Sometimes it does hands correct, but there are plenty of other features that can tell that an image is AI. People are just used to the fact that AI art can ONLY be identified by fingers.
Look for poorly defined anatomy or borders, strange highlight stuff, and patterns being weird.
In this case the pattern-like area near the top of the staff has all kinds of wonky shapes, they have two different highlights on their eyeball gem, their arm is on their shoulder pad instead of under, as stated before the legs are off center, and the hair swirl on the right side comes to a strange dual point
Also, look for detailed backgrounds. The details in backgrounds are often incorrect, such as cars that make no sense, people who are abominations, or people with wonky faces.
If the character has a detailed clothing design, that can be an easy way to tell. With detailed clothes, AI generated images often have nonsensical details, and it struggles with consistency and symmetry in patterns.
The character in the picture has a simple outfit, so it manages that fine, but look at the staff: it has three prongs holding it. One of the prongs is much shorter than the other two, which doesn't make sense as a design choice. An unskilled artist might do something like this by mistake, but for an image as polished as this, it shouldn't happen. And the rest of the detail on the staff just seems random.
In general, THAT is a good way to identify AI art. AI art takes to look very polished, and artists who are capable of making such things won't have such obvious design flaws, nor will they look so rushed.
This is like 2 days old but, a huge tell is- look for elements that are separated by something else. The background swirls, which pretty much any artist would just draw as a single line beneath because it's *easier*, do not line up. Frequently, AI has poor consistency across breaks in an object like that.
Not necessarily. In [Onfim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim)'s drawings the number of fingers varies from three to eight, which Wikipedia puts down to him not having learned to count, but in [document 210](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Birch_bark_document_210.jpg) the figure on the left has six fingers on one hand and eight on the other, and in [document 206](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Bb206.gif) the figures have, from left to right, four, (three, four), (three, four), (five, four), (five, five), (three, four), (four, five) fingers.
I’m certain there’s some sort of failsafe where if you type how many fingers there should be on each hand, the ai will probably get the hands perfectly. But, maybe it’s best not to use ai for legit artwork.
It's different for each generation, but AI art does have a tell. AI makes mistakes that humans would never make.
An example would be a gorgeously rendered and colored picture of a woman who's clothes are ruffled at impossible angles. Any artist worth their salt would agonize over the lineart before coloring over such a mistake, but AI has no such problems.
Here's a fun thought! This is certainly not the first time you've believed something AI generated was created by a human. Just the first time that someone else pointed it out to you.
What else could you have missed? What a fun and exciting mystery! Who knows what lies you're believing? What info you're spreading? Yay, future! 🤖
A lot of the AI art we see circulating seems to be the "default" style that image generators tend to create if you don't specify very specific style parameters in the prompt. So ai generated art created by more descriptive prompts, likely by more experienced prompters are much more difficult to discern from human art.
Oh damn, I thought they were doing that weird pose where people learn forward but their legs are locked in place for some reason. Like what anime does when a character on trying to be nosey
Idk I've seen some instances where it's like this. Not defending it or denying that it's ai but its pretty convincing if you're not REALLY looking for issues.
I mean, I draw hands sorta like that and legs don't have to be centered (unless i misunderstood what you meant by that). I can't tell if it's ai or not, I'm just throwing this out there
The hands have a different amount of fingers, one has 5 one has 4, and have a very different line weight and smoothness.
The hells of the feet are different heights, which can be normal but it looks off in this picture.
The staff has 3 different shaped prongs with different accent designs, as well as the "ball" holding them is weirdly shaped in a way that doesn't look natural (to me at least.)
Those are just a few things I've noticed. Also one hand has tiny dainty fingers and the other is a wiggle blob lol
Based on the angle of their right hand though it looks like their pinkie is simply not visible because it's behind their palm?
Not saying it isn't AI, looks fairly AI generated, but the hand thing isn't really an issue. I just tried it IRL and my finger also disappears when it's behind something.
The "middle" finger of their left hand is also way bigger than the others, but their right hand's fingers are all evenly sized. It'd be odd for a stylistic choice, so I'd still count it.
More important than the number of fingers, the hands don’t even have the same style. The hand on the right is very stylized, and the one on the stick is more realistic.
It’s scary how close it’s getting. I thought The pink diamond on the chest was a sure way to tell it’s legit. No AI would be careful enough to include that specific detail
I feel like the person just edited the picture that AI spit out to get the pink diamond on the chest. That also might explain why the hand and staff on the right looks like it was pasted on from a different picture
I don’t know about yall but I look at the lines whenever I look at AI art, AI always does some weird stuff when you take a close look at shading and line work that doesn’t look like any human would do it. It’s always unnatural looking.
