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this is the only ‘drama’ channel that not only spilled some tea but also educated me

You could say that Jeffree was being a star

Remember when Kylie store artwork and then apologized after...oh wait...she never apologized for it LOL

this is the most respectful and informational “tea” video I’ve seen in a while and I’m so here for it

Jeffree should hire the original artist to create a new design 👍😊

We STAN someone who uses FACTS & RESEARCH to back up their opinion

There is a way on Photoshop to make your high resolution images low res and still looking vaguely good. NEVER upload a high resolution image of your work to the internet for everyone to see, if someone asks for a better version they'll have to pay for it and get the file sent privately. My tutor just taught us this and I'm never uploading a high res image to my website again, no one is stealing my art XD

Jeffree really out there gaining respect from EVERYBODY. We stan

I knew Jeffree would solve all of this quickly. He truly is a sweetheart. Shout out to Jeffree for, indeed, being so professional and taking the right actions!.

It turned to an educational art video halfway through

I wonder how the fired artist reacted to this.

Clarification: -Manet and Monet are from the Impressionist period, not Renaissance! -Claude Monet’s painting (1866) was inspired by Édouard Manet’s painting (1863), not the other way around. -So: Raimondi inspired Manet, and Manet inspired Monet. -Same explanation still applies with how each artist created inspired works, rather than copied. Thanks for those who pointed out in the comments 😊

Last time I was this early Kat Von D and Jeffree were friends

I think Jefree responded and acted appropriately. The person who "made" the design has a responsibility to create original artwork representing Jeffree Stars brand. Not only was that person in the wrong but the person had a strong reason to be fired. You cannot steal someone's artwork and have it represent someone else's brand. Thats not only making you look bad but making the brand look bad too.

Jefree handled the situation gracefully

I love this! I'm a budding artist, and I take inspiration from many different creators, but when I was learning and would directly copy something, I always just kept it for personal use or posted the original art next to mine, as well as including the original artist's name and socials (if they had them)

Her voice is amazingly soothing. I could hear her speak all day

It would be cool if the artist and Jeffree did a collaboration on a new merch design !!

Honestly the traced piece's add-ons aren't even well put together. The way the banner flows at the bottom and how it abruptly folds, cutting the "hey, how are" off from the "ya" is just ugly design. I see art theft pretty frequently--more so than I'd like--and there's always a trend of the copying/tracing artist not having the skills to make their copy of another design look good. Whether this be when people directly trace art and then try to colour it, betraying their own lack of skill through their inability to colour (that's actually a thing, if you see gorgeous line work but it's coloured in a shoddy/amateurish way then that's a huge red flag) or trying to add something to a design they took from somewhere else, they haven't developed the necessary skills to make that finished piece live up to the same quality. The only instance this tends to not be the case is if someone can colour really well digitally, but they can't draw well--digital art and online colouring tutorials mean that someone can actually get good at colouring before they learn the rest of the basics (i.e colourists). So basically... if the skills don't match up, you might want to look a little further into that piece. The people who trace (amateurs) don't tend to recognize this issue because they don't know enough about the medium or skills they're trying to pass off as their own. (Also, side note, I'm kinda jealous of @heymonsterart. Not that their work was effectively stolen--so much sympathy for them there--but that it's now opened up a whole new world of possibilities for them potentially working with Jeffrey Star. Good on him for wanting to support a smaller artist too. When my work's stolen it just involves a lot of stress and wasted time on my end, and certain companies selling/hosting the stolen work even make it difficult or impossible to get the issue sorted.)

I remember when my character design was stolen. This art theft took all the unique characteristics of my character and put it on theirs. Horns, black eyes, clown makeup, sharp teeth, all the way to even using my character's self harm scars. I called them out on it and they said they were inspired by my character. I told them I'm glad they were but what upset me was their design was 90% copied and 10% original. The only original things they did with their design was they changed the gender, changed the name, and drew it themselves pencil and paper. Mind you this person who stole from me wasn't the nicest kind of person. They used depression as a pitty me and get out of jail free card. They did apologize but they kept using the situation as a way to get attention. I called them out on this too and for the first time they never responded because they know I caught them. They almost always have responded to me dramatically, but they knew then that they couldn't fool me this time. I wouldn't have been so angry with them if they weren't trying to say it was completely their idea. I wouldn't have been so annoyed if they just apologized and moved on. I'm tired of telling this story but I feel the need to do so in order to express my thoughts on inspiration and imitation. I'm personally okay with another artist being inspired by my work. What I'm not okay with is if they completely ripoff my original idea and dosen't say "I was inspired by ameiart's character."

im tired of art theft its really anoying its ok to be inspired by something but flat out copying stuff for yout own personal gain is just flat out stealing

Honestly that merch was kinda ugly I'm kinda glad it was called out

The Zara pins look so bad compared to Tuesday Bassen’s. Its not like they even tried to make it look good, lol.

Thank you for captioning this video

*The devil works hard but spill works harder*

The shirt was so cute tho, hopefully the original artist can collab with Jefree and its a win win for everyone.

