Recently, I received a package from my brother. Knowing I am a Delorean owner, he though I’d appreciate a Delorean-themed neck gaiter. (For those who don’t know, a gaiter is kinda of a scarf that can be work as a face mask… necessary in these COVID times.)
To my surprise, the gaiter featured artwork that was stolen from one of MY illustrations! As you can see from these images, the car illustration on the gaiter is the same as the one on my original piece. Notice the dark gradated lines that cross the rear of the car, the rear wheel… the gradated line that crosses the side mirror and front wheel, and the white gradated line that crosses both wheels. All of these elements are the same on both images. In fact, if you overlayed the images, they would match up.
The seller, LOLLILOLLEPO, has likely stolen the intellectual property of many designers. Pirating takes money out of hard working people’s pockets, and should not be tolerated. I contacted Amazon.com (where the item was purchased) to lodge a copyright infringement complaint.