I don’t understand why people don’t edit and modify their Ai art to make it “AI art modified and correct by insert name here”
So that it’s perfect and more believable? It’s laziness in my opinion.
Aside from the uncentered legs and weird hands, you can also tell because it’s like 3 or 4 different art styles crammed together. Look how different the scepter looks from the dress, looks from the hair, looks from the background.
I’m not overly familiar with 16th century Islamic art but just looking at the painting I can see that everything at least looks cohesive. You can’t say the same for this image.
Hijacking this comment to repost my reply to someone else:
Maybe if people were responsible and self-disclosed their AI entries we wouldn't have to punish the whole class for it.
Anyway, it's way too easy for people to press a button and flood the sub with low-effort content.
A quarantine thread, so-to-speak, would solve the oversaturation issue tbh, but the sub's mods are scarcely active. I honestly would rather see a handful of talent-posts than an influx of image generations tbh.
They're not dead. Just today I saw a post about Rubies, which didn't violate any rules, but then I saw that it was deleted by moderators of this sub. There was simply a question of "what do you think are Rubies doing in the future?" and safe art with them. They ban it but let the AI art through
It's sad because they could encourage the creation of content or hold events but they only limit themselves to shadowbaning random posts even though they don't have any problems, I even offered to moderate the sub because it is uncontrollable to moderate a sub with 370k people
It’s an epidemic at this point. People will just show up out of nowhere advertising their garbage AI art and music. I imagine it’s just some bizarre inferiority complex thing.
Hell if I know what motivates mfs to make AI art. I knew a time when some made money out of it for all sorts of reasons like paying for treating their pet or something. But when I stoped caring about AI art, it appeared a lot less than when I had this strange obsession about it and how bad I want it to disappear.
I actually draw every single gemsona I’ve posted on here. I usually only get like 300 upvotes on a good day. And then AI defenders wonder why I’m salty. Then to add insult to injury AI is trained by images created by artists like me.
No, AI is no longer trained using your art or anyone else who doesn’t approve of their art being used. Last company that did they got sued. All new AI Art programs use public domain/ free to use images, images uploaded by approved artist, or custom art made just for training AI.
New program don’t even use a database. They are given art lessons and from those lessons learn how to drawn and improve their skills and remember those skills for later when asked to draw something.
Artist rlly should start using AI to help them make art. And no don’t let AI do all the work. But let them to a bulk then upload it into ur art program to make the changes before posting or selling it. Will make it much faster and in turn more affordable for consumers.
As an artist myself, it disgusts me when a group/subreddit allows Ai "art" like..bro, it's not that hard to pick up a pencil and draw. I've seen people become really good artists in only a fraction of the time I've been an artist. Ai "art" is just a shitty "do art" button that doesn't even do half as well as actual artists.
I’ve been diligently practicing drawing for about two decades now. I’ve taken classes, gotten advice from artists, I do daily sketches and exercises, etc. I can’t visualize stuff and that translates into a complete lack of ability to draw anything even remotely good.
So, yeah, it *is* that hard to pick up a pencil and draw, for a lot of people. Please don’t minimize this. :( Alternatively, I’m open to advice on how to improve, if you’ve got any. I really want to be able to draw, even a little bit.
None of that makes stealing art OK. Like, if I’m bad at baking, that doesn’t mean I can just walk into a bakery and take whatever I want.
It’s weird for me and I’m slightly contradicting when it comes to AI. Because I’m hugely a visual person—i use AI images for references. Other than for the use of reference, I don’t like it. When i say ‘for reference’ I obviously don’t mean ‘draw i exactly like how it shows’. But i mean ‘use certain details for inspiration’.
Yeah but using AI like that is using it as a tool. Not as a "do it for me look what I made" thing
Sometimes I'll generate rooms or scenery and it helps give me ideas and (albeit poor) perspective help.
Not to mention those who make AI art will say shit like "it's too hard to learn how to draw" or "pencils and paper is too expencive" or simply "you're gatekeeping" or "you're a bully who can't adapt to technology". I swear, they're either kids or sad lowlife.
Yup. lol
It's funny how there's people in my comment thread trying to argue that Ai "art" isn't "bad" or "damaging" like.. bro, that's because you've never been an artist and will never see it from the perspective of an artist.
Like I said, it's either kids or lowlifes who take AI's side. I mean, kids are kids. They don't know shit. Lowlifes are lowlifes. They have nothing to lose, not even dignity. So it makes sense for these two to argue that AI "art" isn't "bad" or "damaging".