It’s important people know that an IDEA isn’t protected legally, only the specific EXPRESSION of that idea. This would likely be a case of infringement (if the original work is copyrighted) because it hasn’t been altered in a meaningful way as a new expression that is just borrowing the idea. It is essentially a copy with minimal differences and additions.

Jeffree is awesome. So glad some people will have business integrity these days

This is such a good channel. Jeffree’s response was great!!

This is such a big issue in the art community and I'm glad it's being addressed here. :D

there is a youtuber named kelly eden who did something similar to this. she took someone's art on deviantart, put some text around it, and is selling it on phonecases and mugs. what's even more annoying is she is an artist herself. why would you do something to get a couple of bucks for something as frivolous as lip injections? love the video and the educational aspect of it!

Back at my old school, I saw this girl straight up copying a drawing on Pinterest. Her drawing didn't even match the topic, we were making 1766 themed patriot posters. Her plagiarized drawing was a girl whose face went from flesh to bone. She didn't even get in trouble because she "couldn't draw well" and because she was popular. It made me so furious.

Inspiration is when you see something that INSPIRES you to make something kind of similar, while copying is when you straight up steal it, trace it, etc.

As an artist who plans on starting on commissions very soon, (I'm waiting to be able to get a tablet so that I can do digital art often without exacerbating a muscle problem I have) I really appreciate you talking about this, Spill :) I think this situation is one of my absolute worst artistic fears and it made me happy to see how well Jeffree handled it. It gives me hope!

jeffrey is such a darling

I really find Jefree Star so professional and genuine at the same time. I've been watching his videos and I'm loving it.

Kudos to Jeffree, love the way he dealt with it. Detailed informative video, nice

This girl speaks so well.

jeffree handles tea so well

It’s terrible that corporations can just steal art like that. I have my own experience with that. My brother drew art for an album cover (for his own personal use) because he didn’t like the appearance of the actual album cover. He loaded it to his personal library on iTunes. And guess what? They replaced the album cover with his art without even giving him credit. Every time I see that album (it’s a recognizable celebrity) I get pissed off. I remember him drawing it and getting so excited because it looked good.

The copied version doesn't even look that great. The banner words looked off and it looks real sloppy.

I already said it before but I will say it again, I love the way you don't just use drama to make more drama of it, but instead your videos have a full development of the main topic and ALWAYS use trustable sources for it, in case someone wants to keep on researching. Thank you for actually informing people and I'm happy that your channel has gotten more attention, have a nice week too!

I love the little animation in this and all of the info, research and teasearch done in this video. Definitely subscribing!! ❤️

The person who did it be like *IM ALREADY TRACER*

Now Jeffree knows how to run his business

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I Honestly just love this channel. Including her calm voice makes it so relaxing to listen.

I can tell you, that the Hot Topic stuff isn't considered 'art theft', particularly if you are on DeviantART. If you look at their ToS, they have the rights to sublicense your art, or your name, or other content posted there and sell it to places like Hot Topic and Red Bubble. Is it shady AF? Yes. Is it illegal? No. You gave them permission when you signed the ToS. Always read EVERY LETTER in a ToS before you sign your name to it. People need to stop using DA for their digital art!

saying art is like music is 100% accurate, its wrong when someone rips off someone elses song completely, and its the same with art

I will say this if you are still learning to do something always put a link from where you learn it from I say this is similar to making a thesis as well, always have a reference and study book where you get it this might be small things to do, but it will put an alibi that you are not stealing from someone I bet this can make good relation directly with the OG artist and such since it is also similar with promoting by goodwill, and also free advertising and you yourself are learning to get better too with your art, so I say this in a good rivalry

Social media needs to have a section that allows fans of artist to report stolen accounts, not just the owner. So many instagram accounts out there do not credit work or literally present a false pretense of influence to artists and then post their content with no name.

there should be some kind of artists lawyers union so these poor artists can sue theses horrible companies without having to worry about money

So glad I'm early. Thank God Jeffree Star took responsibility! 😆🙏🏽

Jeffree is such a great person

I randomly found your channel on my suggested list and I'm so happy I clicked on it!! You put so much work into these videos and they are so good!!

This makes me so sad for the artist. Think of how much they could have gained had these companies collaborated with him instead of stealing from him.

i love how you use your drama topics to generate a discussion and a learning moment

i just discovered your channel and i love it! you don’t just report on things that have happened, you take the conversation to a deeper level with meticulous and interesting research, your videos are really fun and informative to watch 💕

Jeffree is literally such a good person idk why he gets so much hate 🙄🔪

I use to HATE him, but withen the last few years he has become such a good person. I love him now, dont even like makeup and still watch his vids

As a graphic design student working with real clients, I have to be extremely careful taking inspiration. The line to copyright infringement is extremely thin, and incredibly fragile. Simply using a copyrighted font could cost you thousands of dollars, and possibly a lawsuit. Be really careful if you want to be a professional artist.

