The case against rensgurl4ever

On May 9th, 2008, it was reported to us that a person posting under the name of rensgurl4ever at deviantART, was posting art that was appeared to be traced or copied from multiple places, including both official manga and original fanart. (Please see the original report here.) I contacted rensgurl4ever, but to date I have not received a reply.

In comparing the art, some of it appears to be a direct copy.
rensgurl4ever’s artwork
original fanart from Tsuru Tsuru

Others appear to be copied, however certain panels or other characters have been removed, most notably the ones with dialogue, or the dialogue has been changed. Yet others appear to be copied, with mostly minimal changes such as hair.
rensgurl4ever’s version
original fanart

An additional supporting factor, was the two videos below that she has posted on You Tube
1)”My Tao Len drawings 2”
2)”My Drawings!”
Both of these videos contain drawings that are felt to demonstrate the artist’s true level of skill, and illustrate the marked difference between the art in question and her own level of skill, as there does not seem to be any middle ground showing clear progression of skills. Many of the images appear to clearly be tracings, and several are uncolored versions of the reported images.

It was determined that since the given images could not have been created without the use of the other’s works, and rengurl4ever’s own comments on the posted art work indicating that they were her own ideas and creations, and she has acknowledged on at least one occasion that she knew she should credit her source, this does indeed constitute a form of plagiarism.

Both YouTube and deviantART have been notified and we will continue to follow up on that.

Rensgurl4ever will be added to the list of known plagiarists.

Sometimes science is just too incredibly cool for words.

After a lifetime's fascination with history and anthropology, I'm about to realize a dream. I sent off for the National Geographic's Genographic testing kit and it arrived yesterday. I'll be sending them my DNA, via two cheek scrapings, and adding my information to the gigantic database they are building, tracing the lineage of every person on the planet back to our shared distant ancestors. The "family of mankind" is not a poetic metaphor, it's true.

Since the 1970's researchers have been taking DNA samples from people around the globe, and reading the genetic markers. They have traced all human life on Earth back to a single, still existing tribe in Africa, the San bushmen. That's right; deep down inside, we're all black.

I don't expect this information to change our global prejudices, but maybe it will help.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyOS05GUze0

Tags: national geographic genographic project
Current Mood: excited

Not sure what this is all about, but looks like the titles might be doing well.

http://www.c-novels.com/new_book_pickup/2008-02-15-1673.html

Tags: foreign editions, japan, nightrunner

Thoughts for the people of China. Just sent donation off to Red Cross international disaster fund. Our little 3.1 shook the ground here. Can't imagine a 7.

Chinese Friend's in-laws are in the province. As of Monday, her husband had not been able to get in touch with them.

Floods in Burma, earthquakes in China, tornadoes here. Impending famine with the rice crop failure. The depredations of governments pale in the face of Nature. What a year.

Tags: disasters
Current Mood: sad

Busy work week. Thus, I must dive into fandom and post stuff! *escapes reality*

Title: - I’ll always hate you for that
Torchwood Comic One-shot - 6 pages
Character - Ianto/Jack, Ianto/Owen unrequited
Rated: PG
Warning: slash and angst. ... hints of Spoilers from Fragments.
Disclaimer: Does not own Torchwood nor its characters.
Note:silversolitaire is me saintly beta. Thanks so much for putting up with me hon. :D
For talcat, who requested Ianto/Jack kissing with Owen Jealously watching.




( The first day I met him, Cardiff had one of the worst storms that year. I really should have taken that as an omen. )

Please don't hotlink... Download if you like, but please do drop me a message before you repost anywhere :-)?

Tags: fanart, fancomic, ianto jones, ianto/owen, owen harper, torchwood
Current Mood: melancholy

So today means it is officially 4 weeks to exams.

*cowers in the face of mortal peril*

Also, last night I had a dream that I had this psychic ability that meant I could talk to bread....like, actual slices of bread. So then I didn't study, I just took this piece of bread into my exams, in my pocket, but whenever I asked it a question it just said, "why are you asking me? I'm just bread.". WTF HMM.