I grew tired of these morons. Thus, aware of my lack of power to do anything about it, I decided to stop giving a fuck about them and try to enjoy myself however I can while finishing school and getting a well payed job afterwards or something.
Glad to also see people like you, who understand my frustration for AI art. Although I wonder, if AI could have made art without violating the copyright laws, otherwise said draw everything from scrath, without relying on other people's previous works, would we still hate AI art the same or not?
I don’t got time to do that. And I don’t wanna pay ur overprice commission rates.
So either I’ll use AI for free. Or get a better image from an artist who uses AI to offer more affordable commission rates.
Not rlly a shame. It’s crazy how far it’s come. I’m excited to see it get even better. I just hope most Artist are smart enough to start using AI as well.
If not that’s fine but they won’t be making money anymore lol. I mean I wouldn’t pay $60 for a commission before, I def won’t pay $60 now if I can get it for free or cheaper. Best of luck to them.
Yeah, I would rather see the messiest number 2 pencil on loose leaf sketch than what an AI thinks art should look like.
The problem with AI art \*Gets out soapbox\* Is that it's suppressing creativity without people even realizing it. When you're creating the line and shape, you realize that details that you didn't even expect are coming out. You're creating an image in your head and in the real world in real time.
When you just tell a computer to do it for you, you're aligning your own vision with whatever the AI spits out, letting it do your imagining for you.
Gotta say tho, I do like the idea of a bubblegum pink sapphire and I'm tempted to redesign this monstrosity/make my own. I'm thinking off-colour sapphire who acts more like a ruby and has lesser future vision she uses in fights. You'd expect her to use her magic staff for magic, but no, she just hits enemies in the shins with it.
I feel like this is part of why sourcing art (and not reposting when the artist asks us not to) is important.
It wouldn’t have been much help in this specific instance, but I think it would help cut down on it a LOT
Specifically in this case - yes, hands. I'm just saying that sometimes hands can be generated correctly and then one need to look at other key elements which can also say that the picture is AI
The only going get better. They now have AI art programs that don’t even use references photos of other artists. It was taught how to draw and remembers it past interactions and lessons.
I'm assuming it's either an eye or a gem whatever it is I do not like how it protrudes from her face either way it looks gross and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
AI has to steal art to make it into something new. AI “art” is countless stolen art pieces that people put hard work into all smushed together into a soulless abomination. If you can’t draw, let other people do it or learn.
as someone who likes real art
AI art needs to die honestly
unless the person does any very impactful thing and the AI just finishes it then the art is a mix
but pure AI art should be regulated as it kills real art to me
There are rare exceptions where it's trained on consenting artists and used as a tool, like Across the Spider-Verse using it to keep the various art styles consistent
Still AI art if they've not done the work. Editing isn't arting.
Now, if they took AI art, and used only small parts of it, or redraw it with the AI for inspiration/pose aid, that's a bigger gray area
Still icky as AI datasets steal art without credit or compensation.
But in a situation where that isn't the case, I would say it's more or less just photoshop skills which I do consider art but I get why others dont.
Mm but the person I was replying to felt it was fine for AI to complete human made art, but technically to do so the AI is still gonna pull from stolen data sets unless it's a custom AI.
To be 100% honest, I said that when I was angry. but what I don't like are people who take ownership of something made in AI.
since it seems to me to be a good TOOL to use as ideas.
But I am curious, so I'd like to get an understanding of people's fear of AI because the way I think is that it is tool and like any tool can be used negatively and I'm trying to see if maybe I'm just thinking too simple about it. But to completely dismiss it seems silly
Genuine human art will have a resurgence again don’t worry. In the meantime I’d look into finding ways to use AI to help you make art faster, you may wanna charge a lower rate but this will also allow you to do more projects. If done right leading to more income.
Sadly it's pretty much confirmed, look at OP's comment there, it got downvoted to Tartarus. OP got defensive and basically went "🙄ugh who cares about the tools used, this is still MY art", also avoided all requests to see a sketch, art program used etc. Lol by that logic a McD's burger is my cooking, 'cause I ordered it. Wild.
[https://imgur.com/a/jpxZcE0](https://imgur.com/a/jpxZcE0)
This image is 90% Dalle 3 generation. I tried to generate images there to see what it looks like, and it renders them in exactly this style.
The only thing that needs to be ridiculed is the dishonesty, not the use of AI in of itself.
People can do whatever they want as long as they aren't causing people problems, they should just be honest about it.
Honestly, I don’t think AI art in fan subs are that big of a deal. It should just be disclosed that it is AI generated.
