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Agreed. Steal people's artwork, and I'll come after you. Trust me, you'd rather I not.

If you want a piece of their stuff, or perhaps a commission, all you have to do is ask 'em "Hey, man, you mind if I use that so-and-so pic?" or "Say, you wanna draw something for me?"

Nothing personal - I've had sketchbooks/art books stolen and people claim that my greatest artistic achievements are theirs: My serious manga; "Fight", my original ToHS drawings, and much of my poetry. Luckily, I hear the stuff was burned before the word got too far.

The saddest part of that is "Flight" was my autobiography. A story about me and my brother growing up - our orphanage, the fake adoption, all of it was real. I poured my heart and soul into that. I have the script for it, but I'd have to draw it all again. That breaks my heart, ya know? Hours on a single page, trying to strain my mind to get every single detail of my dad's house that burned down years ago that no pictures of exist anymore...

DO YOU GET MY POINT?!! I hate art theives. Ask, and for god's sake, RESPECT THE ARTIST.