I saw a facebook ad about pencil sketches and followed it since I have been thinking of getting one done of my Mum.<br /><br />http://www.pencilportraits.co.ke/index.html <br /><br />Hmm...looks good...at the back of my mind I thought &quot;How sure are we the sketches are not photoshopped or paintbrushed or whatever graphic-apped... you could do a scan, render a black and white, add pencil effects, smudge, smoothen, etc.... Price range between kshs 4000 and 12000....so I decided to click on the &quot;Letters from clients link&quot;<br /><br />http://www.pencilportraits.co.ke/letters_from_clients.html<br /><br />Then I knew for sure it was a rip off after reading the quote at the top of the page....can&#39;t be original.   So I took an excerpt of the quote and googled it...and voila...two results: that site given above and <br /><br />http://www.pencil-portrait-drawing-artist.com/pencilportraitclients.html<br /><br />A near verbatim reproduction of it (the letters from clients are identical except for the names and cities). <br /><br />Being someone who earns part of his living off original work, I have written to both addresses and given both links in one email...<br /><br />It may be that one is imitating the other....it may also be that BOTH are doing photoshop portraits.<br /><br />Having said that, I will rasterise, vectorise, smudge and smoothen your pictures at 400 bob each incl 50 bob postage. To make it look real, I&#39;ll go over it with an HB2 pencil....<br />Special offer for the first 10 clients I will enhance any body features you desire ;-)