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why @/sofia_x_samara / sofiaasamara is profiting from being a tracer, racist, transphobic egomanic and is trying to get away with it, a thread
At first glance at her art, many are impressed by her rendering skills, So was I. But further investigating, her pieces felt a bit off, and discovered that she heavily traced professional photographs. Here are some of many examples:
Many of these examples I had to go out of my way to find the original photo which she never credited as a reference, nor I would believe she asked for permission by the original artist, since many of these photos were found on Pinterest, discredited themselves.
There are many more examples in her work that are traced, this is not a situation where it was a couple that could have been a coincidence lol Look through her social medias and you can find countless other tracings.
her straight out admitting she directly color picks from her "references" and "paints" 
It is painfully suspicious that there is sudden style and quality change in her art within a couple months of posting in 2020. (these found via her DeviantArt)
I know some will say, "so what if she traces, or references? it's her art!" That's a valid point but!
Tracing and referencing are great methods for artists to use to improve their art. However, there a line is crossed when one profits off of this kind of process. (1/3)
Tracing and referencing are great methods for artists to use to improve their art. However, there a line is crossed when one profits off of this kind of process. (1/3)
Even though her twitter is deleted, she still has a Patreon and Redbubble that she is continuing to profit off of these traced works. it is okay to trace of heavily reference but under the circumstances that one does it for no monetary value. (2/3)
Her deleting her social medias apart from the ones that bring her monetary value is very telling of what her true intentions are by disappearing from the internet. (3/3)
There are multiple accounts of her admitting she only sees POC art as a cash-grab or straight up ignores people when they call her out for being exploitative towards POC. screenshots provided by @/DaikoJino and @/SUKUNABFS
Since this is the internet, news flash, not all people speak English! And she insults her fans who cannot adore her in English. I guess she doesn't see support for her content as valid unless you are fluent in English 
She clearly doesn't understand or respect LGBT, but still decides to monetize off of another minority. She depicts characters like Hawks and Dabi as gay in her sfw and nsfw posts and continues to profit off of them on her Patreon.
She is irresponsible of how she runs her discord server, admitting she doesn't care if minors are in adult spaces in a place that is made for her and her fans. When her staff tried to make it safer for minors. This comes off as an adult being suspiciously careless around minors.
Lastly her admitting she has a big ego over the clout and money she has gotten over art that isn't fully hers. The self awareness hurts lol
barking at people because they don't know who she is, because she is the CEO of tracing
She shouldn't return to the internet if she continues to profit off of other peoples work by tracing professional photography, profiting off of minorities like LGBT and POC, and overall being an unpleasant person. (1/2)
She may be gone from twitter but her Patreon and Redbubble are still up and that does not sit well with me. We don't care if she leaves or comes back, Sofia needs to stop making money in scummy ways. (2/2)
https://www.patreon.com/Sofias_Patreon https://www.redbubble.com/people/SofiaSamara/shop?asc=u&ref=account-nav-dropdown
https://www.patreon.com/Sofias_Patreon https://www.redbubble.com/people/SofiaSamara/shop?asc=u&ref=account-nav-dropdown
CRACKERFICATION
Here is screenshots of how she's treating people in her discord server ever since she's been called out https://twitter.com/DabiLittlewife/status/1380139733532180485?s=19
