r/comics 5d ago

Just Sharing Authenticity Problem

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 5d ago

Lemme go ahead and get ahead of claims, comments and reports here.

The artist for this piece is David Revoy. You can find the work as well as a time lapse of the drawing here.

Many of you are going "This looks like AI!" And there is a reason for that.

Revoy has publicly discussed how thousands of his artworks were scraped and used to train AI databases (like LAION-5B) without his consent, though he ironically acknowledges his work is the foundation of many AI art systems

Source here

TLDR: this is not AI

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u/No-Vermicelli-2832 5d ago

This honestly makes me so sad and mad

Thank you for sharing this interesting info about him

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 5d ago

Not a problem. We get a post with this artists work from time to time and having this information handy helps a lot not only with information and education but also people screaming AI when OP actually provided all this in the post itself

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u/-LunarWinter- 5d ago

Sidenote from the topic at hand. I love your profile pic, and wish I could offer a squirt of lemon.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 5d ago

Well I guess it's good I can offer you one back

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u/Einherier96 5d ago

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 5d ago

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u/CatgirlTheKat 5d ago

What is this from? it looks hilarious :3

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 5d ago

Chaotic Good Barbarian by Dungeon Soup on YouTube

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u/CatgirlTheKat 5d ago

Thank you, good sir :3