Hey, everyone! I hope everybody has a wonderful holiday! I'm glad that today turned out to be amazing for me, and hopefully it was for you all as well!

However, I'd like to address a serious topic that I was faced with today. I recently encountered my first dose of art theft, and it was pretty heartbreaking to say the least. Of course, it could be somewhat of a compliment if the person liked my art so much to use it. But going as far as to edit out my signature to use the art as their own was pretty infuriating and saddening to see it for the first time. I won't mention any usernames, but I even talked to this person and they outright ignored my request to please leave my signature in their profile picture. I mean, I'm pretty upset that they blatantly did that, and it's even more upsetting to know that I'm not the only artist who has encountered this sort of scenario. I do my best and work very diligently on my artwork, all while trying to support myself through college with commissions. If things like this happen, it is very heartbreaking. Unfortunately, art theft can be inevitable if an artist becomes very well-known.

But anyways, thank you all for being so kind and supportive watchers. I greatly appreciate it, and I hope you all have a great night.

-Patches