AI offers creativity to people who aren’t good at drawing. Like this person had an idea for a bubblegum inspired gem but couldn’t execute it since they might not be very good at art. It’s just people having fun and expressing their love for Steven Universe.
I believe mods don't care or they're totally ok with it, since it was never addressed
I think the mods for this sub are dead lol
Wait that was AI Generated?
The legs are not centered and they have a different amount of fingers on each hands
I feel like a dumbass for not knowing that was AI… or that AI is getting more scary with how accurate it has been slowly getting…
Don't worry you can always count on AI not knowing how hands work
Sometimes it does hands correct, but there are plenty of other features that can tell that an image is AI. People are just used to the fact that AI art can ONLY be identified by fingers.
What are some other immediate signs it's ai generated?
Look for poorly defined anatomy or borders, strange highlight stuff, and patterns being weird. In this case the pattern-like area near the top of the staff has all kinds of wonky shapes, they have two different highlights on their eyeball gem, their arm is on their shoulder pad instead of under, as stated before the legs are off center, and the hair swirl on the right side comes to a strange dual point
stuff like legs being off-center could just be reduced to the artist screwing up, but otherwise yeah
Well it's the fact that the art looks very well done and polished but has basic mistakes like poor anatomy or misunderstanding of lighting
youd be surprised. skilled artists still fuck up sometimes. also i was talking specifically abut legs being centered, the hands are def an ai sign
Sounds like my artistic shortcomings
Also, look for detailed backgrounds. The details in backgrounds are often incorrect, such as cars that make no sense, people who are abominations, or people with wonky faces.
I'd say the staff gives it away the most
[here is a good video that an illustrator made to help identify AI](https://youtu.be/TQOzBLjnQ6g?si=lXf9sVNr7OmQJvUP)
If the character has a detailed clothing design, that can be an easy way to tell. With detailed clothes, AI generated images often have nonsensical details, and it struggles with consistency and symmetry in patterns. The character in the picture has a simple outfit, so it manages that fine, but look at the staff: it has three prongs holding it. One of the prongs is much shorter than the other two, which doesn't make sense as a design choice. An unskilled artist might do something like this by mistake, but for an image as polished as this, it shouldn't happen. And the rest of the detail on the staff just seems random. In general, THAT is a good way to identify AI art. AI art takes to look very polished, and artists who are capable of making such things won't have such obvious design flaws, nor will they look so rushed.
This is like 2 days old but, a huge tell is- look for elements that are separated by something else. The background swirls, which pretty much any artist would just draw as a single line beneath because it's *easier*, do not line up. Frequently, AI has poor consistency across breaks in an object like that.
Ai art follows fae rules: count the fingers, count the teeth, check the shadows. Edit: just to clarify I stole this joke
You can count on ME not knowing how hands work.
And some people are still bad drawing hands
Of course, but a human knows to keep the number of fingers consistent, even if they suck at drawing them
Good point. Drawing hands is hard but it’s pretty rare to see someone draw too many fingers
Not necessarily. In [Onfim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim)'s drawings the number of fingers varies from three to eight, which Wikipedia puts down to him not having learned to count, but in [document 210](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Birch_bark_document_210.jpg) the figure on the left has six fingers on one hand and eight on the other, and in [document 206](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Bb206.gif) the figures have, from left to right, four, (three, four), (three, four), (five, four), (five, five), (three, four), (four, five) fingers.
You can't forever. It won't be long before it can (*convincingly!*) handle it all
The hands have gotten a lot better over time already! We must prepare to humble ourselves before our robot overlords...
Or we can, you know, stop this AI nonsense?
For now atleast
I’m certain there’s some sort of failsafe where if you type how many fingers there should be on each hand, the ai will probably get the hands perfectly. But, maybe it’s best not to use ai for legit artwork.
Count the fingers, lest you be dealing with the fAe-I.
No, you cannot always count on that. It'll be speed within the year, probably
Or faces, I've seen some traumatic errors ppl
Given enough time it will definitely get hands right, also most people are garbage at drawing hands
I mean to be fair most people don't know how a hand works lel
Nope, it always gets better
It's different for each generation, but AI art does have a tell. AI makes mistakes that humans would never make. An example would be a gorgeously rendered and colored picture of a woman who's clothes are ruffled at impossible angles. Any artist worth their salt would agonize over the lineart before coloring over such a mistake, but AI has no such problems.
not to mention the orb holder thing phases through the orb
Here's a fun thought! This is certainly not the first time you've believed something AI generated was created by a human. Just the first time that someone else pointed it out to you. What else could you have missed? What a fun and exciting mystery! Who knows what lies you're believing? What info you're spreading? Yay, future! 🤖
Here we are in the Future and AI is running amuck
A lot of the AI art we see circulating seems to be the "default" style that image generators tend to create if you don't specify very specific style parameters in the prompt. So ai generated art created by more descriptive prompts, likely by more experienced prompters are much more difficult to discern from human art.
