IF SPORT ART FAKERS DO NOT TREAD ...

everyone's aware that this guy's fake.. right?
http://tunaferit.deviantart.com/

http://www.tineye.com/search/9205477b75 ... 13f5de4228

They look like drawings to me.
I tried the tineye link you posted and did the compare, and they're pretty small to make a comparison with, and the first 14 images it came up with are of his drawing.
I think we need to investigate further.

Yeah i noticed that and also that 2 of the related images i've compared seem to be sharper than his drawing which is curious but when compared to the reference image, there are quite a few differences... Done tineye again and the hairs on his famous jovovich piece are almost identical.. Confuses me, idk whether he's done a few images with photoshop to get the exposure and included several clearly drawn pieces to show his progression over the years.. The fact he includes WIP's and links to images attempting to convince the viewer that he hasn't used photoshop also seems rather peculiar to me... But no doubt i'm barking up the wrong tree again.

Check out this gif
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/1227 ... idence.gif

I wonder what the best way to handle it .
Erik could send the gif with a message saying "remove your artwork, or you will be reported"

That seems a little threatening ...

Maybe just post the word "fake" on that deviation.
Then submit your gif as Erik's latest deviation.

Who is the "artist" ?

The artist is ffnana. http://ffnana.deviantart.com/gallery/ I pointed her out before. There are several of her pieces in Erik's fave's
She also had two pieces in the "Best drawings of 2009" article.

I think posting the gif would be an invitation to being banned. Trying to avoid that.
I've had been tempted to post the Kate Beckinsale Piece, and saying it's a digital painting this time, and linking it to the "Faking of Kate Beckinsale"

Here's an animated gif of Mila.
It's one of the closest drawings I've seen, but I still think it's a drawing.

Watch areas of the hair they're close but little things are off all over the place, especially in the interior of the hair.
Things like her right eye shifts, as do her her nose and lip. Also watch the details of the jacket.
http://i48.tinypic.com/34flk76.jpg