Alternate Visions

Fine & fantastical art, polymer clay sculptures, crafts, beadwork, song & dance and a whole lot more

03/09/2025

Please stay caring and aware, friends. 🩵💙🩵 Digital art theft is still theft, and very much affects real people. 💙💙💙

Unfortunately we need to talk about Shein again (and Temu, and Wish, and AliExpress, and large parts of Amazon).

This is my rat pin design, stolen and being sold for 88p (how on earth can I compete with 88p?).

Counterfeit pins have been a problem for a long time, but nowadays these people can just scroll through Etsy and use AI tools to rip and recreate anything and everything. It's not just pins any more - it's almost every type of item. And it's being done on a vast scale, affecting almost every artist and small business selling online. If you don't think your designs have been stolen yet, you've just not been made aware of it.

I know we're all struggling at the moment, and it's really tempting to order cute stuff from cheap Chinese selling sites in order to save money. But so many of these items are counterfeit, and it's independent artists who are paying the price. As well as the economies of your own countries, as none of this money is going back into them.

Getting these items taken down is a long and difficult process, and in the time it takes to tackle just one, thousands of others can pop up. In the absence of better regulations against IP theft, the only long term solution to this is to make it not profitable to steal designs, by boycotting the sellers and selling apps involved in this.

I know of other small businesses that have lost huge amounts of money and even been forced to close due to this. Please, please do your research before buying anything online.

(Thank you to the kind follower who made me aware of this particular theft. I rely on you all to be my eyes when it comes to tracking this stuff down!)

02/18/2024

I know it isn't Valentine's Day anymore, but I hope this is a joyful reminder that love happens everyday, there's a million different types, & they're ALL beautiful, magical & needed.. just like people, merfolk, & critters in the sea. 💖🥰💖

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPR39gRBk/

(And yes, that's my art. XD) Check out the pinned videos at the top of my FishTok feed, to see how YOU can help make my adult mermaid coloring book a reality! 🥰🥰)

TikTok · ꧁Yl'luria꧂ Check out ꧁Yl'luria꧂'s video.

12/19/2023

Ever wonder what goes into making my aquarium & peekaboo soaps..? Well.. here’s a quick glimpse! (And please pardon my tiny workspace! XD)

TikTok · ꧁Yl'luria꧂ Check out ꧁Yl'luria꧂'s video.

02/18/2023

Costume design is DEFINITELY an art! 💛💛💛

DRACULA (1992), THE CELL (2000), THE FALL (2006) 🔥

01/16/2023

Impressive work of art in pencils...!!!✏✏✏🐒😱

Mer-Made Soaps & More! by wellroundedmermaid

11/26/2022

Happy !! I've begun putting my handmade SoapStones up in my revived store JUST in time for the holidays! So now you can either buy directly from me here (via messaging me with whatever requests you have & paying through PayPal), or go to my newly named "wellroundedmermaid" shop! ^_^ There are MUCH more to peruse in my images here & my IG feed, but new items will continue to be listed to my Etsy shop in the coming days! ^_^ (Please bear with me- I'm new to this newer version of Etsy- as I've not sold there in forever! XD) And thanks for shopping small this holiday season! ^_^ ♥♥♥

Mer-Made Soaps & More! by wellroundedmermaid You searched for: wellroundedmermaid! Discover the unique items that wellroundedmermaid creates. At Etsy, we pride ourselves on our global community of sellers. Each Etsy seller helps contribute to a global marketplace of creative goods. By supporting wellroundedmermaid, you’re supporting a small ...

11/16/2022

Which platform do you prefer to buy handmade gioods on..? Etsy, Shopify or fb marketplace..? XD

(And if you like this, please give it some love and share it on TikTok! XD)

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRQryRUs/