I know Staale has had textures ... appropriated before (mostly because Staale has some of the best ones out there, and it's good to have a good starting point sometimes). I know Dmentia has been on BOTH sides of "stealing" situations in the past, and am surprised that she allowed herself to get into another situation where she could be blamed for this. Both of them are talented artists. Both are temperamental. Hence the explosion here. My suspicion is that Dmentia is one of the following: 1) Dmentia has a LOT of textures and photos that she uses piecemeal for her textures; she honestly did not know the source of the hands that she used. -OR- 2) Dmentia believed in the "20% rule." Once upon a time it was possible to change more than 20% of something, and claim it legally as yours. That rule no longer holds up in court, and can REALLY get you in trouble if money is involved (unless you either provide remuneration to the original author, of up to the percentage that is still their work of the royalties, OR purchase redistribution rights from them for this purpose). The hands are less than 20% of the texture; since everything else was her own work, she reasonably but illegally concluded that she could use someone else's hands for the image. Either Staale's hands were used in error or in ignorance. This should have been taken up between the two artists and site administration, and not been made public (unless it resulted in legal action or a banning, which, IMO, would be an overreaction of the worst sort).