So far, browsing DA, I've seen multiple direct pose tracings, several fully plagiarized drawings, a drawing that I thought was stolen from another DA artist that turns out BOTH of them stole the pose, clothes, and the works from a manga, many designs that aren't even remotely lolita, and so many horrors of speshul snoflayke lolita that I want to rip my eyes out.

Jesus Christ.

I hope the people who publish the magazine have better taste than the girls who are entering. So many of these pieces are hideous or stolen that I can't believe it. If any of the ones I've seen so far that are stolen artwork or poses end up winning, I will report them for rules violations; that's just total garbage. Especially the one copying the pose and style of the F+F runner-up from a while back. I mean. All she did was add a stuffed cat and change the pattern on the dress. Gah.

*hair ripping ensues*