I know that I have reblogged some posts about this person, hoelys-blog, already but I think I should try to condense the info down to one post and provide some updates (updated information will be colored like this, or featured towards the bottom of the post.)
This person, who has identified himself as Lino to someone who measaged me (who was scammed by him), reaches out to you via DM to promote that they have commissions going on. Showcasing art that they have stolen and altered from other people. As far as I know, only one artist was able to get majority of their work taken off of this guy's "commission post(s)". I have reblogged some posts about that artists experience, you can see all the posts I mention if you search the #hoelys-blog tag on my blog or by clicking on any posts tagged as that.
Any effort to call out this scammer on his posts are made in vain- he deletes any reply or reblogged comment so that folks visiting his page cannot see any attempt at warning on his posts- UNLESS YOU CHECK THE REBLOG AREA AND VIEW THE TAGS.
He saw my attempts to warn people, deleted my replies/comments on his posts and I woke up to see that he changed his blog name.
Here are all of his blogs that we know of:
@Reikantopeni formerly hoelys-blog
@Kawaiibasementsublime
@Pashnaengnami
@lino1017 (homework help scam)
@iwilldrawanythingforyou
A former name for one of these current blogs is decaffeinatedharmonypaper
All of his blogs feature stolen and altered artwork, and most are advertising that their commissions are open. If any of you know any of the stolen pieces' original artists, please let that artist know so that they can file the proper reports.
What we can do in the meantime is report each post that has stolen artwork promoting that he has commissions open. This goes for anyone that you see that does this- you report them for phishing. What I did was also provide a link to a post that showcases the the source of each stolen piece of work within that post. Tumblr support will reach out and ask you to provide links to the report you make!
Speaking of, you can access that particular post via the #hoelys-blog tag, look for a post made by @tamiisnthere!
This person also seems to make their rounds in different fandoms based off of tags that I've read- so it is not just One Piece or DBZ.
This person is known to be manipulative in the DMs, and get you to take pitty on them. They also will straight up beg. So I emphasize DO NOT ANSWER BACK WHEN HE DMS YOU. Just report commission posts as phishing before you block him and delete the convo. If you do talk with him, screenshot/keep your messages so that you have proof.
If you have been scammed by this man, please report the account(s) he used so that you can get your money back. He uses multiple PayPal accounts, someone that was scammed by him has given me each email that they are aware of. (I am debating if I post them or not...)
I highly encourage people speak of their experience with this person in the comments or in reblogs of this post. That way we can see how deep this rabbit hole goes.
By all means, do NOT harass this person. Please only report and block him!
Other Information/Updates
This is a message between someone who has gotten scammed by Lino and I. They asked to remain anonymous, some of the info you'll see in the screenshots have already been applied in the post earlier. This convo took place on 1/04/2023.
01/05/2023 Update
I will not be releasing details such as his full name or his emails at this moment. I believe that this information should be known to people who have been scammed or whose work has been stolen first. If anyone has been scammed by this man, or work has been stolen and need certain information to file reports, please message me.
These are some of the artists that tamiisnthere was able to find (you can see that post on my blog's #hoelys-blog tag), whose works was stolen by Lino. If they have a Tumblr, please tag them in the comments. Or if there are other artists whose work you see that Lino has stolen.
I played a bit of AC1 and found out that you can enter a bureau and look around with first person view without Eagle Vision. Enjoy the Damascus Bureau <3
I had to fix AC1 because it's one of the old games that has no tolerance above 60 FPS and for that there were strange physics and the game crashed after 15-30 minutes. Now AC1 is running great! <3
Then I thought I could try modifying Altaïr's head texture in AC1 thanks to AnvilToolkit and I managed to do it!
Look at his precious face! <3
Comparison:
And a few screenshots as a mini bonus! :3
I know he was just blinking, but it looks like Altaïr was bored of his master's words. xD
Alty, honey... You shouldn't be on table…
Altaïr is so afraid of water that he learned to walk on it...
So sunny. ☀️
Oh hello, handsome~ <3
Just blending in with the crowd and chilling.
And also here is my random old AC1 clip (it's cringy, sorry). :P
Altaïr returned to the hideout and tried to find out what the dinosaurs are. But the other assassins made fun of him, as he told them that he heard that word from a young lady. 🤭
I wanted to do this a long time ago, but I kept forgetting! 🤣 I made the comparison between Desmond and his ancestors Altaïr and Ezio, since they have almost the same face in franchise (sorry for bad English 😅):
Desmond: I decided to give him an AC1 face, because it most closely resembles Francisco Randez (his face model). He has brown eyes, curly brunette hair, indistinct facial hair and oval head.
Altaïr: I gave him AC3 Desmond's head model, because it annoys me that people call him "Desmond's clone" despite of being his ancestor. He has dark brown wavy hair and his facial hair (mainly mustache and goatee) and lips are more prominent then Desmond's. The skin is tanned with freckles on his face, head has an ovoid shape and the eyes are golden.
Ezio: I usually use his Brotherhood model (or AC2, they look almost the same after all). He has long dark brown straight hair and beard. His lip scar is shorter and skin is a little bit brighter then Desmond's. The head is round and the eyes are brown.