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I did a little Google searching to see what came up for "vintage sushi poster" - other than lots of your work, obvioiusly.

There's more material in the same vein from more than one other contributor - on 123rf, BigStock

https://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-373221898/stock-vector-sushi-meal-rusty-metal-vector-plate-nigiri-sushi-roll-with-vinegared-rice%2C-tuna%2C-salmon-fish-or-tig
https://www.123rf.com/photo_168219293_japanese-cuisine-seafood-rusty-metal-plate-sushi-bar-restaurant-menu-vector-tin-sign-japanese-seafoo.html
https://graphicriver.net/item/japanese-seafood-meal-sushi-bar-rusty-metal-plate/31874850?s_rank=3

I assume Vector Tradition and seamartini are the same contributor? And Vector Tradition is at Adobe Stock too

I'm not at all familiar with this genre, but is there some style of old posters that these current illustrations are derived from/inspired by? If there is, it might make it hard to persuade an agency to remove the other contributors' items. I think the view might be that all of you were inspired by the same old (out of copyright) originals and that only direct copying (line for line) of your work would be actionable. You can clearly see the similarities, but the other contributor's work isn't a direct copy.

I'm not at all familiar with this genre, but is there some style of old posters that these current illustrations are derived from/inspired by?

My work is not inspired by any particular illustrations. It is made from stretch.
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Those vector you posted are not copies of my work. They are different in styles, color schemes, composition, drawing style etc.

Quote from: Her Ugliness on February 09, 2023, 11:33

Ouch, you have a fan.
Sadly it's not against Shutterstock's rules. Back in the old SS forum there were people who told about similar cases and said they reported it to SS, but SS did not consider it stolen, no matter how close it was to the original. It's still worth a try to report it, but I would not expect much.

It's sad actually - The art from the person who steals your work isn't bad, there is certainly some talent there - but apparently 0 own creativity skill.

Yes I know there were similar cases. Also, this is not a first time that someone makes copies of my images. Most of time I remain silent, few images wasn't big deal, so I did not report them. But this case is different. This contributor have hundreds of the images almost identical as mine, same style, same color schemes, same texts, same drawing technique, composition etc.

For example - this is my  illustration of pizza  - https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/homemade-pizza-vintage-decoration-sign-kitchen-1819431905
and this is his illustration  - https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/italian-pepperoni-pizza-vector-illustration-2259565975
Identical style! Yes, he rearranged the elements, makes different shapes, but actually it is the same pizza.  It took years for me to develop the way I drawing and this fellow got everything on a silver plate overnight.
But like I said, the biggest problem for me is the quantity of my work that has been copied, and this trend continues day after day.

You're right to be pissed and everyone here on the forum can see that some guy is imitating your work and stealing your ideas.
I don't think you need to convince anyone here.

The problem is how the agencies deal with it. They don't care in the end whose pictures they sell.

I keep my fingers crossed that you can achieve something. This is really very annoying.

I also discover such "inspired" pictures again and again.

Here is an example. On the left is my picture, on the right the "inspired" picture. I have complained to shutterstock. But they couldn't understand where my problem was.

In the meantime, however, the contributors's portfolio has been deleted. Perhaps there were too many "inspired" images in their portfolio at some point.

Wow yes that's more than taking inspiration. That's blatant copying.
I really like your style by the way. They look gorgeous. The type of thing that if it was printed on a metal plate I'd buy them to hang in the kitchen.

Thanks Cider.
But prints on metal plates, or posters is another sad story, lol. A story in which the images of many of us are involved.  Etsy, Amazon, ebay...