoid the subject.
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UPDATE Both blogs (ZAnimeStyle and Pseudoscketcher's Note) were banned from blogger and Omar was demanded, so I'm sure this story will have a happy end 
In the last posts of Pseudoscketcher's Note he was attacking EdWheeler, Tozani, Magolobo, Belmont and me (He got angry because I was just ignoring him and making jokes 
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(ROFL I RIPED OFF A TITTLE! LOLZ)
Hello, this is my first post here...
Sometime ago a dude called Omar González subscribed to deviantART, his gallery was full of ripp off of other illustrations by famous artist like Artgerm, Tozani, elpinoy, etc. Not only he doesn't admit the rip off, he invented stories for every work like in what he inspires, the process, the refference (photos of his friends wtf?), etc. like he REALLY did ALL the process.
Obviously he was reported and the admins close his account rapidly, but this guy claims that the reason of why this happens is because "I'm (he lol) a better artist and they are jelous because I refine their works".
This guy open a blog just to yells about the artist that reported him, I'm sorry, it's in spanish, but he said that those artist are just posers and that they copy and rip off works (just insults, he doesn't show any solid evidence of what he said), and that THEY stole him (just check the dates, and the original artists have WIP scketches of the works).
Well, here's his "work" ("copia" means copy in spanish, I'm sorry is in spanish because I used them for a similar article in a blog in spanish):
Original by Sacnicté Galicia (pencils) and Tozani (colors).
Original by Tozani.
Original by Gattadonna.
Original by elpinoy.
Original by Gabo (pencils) and Tozani (colors).
Original by elpinoy.
Original by Juan Carlos Hernández (pencils) and Tozani (colors).
UPDATE Belmont wasn't the original artist lol, but i will try to get the original one and post here.
Original by Artgerm.
Original by Tozani.
Original by Tozani.
Do you really think that 7 people are lying?
Wanna know what is the worst part? The price for a comission can be from 250 pesos (25 dlls) to 1500 (150 dlls). I read how someone ask him for a Simpsons style drawing and he said that it was 480 pesos (48 dlls). Everyone knows that you can sell something like that because the Simpsons style are copyrighted, EdWheeler does Simpsons comissions for free because of that!
He have a new dA account, but he hasn't submit anything because to "avoid problems with those jealousy people who like to impede the growth of other".
If you are an artist, I recomend you to visit his blog because maybe you find a pic of yours ripped off.... Share this article if it's possible please.
That's all I want to say... Thanks to YTWWN for this opportunity, and sorry if you can't understand my english... I'm mexican lol.
Who came first? Crooked Monkey or Jay Jays? *UPDATE*
Received an email today from Crooked Monkey. Turns out Jay Jays has in fact ripped off their design.
In regards to their design they said:
"This is a direct knock off of our shirt. Amazing. We came up with this shirt in August of 2006 and produced it shortly thereafter."
They go onto say that they have just appointed an Australian distributor and that they will have him check out a Jay Jays store to see if any other designs have been knocked off. Adding that they will also be contacting the company.
Lastly they thanked me for alerting them to it.
I'll keep you posted if anything further happens.