So I guess this means  I will not be around for a good long while, apart from when I need a break from the freak outs or when I need to freak out using the internet. Or need to talk about Doctor Who.

Right now I've got massively bad period pain, have only gotten a few hours sleep in the last few days, and I have a cold. I was just too sick to go to school today. First absence all year. But I honestly feel like I've pushed myself too hard this year; it feels like my body is falling apart. I don't know what to do - I've still got SACs and homework coming up, which I have to do, I've got no free weekends for the rest of May because of various 18ths, I haven't started revision yet and it's just all so fucked up down fail creek. AND now my eyes are bloodshot, my skin is a minefield of doom, I've put on weight, I've cried every single fucking day of this month, I'm tired all the time, and worst of all I JUST CAN'T THINK ANYMORE. WHICH IS SHITTY AS I'VE GOT A CHEMISTRY SAC TOMORROW. D:

BY THE WAY, REACTION PATHWAYS ARE SO SHITTY. AS IS FRATIONAL DISTILLATION.
Do you ever have those days when, while you're walking to school, you think, "Man, I wish I'd just get hit by a bus right now. That would make today so much easier"? TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THAT DAY FOR ME. Not that they're that rare as it goes...

I'm going to be spending a lot of the money I've saved on study things - the School For Excellence seminars for physics and chem, the UMAT (undergraduate medical and health sciences admission test), and a methods tutor is going to cost me $30 an hour, which will be $120 a fortnight, which means, not only will I (a) not be saving anything (b) not have money for going out or shopping or anything like that, but (c) I will end up owing my mum $20 a fortnight for my metcards!

So it seems I will not be making it to the UK at the end of this year by a long shot.

AND FOR SOME REASON MY COPY OF THE NEW DW EPISODE WON'T PLAY ON MY DVD PLAYER OR ON WMP OR...it's playing in total video player which is shitty and it's an avi and it should work everywhere and its shitty because I downloaded it Monday & I was saving it til after my effing physics sac and now it won't work anyway and I feel like this is the last nail in the casket right now...

Tags: angry ranting, doctor who fandom, school
Current Mood: moody

Every once in a while I wander over to Beliefnet.com and fill out the Belief-O-Matic
questionnaire, just to see where I'm at. It's actually changed quite a bit over the years. My kids have, as well, and it's interesting to see the result. It's by no means infallible (which I don't believe in anyway ;-) but sort of neat, and makes you think.

So, today's scores:


1. Theravada Buddhism (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (81%)
4. Secular Humanism (73%)
5. Neo-Pagan (73%)
6. Liberal Quakers (73%)
7. Jainism (67%)
8. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (65%)
9. Sikhism (64%)
10. Taoism (62%)
11. Nontheist (60%)
12. Hinduism (60%)
13. New Age (59%)
14. Reform Judaism (52%)
15. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
16. New Thought (41%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
18. Scientology (38%)
19. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (37%)
20. Bahá'í Faith (35%)
21. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (34%)
22. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (32%)
23. Seventh Day Adventist (30%)
24. Islam (29%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
26. Roman Catholic (15%)
27. Jehovah's Witness (11%)


You guys know way too much about me.

Tags: belief-o-matic
Current Mood: curious

WINWNIWINNIWINWINWWNIINW
( gossip Girl )

Tags: gossip girl
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Corporate Rock - Anti-Flag

Leighton at the Telefilm Festival in Italy. 1:51, her speaking italian is the cutest thing ever then how she describes Serena is so awesome and then just her nervousness and confusion about everything being translated is jut OTT LOVABLE! Oh and the way she is grinning when the guy speaks Italian of what she just said SO DAMN CUTE SHE NEEDS LOTS OF HUGS NOW!!!!!

k now i go watch GG

Tags: leighton meester, video
Current Mood: pleased

I was in a Torch-sticky mood this weekend and thus drew a few comics. No, not the next quicktime, but I thought it would be nice to space the last two out since they are going to be epic (esspecially "Fragments" since it was my favorite episode of the season!)

Anyhow! I did some comics and they are splendid so go on and read them and giggle. :-p

( Send me the video tapes )