Stephanie's Drawings

Hey everyone so I am not writing this to be negative but rather to share info that could help other artists in the future. Recently I was made aware that a drawing I had done in April of 2013 was taken from a blog post and used without my permission for a logo. MY DRAWING from April 2013 The way she took it for the logo and banner. I contacted the person who runs this charity, he took it down, then told me the graphic design company did it, but kept saying he wanted to use it without paying for it. I offered for him to buy it at a super discounted rate, but he didn't want to pay me a dime-kept playing the "charity" cards.  I have asked the graphic design company for payment and they have not complied at this time. Against the advice of a lawyer, I offered to do another DRAWING of a Westie for the person who is running this charity. FOR FREE. yes for FREE. I offered to help him out since he was in a bad situation. Well then a couple weeks went by ...

Today I discovered that my art was stolen and used for a logo without payment. It is for a fundraising charity, but if they did take it, the graphic design company did  https://www.facebook.com/captiv8solutions ' I am really not happy. I have sent cease and desist and waiting. As you can see this is the EXACT same drawing, even the line stroke is the same. Here is my blog post from LAST April 17th. This is where the company lifted it from.  http://stephanieolivieriportfolio.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-westies.html