This comes a day after the artist pleaded with businesses not to make a profit off the stolen artwork.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, one man paid tribute by getting a tattoo of Willerby artist Eleanor Tomlinson’s artwork the same day she complained about copyright infringement.
The viral illustration of the late Queen hand-in-hand with Paddington Bear alongside her trusted corgi has been permanently inked onto his skin. The mourner, who wished to pay tribute to the Her Majesty, has not been named but it has been reported the tattoo took place in Benidorm, Spain, on Monday.
The artwork appears to be injected on the back of his leg, along with the additional caption added to the sketch which reads: “Well that’s that done, tea?”
Artist Eleanor shot to fame back in June during the Platinum Jubilee when she won over the public’s heart with her beautiful drawing named Jubilee Ma’amalade Tea – thousands of fans flooded her website to buy a copy of the sketch.
The photo of the tattoo of Eleanor’s famous drawing emerged just hours after she shared an emotional post saying that she has been “saddened and frankly disgusted” by other businesses copying and profiting from her work.
In the post on Facebook shared on Monday, September 12, she wrote: “I cannot reiterate enough, I have given NO ONE PERMISSION to recreate or sell my illustrations under any means or on any items and in any capacity.”
“Anyone who is printing, recreating ANY of my work (jubilee/HM related or not) on a commercial basis is doing so without ANY permission or my knowledge”, she continued as she expressed her anger.
However, the tattoo artist behind the Queen tribute has been named as Jon Malvern from Newcastle. He spoke to The Mirror about his latest ink and said that it is “very common” for people to get inked after a well-known figure has died.
Jon also claimed that he “wouldn’t make money” from the tattoo as he will use the earnings to “buy flowers to put outside of the shop” on the day of the funeral. The tattoo artist also said that he normally hesitates to do tattoos of that nature as he does not want to profit “off other people’s misfortune”.
