I just found your account and I am blown away by your pieces. These are all absolutely extraordinary, and I must say that I'm sorry that your incredible art style has been stolen and used most often by AI
Please never lose your passion ā¤ļø
Thank you so much for joining the party and enjoying my work! Itās really kind of you to take the time to leave a comment. š
Iām sorry your incredible art style has been stolen and is so often used by AI.Ā
It started really early, you know. I was already finding Bucky fan art on Pinterest that was veeeery close to my style (but with weird textures and shading), and I quickly realized they were AI-generated images. They were almost certainly made by feeding my work from The Life of Bucky Barnes (my Steve/Bucky side account) into models like MidJourney. š
Thatās life, I guess. š
Thereās not much you can do about it, and I donāt think tools like Glaze help all that much. Even if I protect my new pieces, I have a huge back catalogue that can already be used to train these machines. Enjoy the feast, Nano Banana! šš
To be honest, the fact that my work gets fed into AI isnāt even the worst part for me. What really gets to me is that people are now calling my art AI, including pieces from TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN. š Usually when someone accuses me, I just sigh, explain that itās not AI, show my old works, share process shots, etc. Most people are understanding, but sometimes you end up arguing with people who know nothing about digital art. And theyāre often younger than my DeviantArt accountā¦Itās getting exhausting in the long run, and I have a feeling this is only the beginning. š¤
On top of that, my style seems to be exactly what AI loves to copy. Not to mention that my inspirations for this kind of work (like here, here and here) are artists such as John Singer Sargent and Waterhouseā¦the very same artists AI is trained heavily on. So, at the end of the day, I study these masters, AI studies them too, and it also steals from me. The result? My art looks like AIā¦or AI looks like my art. I donāt even know anymore. š¤ā āMy art looking like it was made by a robotā definitely wasnāt on my bingo card when I started my Tumblr in 2010.
So even when kind people like you tell me not to ālose my passionā, itās hard not to wonder sometimesā¦ what for?
AI can almost do what I do now, and a lot of normies (Iām using ānormiesā without any condescension here) genuinely canāt tell the difference. Theyāll call a piece AI even if I spent ten hours on it. They canāt fathom that you can achieve these textures and this level of realism by drawing from scratch in Photoshop or Rebelle. Itās draining, and it makes you question whether you should change your styleā¦ even though AI will probably copy the new one too. š¤ No style is safe anymore. People think AI only copies Ghibli, Artgerm, or 19th-century paintings? Nope. This shit copies everything, from childrenās drawings to medieval manuscripts to obscure artists with two pieces hanging in a suburban Nagoya gallery. Weāre fucked. šš¤
Iām not the only one feeling this way. Itās becoming harder and harder for artists because people now constantly demand proof like videos, tutorials, the whole thing. I really dislike this atmosphere of constant suspicion, and for three main reasons:
Itās often just a roundabout way of getting free resources. Many artists put WIPs and tutorials behind a Patreon paywall, so demanding āproofā is basically asking for paid content for free.
From what Iāve heard from anime artists on Twitter, some people ask for tutorials specifically to feed AI video models so they can generate fake step-by-step processes and trick others into thinking their work isnāt AI. The more you know, I was BAFFLED when I heard thisā¦š A lot of these people charge for commissions but donāt disclose that they use AI. Iāll be honest, I canāt always tell whatās AI and what isnāt anymore, especially with anime-style art. I miss the early MidJourney days when it was obviously spewing digital goo and you could spot MJ v2 from a mile away. I canāt stand AI bros, but at least some of them are honest about using it. They call themselves "artists", sure, but they donāt try to scam people about how the work was actually made.
I could also say that artists who post for free owe you shit, politeness be damned, and that we should just answer like this to any kind of demand:
Anyway, here I am rambling againā¦
Welcome to my account, anon! Thank you so much for enjoying my art ^^ I still have some pieces I havenāt posted yet, including pre-serum Steve, Sherlock, Spidey/Deadpool, and more.
Have a wonderful Sunday! š
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