@jigglyness:

OMGEE!! STOP THAT!! your work is lovely!! ; U ;
and belieeeve me...*sigh8 no one is safe from art thieves = __ =
it's always best to protect you work! it's SUCH an aggravating and sometimes hurtful situation to be in ; __ ;

@MewMew:

LOL XD it's mine too, dear!!
the internet makes it so easy to share work and even easier to steal it > o <

we need to be diligent!!

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you're very welcome, dear ^ - ^ i don't want anyone else to go through something like this ; __ ;

@zero guardian:

OMG!! i'm so glad i could help somehow!! *hug*
be safe, sweety!!

@RSRKingdomStars:

LOL XDDD seriously? then she wasn't really trying to steal it. she's probably just bored LMFAO

but the point still remains that by having your signature on your work and URL ppl will see it , know it was stolen and report it :) without a signature, the thief can actually get away with it :(

if someone is posting my work somewhere, they can't really claim it LOL it has my watermark on it. i'm lucky that my watchers on DA have noted me EVERY TIME they see my work somewhere. lucky for me, what they're reporting are simply me posting on other sites LOL but it's good to know that ppl are looking out for me

*sigh* ppl have their days, but yes...death threats is just completely uncalled for...very immature. but funny enough, all art thieves i've dealt with have responded to me and CRUELLY. others respond by saying "i'm doing this because i'm bored." OMG!! WTF?!!

delete comments? most site i know of don't allow you to do that o . o

have the watermark blend in?? hmmm, personally, i'd rather have the water mark be VERY obvious for the simple fact that a watermark is meant to brand the piece; it's meant to protect your work. it it's too much incorporated into your work there's a chance it won't be noticed, or if it was posted at a low rez somewhere it wouldn't be readable anymore.

i see what you mean. make your name a part of the piece...that could work BUT again, they could digitally go over that :( a water mark added in after the piece was scanned, make it a bit translucent, place it over the very center of the piece...waht can they do to get rid of that?? erase if and attempt to repair the picture digitally? can't be done! put a bar over the watermark and put their own name?? too conspicuous and ppl will suspect it of being stolen (besides, doing this will be covering so much of the picture, being the very center and all XD ) the way i water mark my work is simply safer in my opinion. obvious and out in the open!! no WAY to miss it!

OMGEE!! it was my pleasure!! *hug* i needed to help somehow!! i saw the work that was stolen and %100 of what was stolen wasn't marked!!!!

*sigh* i hope this helps others ; __ ;