found out about this from
foxyreign. i care because my brother and sister are both illustrators and i'd be very angry if anyone were taking advantage of them like this:
Bayo has been ripping off illustrators from Japan for their designs. The illustrators contributed to
Delicatessen's book and web compilation
MONDOFRAGILE: Modern Fashion Illustrators from Japan.
- TADAHIRO UESUGI's artwork for a Japanese magazine (aerial view of a girl in a bikini sunbathing - it's page 27 of the MONDOFRAGILE book illustrations) was traced and used for Bayo's summer window displays (with fake grass background) without him knowing it.
[does anyone have photos of the window displays so i can do a comparison to the original?]
- YUKA MAEDA's black-outlined little girls are on Bayo Kids shirts without her permission.
[according to this blog, the link to the Bayo Kids site has been removed from the bayo.com.ph website.]
- EMMA.MORI's big-eyed vector girls and animals are used in Bayo's display ads.
<--the little deer on their tag now? (and on these tees: TS3643, TS3640, TS3839)
that's Emma's, not Bayo's.
[the original is on http://homepage3.nifty.com/emmatic/illust/fancy/f07_e.html
the original of the poodle on the Bayo Kids logo is on http://homepage3.nifty.com/emmatic/illust/fancy/poodle_e.html]
coathangerwings has a photo of Emma's Candy Girl illustration
on a Kids of Bayo shopping bag.
also, if you check out Emma's BBS, you'll see this: —hi
your illustrations are the cutest i've ever seen!
unfortunately, a clothing brand here in the philippines named BAYO seems to be using your drawings for their children clothing line (t-shirt and bag logos). do they have your permission?
—Hello!!
I don't know BAYO....
I look BAYO's web.
I was very much surprised.
My illustration was being used without notice.
This is a crime.
It is here so that it warns BAYO soon.
thanks!!! [1/4/2005]
not to mention, this: Hello,we are the web developer of Bayo. Our designer informed me of the issue of Bayo using your illustrations and saw your bad bambi artwork. Theirs is DEFINITELY a trace of your artwork. I already informed Bayo representatives to address the issue! Let me know if there is something we can do to help.