It seems that all content from the artist Blaze-Lupine newer than March 2023 is AI-generated.
post #4039706
While this is just one particularly bad example, all of the newer art shows the signs of being ai-generated (inconsistent lineart and shading, wrong coloring or missing elements etc.)
The sudden jump in quality is also remarkable. Especially so considering they haven't been drawing since ~5 years, with their last post from that time (on this site) looking like this:
post #3957626
I thought their Inkbunny account would explain this. The older pictures weren't present, as they seem to have migrated from FA to there. However, there was still an explanation for this improvement in following comment under their first post there:
This was the very first picture I did with what I'd learned during a six month hiatus from drawing...well, by that I mean a hiatus from POSTING drawings.
I've been drawing furry stuff since 2001. Everything I've ever done from then to 2022 was self-taught. I even went from using pencil and paper to Photoshop and teaching myself digital. However, near the end of 2022, I felt stagnant. My faces felt flat, my coloring was meh, and my shading consisted of using burn/dodge and calling it a day. I was also still drawing using the mouse pad on my laptop.
So, I enlisted the help of three art friends, one in the fandom, two outside, who gave me suggestions, recommendations, and most of all...I caved in with a tablet! The biggest things I wanted to focus on were facial structure and coloring/shading. I was amazed what happens when you learn to use different color contrasts and actually use LAYERS in Photoshop. I'd never used them before.
I still do and use things I shouldn't be, such as the smudge tool, burn and dodge might come in to play now and then, and I forget what layer I'm on at time and fudge something up, but I feel I've come a long way now that I actually committed to learning something that wasn't self-taught trial and error.
Trust me, that explanation was needed, as you shall see coming up. Especially for those who haven't seen my work in a while.
The reason for the migration seems to be that many posts have been removed from FA for containing AI (resulting in broken links here on E621). From the FA journals:
I'm well aware of the content allowed there, but truth be told, I'm simply looking for a place where I can upload what I do without having unneeded anxiety attacks.
Furthermore, all content uploaded there (and should the fates allow here) will now be coming with a disclaimer in regards to the backgrounds I use within my art unless I myself specifically make it. It will basically consist of "The background used may or may not contain Ai influenced material. I will do my best to seek out backgrounds that do not use it, but in the event it does against my knowledge, my bad." And looking into Inkbunny's rules, it'll be tagged as such simply to cover my behind and to abide by their rules should that be the case.
I also plan to start saving the linework of my WIPs on occasion as well, just to have SOME proof that I'm the one working on them. It's sad that Ai has made such a thing a necessity, but starting that extra step again is better than not posting at all, I suppose.
I am of course not the first to notice, and the journals offer more reading material:
1. Yep! The eyes are blurry. Why? I use the smudge tool. Despite new techniques, I still use old ones. The smudge tool blends well enough, but has the side effect of, gasp, making things blurry.
2. The one thigh is darker because I made the brown of Balto's ass show, where as on the other thigh, I made the gray extend too far. Looked okay at first, but eh, messed up lol
3. Anatomy error! Oh no, how dare I?!
4. Anyone who has watched me long enough knows hands and toes are my weakest point. Especially top views. And yep, the toes on Balto aren't even. I make anatomy errors, who knew?
5. More blurry lines because more smudge tool. He's a good friend of mine and we hang out often. I'm still new to layers and often forget I'm using them. My process used to be sketch, outline, paint bucket tool, outline, dodge/burn, outline, and all on a single layer. I'm still learning, but when it comes to fixing mistakes, I'm lazy lol
Their remasters are affected as well, hinting at the use of an image-to-image model (which has likely also been used for their sketches):
post #696071 post #4308693
post #668076 post #4408793
Disregarding the uploading guidelines on AI-generated content, having a tag for it would already help.