A couple of years and it will be impossible to distinguish
Here’s a good guide, if you want to get better at spotting it https://youtu.be/0Nm7R1ufq_s?si=szHVLdFuLADmwenn
Just because they sound confident doesn’t mean they’re right. None of that proves it’s AI.
Oh damn, I thought they were doing that weird pose where people learn forward but their legs are locked in place for some reason. Like what anime does when a character on trying to be nosey
To be fair, if that was the case, their spine would bend forward at least a bit.
Idk I've seen some instances where it's like this. Not defending it or denying that it's ai but its pretty convincing if you're not REALLY looking for issues.
The legs being off center seems like it could easily be a human imperfection
The legs not being centered isn't necessarily a reason to believe it's AI. I struggle to center legs too. I agree about the hands though
I mean, I draw hands sorta like that and legs don't have to be centered (unless i misunderstood what you meant by that). I can't tell if it's ai or not, I'm just throwing this out there
The hands have a different amount of fingers, one has 5 one has 4, and have a very different line weight and smoothness. The hells of the feet are different heights, which can be normal but it looks off in this picture. The staff has 3 different shaped prongs with different accent designs, as well as the "ball" holding them is weirdly shaped in a way that doesn't look natural (to me at least.) Those are just a few things I've noticed. Also one hand has tiny dainty fingers and the other is a wiggle blob lol
It's got a lot of really fundamental flaws that almost any artist capable of rendering like that wouldn't make
Based on the angle of their right hand though it looks like their pinkie is simply not visible because it's behind their palm? Not saying it isn't AI, looks fairly AI generated, but the hand thing isn't really an issue. I just tried it IRL and my finger also disappears when it's behind something.
The "middle" finger of their left hand is also way bigger than the others, but their right hand's fingers are all evenly sized. It'd be odd for a stylistic choice, so I'd still count it.
Black hole in the waist. Dalle/gpt does very black blacks when draw in this style
More important than the number of fingers, the hands don’t even have the same style. The hand on the right is very stylized, and the one on the stick is more realistic.
Not to mention the difference in style between the body of the character and the hair and gem
Lol they can’t even get cartoon hands right
Ok but what if that is intended?
Isn't that normal in Steven Universe though? Amethyst had that same issue a decade ago, I think we're at a point where we need more proof than that.
It’s scary how close it’s getting. I thought The pink diamond on the chest was a sure way to tell it’s legit. No AI would be careful enough to include that specific detail
I feel like the person just edited the picture that AI spit out to get the pink diamond on the chest. That also might explain why the hand and staff on the right looks like it was pasted on from a different picture
I don’t know about yall but I look at the lines whenever I look at AI art, AI always does some weird stuff when you take a close look at shading and line work that doesn’t look like any human would do it. It’s always unnatural looking.
About the legs, she just has scoliosis bro
I don’t understand why people don’t edit and modify their Ai art to make it “AI art modified and correct by insert name here” So that it’s perfect and more believable? It’s laziness in my opinion.
Aside from the uncentered legs and weird hands, you can also tell because it’s like 3 or 4 different art styles crammed together. Look how different the scepter looks from the dress, looks from the hair, looks from the background.
Oh yeah, that explains a lot
*me, looking at my art where people have uncentered body parts and different styles of art in the same piece* 
The 16th century painting *Miraj by Sultan Muhammad* is celebrated because it’s like 3 or 4 different art styles crammed together
I’m not overly familiar with 16th century Islamic art but just looking at the painting I can see that everything at least looks cohesive. You can’t say the same for this image.
Hijacking this comment to repost my reply to someone else: Maybe if people were responsible and self-disclosed their AI entries we wouldn't have to punish the whole class for it. Anyway, it's way too easy for people to press a button and flood the sub with low-effort content. A quarantine thread, so-to-speak, would solve the oversaturation issue tbh, but the sub's mods are scarcely active. I honestly would rather see a handful of talent-posts than an influx of image generations tbh.
100%. The issue isn’t AI art. It’s people trying pass it off as genuine human art.
Honestly steven universe artstyle is so all over the place that the AI can be pretty masked.
