“Here’s a static image of my art process” (on X) is not the ‘gotcha’ you think it is. It proves nothing, especially when layers can be hidden and tracing can happen off-camera.
People have been asking you for a full, unedited start-to-finish timelapse for ages, and those requests keep getting dodged. It’s honestly sus af. If your art work is genuinely being made that quickly, hitting record before starting should be the easiest part of it all.
And before you say that’s an unreasonable standard: artists who seriously want to shut down AI/tracing accusations have literally filmed themselves working from an external camera or POV angle so you can see the canvas, their hands, the layer changes, everything. That removes the “hidden layers” question entirely.
So if your art really is being produced this quickly, why has pressing record become the hardest step in the workflow?
You don’t have to prove anything to strangers. But there’s another issue here: people are giving you money. 💰 And if ppl are financially supporting or buying work based on representations about how that work is created, then whether those representations are accurate actually matters. If AI is being used while paying customers are being told or strongly led to believe otherwise, that could raise legal concerns depending on the facts.
I’m seriously considering making my concerns public and this ask I sent you for exactly that reason.
Taking people’s money changes the stakes.
If the accusations are completely baseless, some uninterrupted start-to-finish timelapse recordings would be a remarkably simple way to demonstrate that.
Well, if you’re letting me know you want to air your concerns publicly, that is entirely your right.
Honestly, this comes out of nowhere; it’s rare for me receiving accusations of using AI, and literally *no one* has ever asked me for timelapses as "proof." I don't know why you made up the idea that people are constantly asking me for that—that was really weird 😭.
If I don't make such long timelapses now, it's precisely because my drawings are *already* being fed into AI models, and I *don't* want to hand over the process footage. Plus, even a 15-minute timelapse—like the ones I usually record and upload and put in 2x—takes a huge amount of time to process.
I *do* have speedpaints, tutorials, explanations, and WIPs; you can even zoom in and see the actual brushstrokes.
And another thing: IbisPaint doesn't hide layers the way you claim—or at least, as far as I know, that isn't possible.
As for my clients, I’m constantly sending them progress updates and am open to changes; they see the whole process from start to finish, including any revisions.
Honestly, your comment really bothers me. Not only are you making up things that people don't actually say, but it’s obvious you haven't even bothered to take a proper look at my art or my speedpaints.
Take your "gotcha" moment somewhere else.
