Im going to make this short, and concise.
I have been away from this account, and my alt account parkerr for quite some time. This was due to a lot of emotional turbulence from outside sources that I had no control over. For me, it was a matter of waiting it out, and then doing what I could to pick up the pieces and put them back together. Im glad to say that I am finally at a point where things are stable, and I am able to be involved in what it is I like to do: art.
However, I have noticed that while I was away, some have taken advantage of my absence by claiming my characters as their own/selling them to others for profit. This is very disheartening and I am incredibly disappointed that I now have to clean that up, too.
I will be contacting everyone who has a copy of my character in their toyhouse. I'll be asking them for proof of ownership/possible transaction from myself. However, again, I had not sold, traded, or gifted ANY of these characters since I've been gone. I understand that some may have bought them from others who claimed them as their own- and i understand it will be disappointing to have to let go of a character that you thought you genuinely owned/payed for.
So, if anyone HAD payed for the claimed/stolen character, I'd recommend contacting the seller, and asking to receive your money from them, as they had by all means taken it from you by selling something that they never owned to begin with.
While this may get messy, when it comes to those who thought they genuinely owned the character, and commissioned pieces of them from other artist, I am still undecided on how to go about discussing refunds/alternatives. This is something that I intend on leaving up to the individual.
As for proof of my ownership- it isn't very hard to look and see that the DATES OF THE CHARACTERS UPLOAD are all very old, ranging from 2016-2017. And that should be proof enough compared to somebody with a creation date of 2018-2019. But, if you'd really truly like more proof, I ask of you to SEND ME the conversation of transaction between you and myself. AND the pay-pal history of you sending me the payment.
I KNOW though, that anyone who claims they truly own a character of mine won't be able to do this, as I had not sold/traded/given/gifted any of these to anyone while I was gone.
I will be contacting others, from my instagram, deviant art, twitter, e.t.c. and posting this announcement, as I am officially back, and will be active on ALL platform. And so will these characters.
If anyone is curious as to why I take this so seriously is, one- because I've payed for each of these character from almost all of the original sellers (AND CAN PROVIDE PROOF OF MY PAYPAL HISTORY IF NEEDED). This toyhouse account/the others from my alt parkerr is roughly estimated to be worth $900-$1200 USD, and I refuse to be taken advantage of/forget about it as I had spent my earned money on them.
And two- art and this community is truly something I enjoy regardless of anything. It carried me through the waiting period of when things were emotionally turbulent. It allowed me to make friends, and have something to genuinely smile about. It kept me happy, and was the ONLY thing I relied on when hopeless, and felt disconnected from the world. And now I'm back, because again, everything is steady enough for me to continue being active in the community. And it still brings as much joy as it once had. So no- by no means did I ever officially leave. By no means do I intend on leaving. And by no means had I ever done anything with these characters.
Thank you for reading, if you made it this far.
-Parker.