I love how in depth this is!! Definitely subscribing!

Love how informative this is! It wasn’t until I started following small artist on Twitter that I realized just how bad things are for them with people stealing their work.

My girl gave us a whole power point, A+

Hopefully Jeffree gets him a gig with him to do his merch

Your videos are so satisfying! No doubt you put in so much work for everyone you make. Cause you really do your research and know your stuff. I'm always happy to watch one of your videos 🙂😊💚💚

Such a good video!! Love all the work and effort that went into it keep it up!

As an artist I thank you for this video! Way the go Jeffree!

There's actually a big issue in the poetry community right now about plagiarism/stealing vs inspiration. It's kind of come out that if someone steals something from someone else and gets away with it, and even gets praised for the thing they've "created", then they'll likely keep stealing until someone catches on. Even though there are still difficulties, it's easier for something to be done when it's one individual stealing work compared to a big corporation.

Your videos are extremely coherent and so well put together, it’s refreshing. The research, the animation, the writing the music the editing. Defiantly subscribed. ❤️

I love u so much . Ur so detailed in ur explaining and UGHHHHH ur just iconic . Love u

Jeffrey’s already dealt with this type of stuff before, and last time he didn’t handle it too well since it led to his continued hatred towards KVD. So I doubt he’s looking to get into the same bullshit again. Call it maturity or call it business. Either way that’s how it should be handled, not the way Zara did.

this isn't just a tea, this video is educating 😊

Wow I was not clicking on this video expecting it to be so interesting and informative! Thank you

The way you conducted this video is amazingly well. Not the typical “tea spill”. It was filled with lots of educational pieces and not just entertainment. Great job!

I LOVE that you have captions!

artists will Always suffer from such problems smh! big companies will never give small artists crédits or admit their mistakes toward them nor hire them its really a bad sitatuion, gaining an audience is really hard itself and takes years and in midst of that your art always gets stolen its pisses me off. jefree star's attitude and pro is what all industries need all the way.

thank you so much for your consistent subtitles!! as a deaf person its tough watching most pop content, but this was a breath of fresh air. also really well researched and presented - great job!

Just wanted to say thank you for such an informative video, really well done! I was expecting a mind-numbing ‘drama’ clip while I was drinking my morning coffee, yet I found myself learning something new in a topic I wasn’t well-informed on previously. Kudos! 👏

I appreciate this being discussed *SO* much as an artist who used to share their artwork on a public forum. I stopped because people would use my artwork. Straight up trace it and say it was theirs. I even had their friends come after me and tell me I stole *their* artwork, and I would have to point out that my artwork was posted sometimes YEARS prior to the thief. It sucks.

I thougth your next video would be about he Rewind xD

Very professional video!!! I love the detail and unbiased and informative topics. Great job

this is a great video!! very well put together & informative on the tea + other major issues. awesome job!

Ah I love that you mentioned fast fashion! So terrible for the planet. Please support local artists!

This kind of stuff used to happen all the time back when more artists were on deviantart because they’re trash and put it in the fine print on their website that they can use your art (steal) and use it however that want. There was this really popular artist that had their art taken by the website and sold to hot topic and he didn’t even know until he saw the shirt in the store by chance.

I just stumbled across this channel and I’m so glad I did. you add a proper explanation rather than just calling out people n stuff. I learned a lot, who knew?

I LIVE for your videos, honestly I learn so much... gracias

Every three months or so I go on a copyright take down binge on sites like Wish and Teespring because art thieves sure love to steal designs for their own profit.

When we move toward inspiration, we get closer to creating a life that is truly ours. Imitation can leave us feeling a bit hollow, and we never exactly achieve the same result that someone else has. Look around for great ideas, then try things. The goal is to be our best “us,” not our best “copy of someone else.”

Jeffree star is honestly amazing and so respectful.

I didn't knew any name in this video, even your channel, but I completely agree with you and I have to say thank you for made this video, the history, the references, the examples. You did a great job, thanks for the information too :3

I already boycott fast fashion brand like Zara, H&M, Forever21, Mango etc... and I upload my art compressed, so at lesser quality. (it helps a little).

If you post art on DA in high quality there's a big chance you'll find it on hot topic and/or other stores since they sell the rights to your art based on their therms of services, I would strongly sugest not using the site (or at least using strong watermarks on your art).

You are amazing. I’ve never heard someone break down this subject with such simplicity and tact. Subscribed.

Amazing video. Thank you for being so informative and for unpacking such an important topic. Your depth of research is appreciated. Subscriber won! 💖

I always copy other peoples art but thats because i would never be able to draw these things without a reference... I mean im not selling my art and trying to pass anything as my own original design or anything though. Hopefully someday i can draw without using other peoples art reference... I just want to make what i draw look good and i dont know how to do that on my own it doesnt make sense idk...

Oooo love some good art tea

Ugh. Your videos are so incredibly well made

New sub. The work that goes into your videos is incredible, even the animation like I AM SHOOK and you definitely need more subs!