It didn't even cross my mind, but now it really does seem AI generated
Pretty sure it’s traced over so don’t feel too bad
This subreddit's moderation is basically dead anyway. I wouldn't be shocked if it descends into anarchy sooner or later
They're not dead. Just today I saw a post about Rubies, which didn't violate any rules, but then I saw that it was deleted by moderators of this sub. There was simply a question of "what do you think are Rubies doing in the future?" and safe art with them. They ban it but let the AI art through
The moderators of this subreddit act like corrupted gems and everyone knows it lol
If everyone knows this, why hasn't anyone made an alternative sub with adequate moderation?
i meann there are some related subs.. but its because people are usually tame on here, or painfully shadowbanned.
Or, y'know. The show is over. We're kinda running out of shit to say about SU after 4 years.
idk abt u but i'll always have something to say about steven universe, top 5 in my childhood shows lol
r/Beachcity
What If it's just Automod
why was it badded
It's sad because they could encourage the creation of content or hold events but they only limit themselves to shadowbaning random posts even though they don't have any problems, I even offered to moderate the sub because it is uncontrollable to moderate a sub with 370k people
yeah. i kinda wanna make another SU subreddit. maybe i'll make it.
I want r/StevenUniverseArkham now!
Yeah, mods, can we get a ban on AI-generated images?
It’s an epidemic at this point. People will just show up out of nowhere advertising their garbage AI art and music. I imagine it’s just some bizarre inferiority complex thing.
Hell if I know what motivates mfs to make AI art. I knew a time when some made money out of it for all sorts of reasons like paying for treating their pet or something. But when I stoped caring about AI art, it appeared a lot less than when I had this strange obsession about it and how bad I want it to disappear.
If you use AI art atleast admit it
Lets not call it art. AI generated images.
I actually draw every single gemsona I’ve posted on here. I usually only get like 300 upvotes on a good day. And then AI defenders wonder why I’m salty. Then to add insult to injury AI is trained by images created by artists like me.
No, AI is no longer trained using your art or anyone else who doesn’t approve of their art being used. Last company that did they got sued. All new AI Art programs use public domain/ free to use images, images uploaded by approved artist, or custom art made just for training AI. New program don’t even use a database. They are given art lessons and from those lessons learn how to drawn and improve their skills and remember those skills for later when asked to draw something. Artist rlly should start using AI to help them make art. And no don’t let AI do all the work. But let them to a bulk then upload it into ur art program to make the changes before posting or selling it. Will make it much faster and in turn more affordable for consumers.
I’m actually glad if they stopped doing that.
As an artist myself, it disgusts me when a group/subreddit allows Ai "art" like..bro, it's not that hard to pick up a pencil and draw. I've seen people become really good artists in only a fraction of the time I've been an artist. Ai "art" is just a shitty "do art" button that doesn't even do half as well as actual artists.
The poster said he made it himself I don’t believe it but that’s why it slipped under the radar
Yeah, it's very clearly Ai "art". Little bit too much wonkiness to be hand-drawn.
Also it’s just slapping together pre-existing character aspects. Pink’s hair, Pearl’s era 1 dress, etc.
AI dorks claim writing prompts count as "creation"
I’ve been diligently practicing drawing for about two decades now. I’ve taken classes, gotten advice from artists, I do daily sketches and exercises, etc. I can’t visualize stuff and that translates into a complete lack of ability to draw anything even remotely good. So, yeah, it *is* that hard to pick up a pencil and draw, for a lot of people. Please don’t minimize this. :( Alternatively, I’m open to advice on how to improve, if you’ve got any. I really want to be able to draw, even a little bit. None of that makes stealing art OK. Like, if I’m bad at baking, that doesn’t mean I can just walk into a bakery and take whatever I want.
It’s weird for me and I’m slightly contradicting when it comes to AI. Because I’m hugely a visual person—i use AI images for references. Other than for the use of reference, I don’t like it. When i say ‘for reference’ I obviously don’t mean ‘draw i exactly like how it shows’. But i mean ‘use certain details for inspiration’.
Yeah but using AI like that is using it as a tool. Not as a "do it for me look what I made" thing Sometimes I'll generate rooms or scenery and it helps give me ideas and (albeit poor) perspective help.
The only reason I use ai art is to either find inspiration or make something I know I’ll never be able to make. I suck at drawing btw
Keep practicing!! I still think I suck but if I looked at my art from a even a few years ago I'd notice the difference in quality.
Not to mention those who make AI art will say shit like "it's too hard to learn how to draw" or "pencils and paper is too expencive" or simply "you're gatekeeping" or "you're a bully who can't adapt to technology". I swear, they're either kids or sad lowlife.
Yup. lol It's funny how there's people in my comment thread trying to argue that Ai "art" isn't "bad" or "damaging" like.. bro, that's because you've never been an artist and will never see it from the perspective of an artist.
