It has come to my attention that I may have discovered another source of art theft, but I'm going to need to enlist the help of others to figure out just how far this rabbit hole goes.

The source in question is a game called Elven Blood. It's one of a series of four games, the others being Blood Lust, Skies of Blood, and City of Blood. The series has several thousand players on Facebook AND now on Myspace.

I've played most of the game assuming that they'd acquired permission for the usage of the images there, until midway through I started noticing that only some images had credits listed under them. I've located and contacted two DA members now who lacked credits and found out that permission wasn't even asked of either. The percentage of images I've seen that are credited are about 5% (I'm nearly at the end of the game).

So now I'm on a quest to find out who else wasn't asked and who was, but may have declined a listed credit.

I'm gradually collecting screen shots from the game to allow as many people to view the sections as possible in hopes to finish this mess up quickly and get everyone their credit. If you're an online art junkie, know your artists and have a moment to spare, please go to my journal, read the details, then go to the screen shot link under the links section. Browse the shots and see if you recognize anyone's work.

Were this an individual doing this, I wouldn't be as concerned, but this is the work of an independent game developer with four online games possibly using the work of our peers without even a nod to them for their efforts.

I'm also seeking the aid of others to head the investigation of the other three games in the series. Please note me if you'd like to help so I can link your efforts and keep everyone involved, informed.

Journal entry and updates:
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Thank you, all!