i'd just like to add some of my input here -- not necessarily for karkatti/mayu to see, but for others to see, since it seems her page has been sort of a hotspot within the past day
although i don't necessarily agree with mayu's original idea that a base or lineart found through google search can be used, because like 9/10 times you shouldn't do that and it'll piss people off
plus the art theft/recolor stuff doesn't help her case much
but please listen guys,
it's definitely not okay to personally insult someone for something like that.
i think she was misinformed or uneducated about deviantart's rules, and probably thought it was okay to do! and even if that's not the case,
i've seen people commenting on some of her stolen or uncredited works calling her "pathetic" or some other degrading insult of the sort
and i mean
come on guys,
that's not okay.
not one bit.
despite the uncredited and stolen stuff, she has some good original art of her own and she's a pretty decent person !
and i mean not everyone has been acting rude; i've seen lots of people trying to be polite and kind and helpful instead
and that's great !!
even then, i don't think mayu needed to be flooded with all of these comments.
i'm sure she gets the point already.
all-in-all, this is all completely solvable, and it's nothing to overreact about!