Hopefully I hid the identity of this person enough so they don't get any flak or try and come at me for my very valid opinion...
Awhile back I gave a 4 star review to an admittedly mediocre artist (think fanart only/deviantart "I'm young & learning" style). Now there is nothing wrong with learning, nothing wrong if that's how you draw, either, except when you brag about how awesome and popular you are - which is only one reason why I mention this.
The 4 star out of 5 review was because they had watermarked their *printed pillowcase* their user/artist name with ugly typesetter font.
The PRINTED, finished, paid for product.
It is not all over the pillow per se (more on that in a second) but VERY easily seen, glaringly so, in that it looks ugly and detracts from the pillow.
They also hid her name in the design itself!
WTF.
So I gave them 4 stars, mentioning that it was very odd to stamp your name so blatantly on a printed piece of merchandise. Their seller bio now says something like "don't listen to the less than perfect reviews, people are so weird here".
What?
I have a valid complaint! They even hid the watermark originally in the sales photos so you didn't see it, which leads me to believe they know it looks shitty but they don't care, because how awful it must be to their pride if anyone forgets they drew this lukewarm piece of shit. I know that's harsh (and seemingly hypocritical as I bought it). I bought it to use as a back pillow to sleep in front of. I didn't want to use any good designs, as I would feel bad if it got stained or washed out looking. So, yeah, I deliberately bought it because it had a character I liked but I could use it more.
The art being mediocre is the point here, as no decent artist I've known does this. It's always the "OC DONT STEAL" ones where, honestly... no one's gonna steal it, okay?
None of my other items I purchase has signatures in it! If you bought a lanyard or a keychain, would you asdume the artist has HEREISME.TUMBLRLOL on it as well as the art? Seriously, I was really nice in giving one star less. I could have been this bitchy and trashed them, but no. I do actually try to be nice first. But when they attack back it's just...no. I needed to vent over this.
Ugh.