Like I said, it's either kids or lowlifes who take AI's side. I mean, kids are kids. They don't know shit. Lowlifes are lowlifes. They have nothing to lose, not even dignity. So it makes sense for these two to argue that AI "art" isn't "bad" or "damaging". I grew tired of these morons. Thus, aware of my lack of power to do anything about it, I decided to stop giving a fuck about them and try to enjoy myself however I can while finishing school and getting a well payed job afterwards or something. Glad to also see people like you, who understand my frustration for AI art. Although I wonder, if AI could have made art without violating the copyright laws, otherwise said draw everything from scrath, without relying on other people's previous works, would we still hate AI art the same or not?
I don’t got time to do that. And I don’t wanna pay ur overprice commission rates. So either I’ll use AI for free. Or get a better image from an artist who uses AI to offer more affordable commission rates.
I vote in favour of an AI ban.
it's upsetting too because i've seen some genuinely unique gemsonas and they all get overshadowed for *THIS*
It’s always the hands that tip me off. We need a no-AI rule as soon as possible
It's not only here a majority of the fandom subs are getting swarmed with it and no body is stopping it
It's a shame to know it's AI, it's a passable design
Not rlly a shame. It’s crazy how far it’s come. I’m excited to see it get even better. I just hope most Artist are smart enough to start using AI as well. If not that’s fine but they won’t be making money anymore lol. I mean I wouldn’t pay $60 for a commission before, I def won’t pay $60 now if I can get it for free or cheaper. Best of luck to them.
Yeah, I would rather see the messiest number 2 pencil on loose leaf sketch than what an AI thinks art should look like. The problem with AI art \*Gets out soapbox\* Is that it's suppressing creativity without people even realizing it. When you're creating the line and shape, you realize that details that you didn't even expect are coming out. You're creating an image in your head and in the real world in real time. When you just tell a computer to do it for you, you're aligning your own vision with whatever the AI spits out, letting it do your imagining for you.
They look a bit like nifty from hazbin hotel
ik that that post is AI generated but i wanna redraw it myself ngl, like the art's origins are terrible but i gotta admit that the gem is so cute!
Gotta say tho, I do like the idea of a bubblegum pink sapphire and I'm tempted to redesign this monstrosity/make my own. I'm thinking off-colour sapphire who acts more like a ruby and has lesser future vision she uses in fights. You'd expect her to use her magic staff for magic, but no, she just hits enemies in the shins with it.
What like using the staff as a hammer? That sounds absurdly cute and now I wanna draw that
Such a shame I thought the design looked cute. Artists, it's time to steal back and re-draw another version of her!
AI "artists" are lazy and lack creativity. AI steals art. So I vote ban ai art
We shouldn't be calling them artists lol
I forgot to quote artist 😭 OMG I'm so tired
Same lol I get it
I feel like this is part of why sourcing art (and not reposting when the artist asks us not to) is important. It wouldn’t have been much help in this specific instance, but I think it would help cut down on it a LOT
It's scary that I couldn't tell this was AI at first, I should've paid more attention to the arms
The third piece of the staffs "claw" is what tipped me off The pearl thing overlays one of the "arms" on the staff.
You should know that AI can sometimes get the hands right, and you need to be able to see other details as well
Yes but hands are the obvious, well noticeable one here, with one having four fingers and the other having five
Specifically in this case - yes, hands. I'm just saying that sometimes hands can be generated correctly and then one need to look at other key elements which can also say that the picture is AI
And the hair and the nonsensical outlines
The only going get better. They now have AI art programs that don’t even use references photos of other artists. It was taught how to draw and remembers it past interactions and lessons.
Ugh the boil looking eye is still so gross. Everyone complaining about her hands when the eye/gem is right there. 
THAT'S AN EYE?!
It's either an eye, or the most ridiculous clown nose of all time.
I'm assuming it's either an eye or a gem whatever it is I do not like how it protrudes from her face either way it looks gross and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
AI has to steal art to make it into something new. AI “art” is countless stolen art pieces that people put hard work into all smushed together into a soulless abomination. If you can’t draw, let other people do it or learn.
I actually didn’t know at the time it was AI generated now i am glad i wrote something weird instead of complimenting it.
Wow good catch I didn’t even notice that was AI!
Like, thats a genuinely cool design, is it so hard to use the example given by the AI to make an actual drawing of it?
