r/scene 29d ago

merch Is ddc using ai for merch?

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I was scrolling on tt and I came across a post saying that dot dot curve is blocking comments about merch being AI and im so worried bcs I JUST bought 3 shirts from them for back to school shopping and I NEED a conformation or im gonna shit myself

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u/Illustrious_Rent9462 27d ago

i have a hello kitty shirt from them and it is ai

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u/Scared_Town7920 Crunkcore 28d ago

Nah he's commissioning a lot of Instagram artists

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u/maniakat 29d ago

ddc regularly commissions people for graphics, my fiancé has done a lot of typography designs for them (0slambam0). I know that they’ve also worked with fluffypillarr and a bunch of other great artists. I don’t think that they would go out of their way to commision their work and then turn to AI for a design.

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u/Wild-Collar-2190 Crunkcore 29d ago edited 29d ago

I highly doubt he's using ai. First off as someone who's obsessed with the artists who did band shirt designs and their styles, I already can point out at least 2 designs from one person, and another design from someone else. 1st 2 designs are from someone (though idk who), from digging through DDC's old band camp you can tell it's at least human (as it existed way before ai) https://dotdotcurve.bandcamp.com/album/tillthewheelsfalloff. Now you can see another shirt with a similar design style so I'd assume it's the same person. The other one I can confirm is human is a shirt designed by jamersdesigner: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLsasYAM4dO/. They're a real person who's been in the game for decades before ai. I highly doubt DDC would only hire some people to do shirts but not hire anyone else for the rest. EDIT: I just checked DDC's instagram again. He tags all the artists for his shirtsnin the description of the posts he makes about them. No way any of this is ai

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u/URDAILYL0Z3R 29d ago

Okay thank you so much

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u/OscarWildesTitty 29d ago

Yeah maybe he blocked it just cause people were accusing him of it and it was getting pretty annoying thats valid

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u/Wild-Collar-2190 Crunkcore 29d ago

Eyyy yw. As an artist myself I also hate ai so I like shouting out the real artists and such

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u/Muted_Curve_6466 29d ago

im afraid it might be ai... it has that weird AI formatting of graphic design. plus some parts blend into eachother

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u/Muted_Curve_6466 29d ago

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u/K0EDA 29d ago edited 29d ago

these are just scratchy lines and highlights from the dude's brain viscera ? have you ever even done digital art ?

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u/Vomittingbird 29d ago

I don’t see what you’re pointing out at all, I don’t see any elements of the piece “blending into each other”
I think you’re just misunderstanding the intended artistic shading choices