Please stop stealing my art.

A story that needs to be shared.

I can remember the exact moment that I found out my art was being stolen and used by businesses for their profit. I was a few months in to working a job in recruiting at a video game company based in Seattle. I scheduled every interview and helped greet the interviewees by riding in on a Razor scooter, cracking a joke as an attempt to break their nerves. At the time, I was spending every extra dollar I had on ingredients to photograph and cook. I was practically broke, but surviving and making art I was proud of. The thing is- 11 years later and the reality is similar, minus the video game company and scooter.

Every once in a while I will feel a very strong urge to do something, or in some moments, avoid something- a gut instinct. I was at my desk about to begin a break and the idea to reverse image search some of my photos popped into my head for the …