AI-generated art check thread

Knowledge_Seeker said:

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I dunno about this one...Shifting artstyles and I noticed some artifacts on post #8786074...

Another small red flag: She shared a Procreate timelapse after someone asked her if she was sharing AI. Her very first stroke in the tl is a centerline that perfectly matches up with the center of the facial features in the final art. She then erases it and starts with the rough head position instead, with a different centerline that doesn't quite match the final art. To me this makes it look like she's probably tracing a hidden reference layer.

thesilvercavalier said:

Another small red flag: She shared a Procreate timelapse after someone asked her if she was sharing AI. Her very first stroke in the tl is a centerline that perfectly matches up with the center of the facial features in the final art. She then erases it and starts with the rough head position instead, with a different centerline that doesn't quite match the final art. To me this makes it look like she's probably tracing a hidden reference layer.

Yeah, that's pretty fucking fishy. Alas, at worst, that would only make these AI-assisted at worst, which isn't exactly flaggable on its own. I'm not confident enough in my own skills at spotting AI to know how on or off the mark this is. The fact she is banning people who accuse her of AI is, perhaps, its own read flag...But I don't really have any evidence beyond what's been discussed here to make a firm judgement.

Knowledge_Seeker said:
The fact she is banning people who accuse her of AI is, perhaps, its own read flag...But I don't really have any evidence beyond what's been discussed here to make a firm judgement.

How is that a red flag? Accusations of using AI are the most insulting, offensive thing you could say to any artist. *If* they are a real artist, of course they would want absolutely nothing to do with anyone accusing them of being a fraud and implying that their hard work is trash. I don't know anything about this artist, so I'm not weigh in on whether or not they specifically are legit, but as a general principle judging artists for their reaction to being accused shouldn't factor in to the determination.

fubuki128 said:

How is that a red flag? Accusations of using AI are the most insulting, offensive thing you could say to any artist. *If* they are a real artist, of course they would want absolutely nothing to do with anyone accusing them of being a fraud and implying that their hard work is trash. I don't know anything about this artist, so I'm not weigh in on whether or not they specifically are legit, but as a general principle judging artists for their reaction to being accused shouldn't factor in to the determination.

I'm an artist myself (smalltime - only around 10k followers on x) and I've had a few accusations over the years and it doesn't really bother me. I know that I'm not using AI, I routinely post process videos and WIPs, and am pretty involved in a few artist communities so I've interacted a lot with other artists. I'm not that concerned if some people think my art is faked because enough people know it isn't. This artist has only been posting art for 2 weeks, has no consistent style, and reacts hostilely to even relatively polite questions about AI usage? To me that kind of defensiveness is a sign of either deep insecurity or someone trying to hide something.

thesilvercavalier said:

I'm an artist myself (smalltime - only around 10k followers on x) and I've had a few accusations over the years and it doesn't really bother me. I know that I'm not using AI, I routinely post process videos and WIPs, and am pretty involved in a few artist communities so I've interacted a lot with other artists. I'm not that concerned if some people think my art is faked because enough people know it isn't. This artist has only been posting art for 2 weeks, has no consistent style, and reacts hostilely to even relatively polite questions about AI usage? To me that kind of defensiveness is a sign of either deep insecurity or someone trying to hide something.

I guess YMMV. Personally for me it's not about whether it's easy to prove, but rather that it feels bad when people carelessly denigrate my hard work that I put countless hours into. I admittedly do have thin skin, and probably get more upset by random comments on the internet than I should.