he didn’t even claim the art is his, like ?? yeah he refused to give credit but did he really need to? He just decided to post someone’s art bc ig he found it nice and worthy to be seen by others. Some artists dont want to be exposed, some do, cant know who wants what tho. I hardly pay attention to Elon but I think he did the right thing and that he should not be sory for his actions. In my opinion, if you want your art to be credited whenever its taken, then you should credit the one who made the character you stole and recreated your way as well, you decide to randomly make some fanart of your otp. What gives you the right to do so? Sometimes you make fanart of real people, but did you ask for their permission draw them your way and post it all over the Internet? Do you think you have permission to draw yaoi out of in real life, straight people? Some have discovered it and are rather embarrassed but you just found it funny and cute. Rarely saw anyone crediting them, and no putting them as tag does not mean you are crediting them, you just put tags so people can find your work easier and give you credits about it. Even if it not real people, the anime characters you take and recreate is same thing. Someone else worked real hard to make this character the way it is and you just take it and remake it however you want, but did you credit its original creator? Doubt it. I’m also into fanrts, I like drawing, but as soon as I post my work online, I do not expect it to be credited. If its taken and reported by someone I wont make a fuss over it not being credited. I post it online so people can see it, admire it, save it, take it. Of course if someone claims that they made it, it will bother me, thats okay. But if they just post it around, I’ll just be glad they liked it so much, I wont expected anything in return, thats why I post it on the Internet. Okay maybe Id appreciate if they did credit it, but Id not force anyone. Lets be real tho, many took tutorials to be able to make something, you should credit them as well, some got inspired by others art, also should credit them.
Plus please, the girl mostly reacted because the one posting her art is famous, many others have done it and no one made a fuss out of it, dont bullshit me now. Being an artist is more than just expecting. You do what you do because you like it, it speaks for you, anything, if you just do it for the attention, then do so, but dont expect much.
I might be wrong, thats just my opinion. I just had to speak up.