Jay Fosgitt Does It Again: Fan Art Designs Used in Comic by Itsthinking

Jay Fosgitt, who is no stranger to rather scummy art choices that are often illegal or lazy, appears to have done it again. In the Guardians of Harmony Annual (actually not that bad, as an aside) Fosgitt decided to have the climax of the final section include a power-up sequence where the Mane Six get armor. Problem is, he cribbed the design directly from a fanartist, Equestria-Prevails.

Equestria-Prevails, who drew the original in 2011, gave the ponies unique headgear and armor elements that Fosgitt appears to have directly "referenced" without attribution.

The original picture

Interestingly, and echoing a recurring theme for Fosgitt, Equestria-prevails' image happens to show up on the first page of Google Image search for "my little pony armor":

Given Hasbro's very aggressive policy towards IP protection/avoidance of fan content, this seems like something that would be very worrying for them. Considering that Fosgitt has at least one more comic confirmed, and that there is a dearth of MLP artists anyway, it might just fade away like every other controversy involving him, such as his use of clipart for a pony's cutiemark. Time will tell. We will keep you updated on further developments.

Equestria-prevails has responded, and it's rather confusing that he doesn't seem to care very much. Fosgitt himself has yet to reply:

Ooookay.

 Fosgitt will however be at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend for any of you to ask questions, or even give him some sympathy for his ponies stricken in their prime with boneitis:

How does this even happen?

 Oh, and the Guardians of Harmony toys didn't even have armor for anyone except Twilight and Spike. What the fuck.