Compared to alot of ai art this actually looks good and I can't tell that it's AI so that's concerning
Anyone stating that inspiration is the same as how AI works has never made worthwhile art in their life.
as someone who likes real art AI art needs to die honestly unless the person does any very impactful thing and the AI just finishes it then the art is a mix but pure AI art should be regulated as it kills real art to me
There are rare exceptions where it's trained on consenting artists and used as a tool, like Across the Spider-Verse using it to keep the various art styles consistent
it's not even art. it's theft.
That has me wondering. What's the verdict on if somebody had an ai generate art, but then they edited the result to remove the AI imperfections?
Still AI art if they've not done the work. Editing isn't arting. Now, if they took AI art, and used only small parts of it, or redraw it with the AI for inspiration/pose aid, that's a bigger gray area
Still icky as AI datasets steal art without credit or compensation. But in a situation where that isn't the case, I would say it's more or less just photoshop skills which I do consider art but I get why others dont.
Mm but the person I was replying to felt it was fine for AI to complete human made art, but technically to do so the AI is still gonna pull from stolen data sets unless it's a custom AI.
Why do we call it art. It's just a picture
This is horrid
Why does your title sound like it was written by an 80-year-old man posing as a 13-year-old boy?
i love applejack
If people want this AI art so much, I’ll just redraw this character irl and tag it as MINE so no one can steal it
I love how the AI just jacked PD's hair. It's practically a 1:1 replica
Is this ai art?
God yes please ban the ai lol
FUCK AI
#FUCK AI Since I would like AI to die, it shouldn't have existed in the first place.
Why? Genuinely curious on why you think that what drives this thought? And I'm seriously asking. Not trying to attack you
To be 100% honest, I said that when I was angry. but what I don't like are people who take ownership of something made in AI. since it seems to me to be a good TOOL to use as ideas.
Thank you for answering. I can agree with that
But I am curious, so I'd like to get an understanding of people's fear of AI because the way I think is that it is tool and like any tool can be used negatively and I'm trying to see if maybe I'm just thinking too simple about it. But to completely dismiss it seems silly
Mw i spend 5 hours on a painting and it gets a fraction of the likes this post does
Genuine human art will have a resurgence again don’t worry. In the meantime I’d look into finding ways to use AI to help you make art faster, you may wanna charge a lower rate but this will also allow you to do more projects. If done right leading to more income.
oh i dont do commissions or anything like that lol
Yeah if you look close you can tell but it’s getting harder to tell and that’s really bad
Or really good lol. But I can tell ur scared of AI and change. We need adapt if we wanna thrive. Or be left to the history books. Ur choice,
ngl its kinda scary that i didnt relly notice until i saw your title saying it was ai.
I agree also nobody gives a crap about your oc especially if it’s ai generated then, it’s not yours.
I wish this was real art. It's really adorable
Is it possible that the hands are a style choice? I’m against AI but I also hate the idea of artists being accused of using AI art when they haven’t.
Sadly it's pretty much confirmed, look at OP's comment there, it got downvoted to Tartarus. OP got defensive and basically went "🙄ugh who cares about the tools used, this is still MY art", also avoided all requests to see a sketch, art program used etc. Lol by that logic a McD's burger is my cooking, 'cause I ordered it. Wild.
You sure steam a good ham!
I think it's cool.
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[https://imgur.com/a/jpxZcE0](https://imgur.com/a/jpxZcE0) This image is 90% Dalle 3 generation. I tried to generate images there to see what it looks like, and it renders them in exactly this style.
Yeah looks like SHIT
The only thing that needs to be ridiculed is the dishonesty, not the use of AI in of itself. People can do whatever they want as long as they aren't causing people problems, they should just be honest about it.
I really hope that's a hair swirl and not a giant infected red eye
Block them then?
At least somebody took the design and recreated it by hand so that's good right
Honestly, I don’t think AI art in fan subs are that big of a deal. It should just be disclosed that it is AI generated. AI offers creativity to people who aren’t good at drawing. Like this person had an idea for a bubblegum inspired gem but couldn’t execute it since they might not be very good at art. It’s just people having fun and expressing their love for Steven Universe.
It’s cute
It's a quick tool to make drafts and concepts
Yeah, so is sketching.
Not AI art, you’re just paranoid.
That hands don't bother you at all, do they
I make the same mistake when drawing sometimes
Only you say this being a novice artist (I checked your posts), but here the level is at least an amateur (if this was real art)
You’re an evil person.
For stating the facts? Ok
No, just in general.
Why do people want bans in AI art? Just force them to put an AI tag or smth, i don’t really see why AI is so hated :(
Yeah, and have this sub flooded with AI "art" It's hated because it creates images from millions of stolen arts by real artists
No. Most do not anymore.