The Thanos statue and the Twitter account (Patreon)

Hi all!

Some people asked me about my Twitter account.

Probably unrelated, but to avoid speculations, here's the story of the Thanos figure first for context:

A year ago I made the Thanos Jack-O challenge images for fun and games. Somehow Lil Nas X shared it and it got some attention for a while, then I thought that was it.

Today, some Asian studio modeled a replica of that image and is selling statues going up to $600. 

Now, while I would have liked some credit for the inspiration, I find the whole thing quite absurd and funny. I do fan art, which I recognize it's already questionable itself. I do think, however, that cloning someone's image and cutting the background out of it to put in your $600 statues promos without any credit is something else, but again, I'm not mad. My DAZ Studio products are all at pirate sites, which is a bigger issue for me, so this is not new.

I commented about me being the original artist at posts promoting the statue. The next day my account was suspended. According to Twitter, my banner and profile icon violated their rules. It's weird because the banner was a cropped Chris Redfield image and the icon was Thanos's face. I have both since like a year ago or more.

While some see the Jack-O Thanos image for what it is, you'd be surprised many get triggered by it. I assume some haters went to my profile because of the attention the statue was getting and decided to report randomly just to troll and getting multiple reports makes it easier for an account to be suspended.

Personally, I don't think the Asian studio had something to do, but I share with you the statue story and Twitter's reasons to avoid speculations.

This is all I know. I assume the account is gone forever. But given the nature of the things I post, it's a risk I am always aware of. So, that's the story of the Thanos statue and the Twitter account.

If anything, I am satisfied knowing that one of my images made it possible for a giant naked Thanos statue to exist in this straight world dominated by equally naked anime girls. And if my Twitter account was the price, so be it LOL

Thanks! :D