HOW TO PROTECT Your Digital Art From Being Stolen

The world of digital artwork unfortunately includes digital thieves who copy vector files from platforms like Etsy and then either use them for their own projects, or bundle them together and sell them as their own art. I hate digital thieves and you should do everything possible to protect yourself from getting ripped off. In this video I have 3 tips on how you can deter thieves from stealing your artwork from platforms like Etsy.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:27 Tip #1
02:43 Tip #2
05:01 Tip #3

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[discopants]

I’m more concerned about thieves buying my digital files and reselling them, particularly public domain images that I’ve restored. How do I protect against that?

[madmommy]

Fantastic tips. I use light grey lines across my designs, but didn’t think about the mockup.

[thewalkingjuju]

The issue I have with the small designs is once an SVG (Bitmap) is made it can be scaled without distortion so I totally agree with opting to use multiple ie watermark, mockup, and tags which cover a portion of the design. Any serious designer like myself will obviously take pride in and want to use their own work even if their design was inspired by another's example!

[wishcloudstudios]

Dang that makes a lot more work. But people were always stealing my original graphics. Thanks for the tips!

[kitnewlin]

This was awesome!!! So So Helpful! Thanks a bunch!!!

[plutobeliever]

There are a few con artists on Instagram who DM me to promote on their site and twice they simply screenshot my Instagram post image and reposted it on their Instagram acct. I DM to remove my images, they ignored me so reported them to Instagram, and my image was removed and their acct canceled.

[ifeelfantastic]

In a nutshell you'll never be able to stop thiefs from stealing your work.
Thank you.

[JuleSan_jk]

Great video, thank you for the tips & Happy new Year!! <3

[cacevedo]

Awesome. Thank you so much for your videos.

[Ramius]

I also would be interested in the answer to Steve Seidlers question below. Is there anything a person can do once somebody buys the digital files?

[Anaturalheart]

Would you also recommend doing these for mock up’s for digital & printable planners?

[annapowell]

How does one watermark a thumbnail? Do I take out the mockup I made and watermark it and add it back in? I'm confused with pod items. Most of the mock ups I use are within the Printify site. I have alot of unique photos on products and are going to start adding in large wall art.

[jamesharris]

On my Creative Fabrica dashboard, it says to create a Behance page and to add my favorite products. How can I prevent thieves from stealing my art on Behance? Should I add the same thumbnails that I have on Creative Fabrica to Behance?

[JO]

Can people copy and paste colored digital prints? Should I watermark those too? Thanks

[ms.pirate]

Will these tips work for traditional art, thats scanned and uploaded?

[mrspeedy]

How to legally copyright our svg files as a bundle?

[TheBotLord]

Which website I can put copyright to my digital art

[stacysteele]

My question is "When the customer purchases it, how do upload the image so the watermark does not print?"