And Who Says Trolling Doesn't Work?

I don't suggest you troll other people but when the nice method doesn't work - troll away.

This morning I checked RainbowKidShop's store and all the listings were either changed to new pictures created by her or they were just removed all together. Now she's still stealing ideas from other people which sucks but at least she's posting pictures of the stolen ideas she made with her own two hands, and not the actual picture stolen from the artist.

Now we don't know if the stolen pictures on the My Space page are gone yet, but since she decided to close off the page to anybody but her friends, I figure it's a win for us here. She can't promote the store to strangers using our stolen pictures if no one but her friends and family can see it, so I think a few battles have been won here.

Unfortunately she still has a few photos on her Etsy Store Facebook page with is open to the public and we can't have that. So we're leaving bad reviews on the page and I reporting the page as promoting a scam which is true. She posted false information on her page, so its a technically a scam.

Honestly if she just removed those last few photos off the facebook page I would be happy and I think the rest of the crafters would be too.

HO HO HO - Harass an Art Thief Day!

Yeah, I'm not going to see my family til next week cause I'm working later today, so I have lots of time to blog about evil picture thieves.

So the army is out in full force! You just don't mess with our community cause we get pissed when you rip us off.

RainbowKidShop aka. Sheena and Joshua from North Carolina

Their information: 

Her twitter: twitter.com/#!/RainbowKidShop
Her Myspace: www.myspace.com/lilskitskit/
Her personal MySpace: www.myspace.com/squirrelraper
Her facebook: www.facebook.com/squirrelraper

Since they both signed one of the emails...
Here is Joshua's My Space page:
www.myspace.com/josrocket
As well as his facebook:
www.facebook.com/squirrelraper#!/profile.php? id=44105979

Yeah, we're doing our homework on these people.

Anyway, further investigation found that she had a My Space full of more stolen picture including some of my work like my Final Fantasy VI collection, my Float Eye and my Pac Man picture frame. God, it was worse than the Etsy store. She has at least 10 or more artists on the My Space that she was using stolen pictures from to promote her store. Again, no credit given to us - they were just posted on there like they were hers.

I tried to leave some links to the original photos as proof of what she did but she blocked the comments and me plus now she's blocked anyone from seeing her page except friends. Guilty much.

A few other artists she stole from have posted about her misdeeds on their blogs and flickr accounts.

You can find Oh Yeah Drink Kool Aid aka Janna's post here and Gamer Grrlz's post here

And thanks to my posts, Rainbow Kid finds herself at the top of google search as a picture thief and not a Etsy seller. BOOYAH!

I have to find it funny that this chick is ripping off work that has been made, sold and blogged about well before her store even existed. Did she really think no one would notice? That no one would realize she was using other artists' pictures in her store?

Honestly at this point, she is just better off to remove all the picture before things get worse.

Happy Holidays from The Girl Gamer!

Update to Rainbow Kid Shop - the Etsy Picture Thief

Got looking into more items from their store today and I found more stolen pictures in their listings.

Their listing for a Zelda Coaster set and then the original picture stolen from Snippygal's flickr account.

Their listing for a Super Mario Bros. 3 Coaster Set (note the same non-matching back shot of the coasters) - And then the original picture stolen from Jejune.net

Then this listing for Super Mario Bros. Coasters has two stolen pictures - From Jejune.net again and from my first found bead artist and inspiration for my whole hobby, Foglera. The bitches are stealing from my Obi-Wan!

Not good at all. So that's what at least 7 stolen pictures confirmed and when we confronted the couple running the store about it, they claimed ignorance and that the pictures came from clients. Still haven't taken them down though. Plus they are promoting the one stolen picture listing on their Twitter account today. Classy!

Reported all the listings and the store to Etsy plus sent messages to all the artists involved, so hopefully the store will be shutdown soon.

Please no one buy from this store - you will not get anything you see in the pictures. These shop owners are advertising false work and are stealing from good artists that make their stuff first.

Picture Thief Alert: Another Etsy Seller At It Again

So this time I'm not one of the people getting screwed here - actually I've just about wrapped up my Etsy store due to lack of time but it still kills me to see other sellers on Etsy using pictures stolen from my fellow bead artists.

We all sell items from video games, I get that but if you don't have a product pre-made to post on Etsy, then make it before you sell it. Don't rip off someone other artist's picture and slap it on your site until you can make one. It's false advertising.

If you really need to put a pre-order spot for a customer, then put a picture of the sprite as a placeholder and not a picture of bead art from another artist. And especially don't post a picture and claim it's your work.

We will find out and bust you.

Like this artist currently selling on Etsy - Rainbow Kid Shop. She used this picture from another Etsy artist, Pixelated Productions to reserve a bead art piece for a customer. Again, its a video game sprite, so use the bloody sprite from the game as a placeholder and not another person's work. You are creating false advertising - some Etsy shopper is going to think that is your original work.

Now that she's actually created the piece, she's posted her own picture of it in a second listing but she should have put the work in before hand. Lazy bitch.

Then there's this little item - the Tetris coaster which I know has been ripped off many times over but focus on the picture here she's using and not the concept. It's the same as this Etsy artist. I love how Rainbow Kid hasn't even tried to modify the pictures in anyway - just posting the same picture from other Etsy artists. So glad I reported these.

Then we have the final nail in the coffin, the Mario Checkers picture which she didn't even remove the time stamp from. She got this one from this artist, coolstuffforsale. This item has been blogged about on various websites in the past, so you know Rainbow Kid is ripping this picture and idea off. Nice one.

Yeah, Rainbow Kid is definitely getting coal in her stocking this year. And maybe some dog poop too.

Supernatural: The Animation

Totally a reason to learn Japanese - Supernatural: The Animation. Coming February 23, 2011.

Hopefully it will have subtitles.

Batman: Arkham City Teaser Trailer