Hey Hive account@anneart 👋🏼 One of the things that is interesting on Steem is that because individuals are earning monetary gains on things they share, its common practice just to link a reference image to something when you do an artistic study, which is what I believe this is.

If you were unaware of this before, fair enough and just can move forward with sharing your works with that in mind.

To say this is just coincidence though doesn’t look great, as the movements etc are exactly the same and it’s clear you did a study of this works or maybe a photo similar. All those things are perfectly fine and a normal part of an artist practicing their skills.. but here on Steem it’s asked to give credit to the original artist, so curators can reward you accordingly.

Thanks so much for understanding and I look forward to seeing more of your artwork in the future 🙂