Originally Posted by kramus

Well, boggled or not, I personally find it extremely distasteful that someone claimed to be the original author of a piece of work that was not his. He did not claim to be inspired by, nor was any credit given, or anything like that. A pure and simple claim to be the original creator.

Call it mob mentality. Maybe even choose to coddle the poor, misunderstood ripoff artist. I think he is a lowlife. Claiming to be the originator on any scale when you are not - that is a scummy thing to do.

btw, I reread my OP and was unable to find the place that stated I thought this work had been stolen. Comments and critiques of my post - that is what TFP is all about - but please do not tell me I thought or said what clearly I didn't think or say. I was/am bothered by the emptiness evident in the Youtube poster. And he didn't draw a copy, he erased a found digital file and then ran that erasure in reverse to make it look like he was drawing instead of removing. Cheap, tacky, and entirely lacking in any redeeming qualities that I could see.