#don't use ai to steal art kids it's super uncool

[gideon-of-navareth]

Quick soapbox about why AI scraping is bad even if you paint over/modify the final product under the cut! ☠️❤️

I haven't really seen it in comments or anything, but just in case the fact that Mariellavee added her own artistic touch or modified these to make them "her own" is changing anyone's mind about this being a problem, let me say this:

I am a firm believer in working smarter not harder when it comes to art, and that means using reference images, programs, tools, and open-source libraries that are designed for artists. However;

Incorporating images that have been scraped by AI from other creators without their consent is not working smarter, it's theft. Painting over it and adding small personal touches does not change the fact that huge chunks of it were stolen, and it doesn't change the fact that you're supporting a poorly regulated AI industry, which is hurting creators and the planet. (It should go without saying that this applies equally to writing stories and articles that use AI to scrape other creative works.)

I'm encouraged by the support this post is getting, and I deeply appreciate @acephodel for making it, because as a lover of Art Nouveau and TLT, I admit that I fell hook, line, and sinker for it. Being "that person" isn't easy, so I'm here to be one of "those people" with you, because I feel it's the right thing to do.

And if my words ever reach Mariellavee, all I want to say is that your art is so much better without the influence of AI. It's perfect, because it's yours.

And that goes for every artist out there.

Sorry to be this person, but I haven't seen many others talking about it and I'm concerned by the positive reception it's recieved.

The Muca/Art Nouveau Gideon and Harrow by Mariellavee that have been doing the rounds on the tlt fandom circuit are very much AI Generated.

Here are the pieces. You may zoom in at your own discretion, but I will post a few especially egregious segments.

Some zoomed in segments:

The smudging, the strange stray lines with no clear human intent behind them, the strange fingers of course, and that one buckle that almost looks to have been generated in the shape of letters.

The "artist" of course does not disclose anywhere in her original post or tags that the work is AI generated, and its clear from the comments and tags that many people are not realizing.

It's clear Mariellavee drew over some parts to modify whatever the original generated piece looked like, but the meat of this piece is heavily ai.

This is not okay. The Locked Tomb is a beautiful piece of art, and the fandom contains so many fantastic and talented fan artists. I don't want to see the community poisoned with this nonsense. Support real artists and real art.