Thank you for pointing out the AI art! I was a tad concerned that I couldn’t tell. Was there something about it that tipped you off, or did you just happen to see it first on insta? I’d like to be better at spotting AI art.
GOOD QUESTION. It’s so reasonable to not be able to tell. These programs are getting so sophisticated!
Tumblr kept recommending this to me, so I kept seeing it. After like the third time, I was like- who made this? Why haven’t I seen any of their other work? Someone is doing gilded age Tiffany stuff of mushrooms and there’s nothing else in the set? No other angles? So I took a closer look.
The whole bottom third is very vague, which is an AI tip-off. The mushroom “branches” are not organized and don’t have any rhythm or connect to things properly. But when I noticed the messed up butterfly, I was sure.
Then I wanted to track down the maker to see if it was labeled AI anywhere (it was. On insta.) They have made a bunch of very aesthetically interesting things, and tumblr has fallen for them many many times.
I've seen a few artists I like making human art and I got inspired to make my own.
First version was based just on their character designs and personality, and what inspired their look in the first place. Second version happened when I took into account their backstory and what I imagine human versions of their parents' would look like. I don't consider either of these "canon", because to me they're just trolls but it was a fun experiment to try.
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming of me drawing little colorful dolls
POOR GABRIEL MONTEZ! YOU NEVER SAW THIS COMING DID YOU? ALL YOU WANTED WAS POWER. SECURITY. SAFETY. & THATS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GOT! JUST IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR BODY. LETS JUST HOPE NO ONE FUCKS THIS UP. LETS JUST HOPE YOU WONT HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.
Oni ni Kanabo! (my first time experimenting with physical screentone!!)
I thought the rough media look suited her(the manga master) for this one so intentionally left parts of the original sketch... but here's some cleaner scans anyway!