PIXEL MAGE

Artist, designer, wizard. Uncovering AI grifts in my spare time

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

This image currently has 62k likes on Instagram, including from people like @getbentsaggy @JoyOfodu @audreykawasaki @_gabrielpicolo and more. BUT the majority of the image was created with AI. How do I know? I found the 'artist's Midjourney profile...

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

Scratch that! She's back and yeesh. This is not the sort of thing a professional artist has in their bio https://t.co/MdSWulI2us

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

Instagram is hell bent on me following certain artists but one caught my eye. Their work is REALLY good but skimming through their folio I found some unusual things.

How does an artist go from producing work on the left to work on the right in just 2 years?

I think I know....

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

It's been brought to my attention that Manocki is no longer listed on Debut Art's website, so I assume they do not represent her any more.

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

@driftwoodwoof Thanks for the share and the shout out!

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

FYI - I'm also here if/when this place finally eats itself : https://t.co/nFWEcpBYb2

[Arthur Gain @ArtGain]

I write, erase, rewrite
Erase again, and then
A poppy blooms.

- Katsushika Hokusai

[neil turkewitz @neilturkewitz]

“I think this idea that an algorithm can just scrape all of human history & art off the internet, repackage it, regurgitate it, spit it out & somebody else can use that to create profit … I don’t know why that’s legal.”

Hopefully it’s not (legal).

@Variety

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

@BlacksmithPro @philshelly Yeah it LOOKED astonishing

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

@philshelly Couldn't agree more. The first 40 minutes was SO good, then it started to reveal its hand and it was... just... really dumb!? On paper, loads of it sound cool (satan! creepy dolls! plot twist!) but put together up on the screen it was a mess.

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

It's painfully clear that they used M*djourney to generate the majority of this artwork. I imagine the client was not aware of this (or the copyright implications). The saddest thing is that this job for @GarrettSeminary @FaithfullyBP could have gone to an actual illustrator.

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

This image currently has 62k likes on Instagram, including from people like @getbentsaggy @JoyOfodu @audreykawasaki @_gabrielpicolo and more. BUT the majority of the image was created with AI. How do I know? I found the 'artist's Midjourney profile...

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

And here's an interior illustration they also created for the same publication. You can see their credit along the right hand side of the page. Oh and here's a screenshot of their MJ profile. Look familiar?

#manocki

[🦇 Holly 🦇 Bsky: @teridax.dev @TeridaxDev]

theres a lot of really interesting problems to solve here. like how do we make the AI remember where blocks are placed?

and then you think about it for 2 seconds and the answer to every problem is "program Minecraft normally". so what is the point of AI here. why does this exist

[Mojobo @MojoboJomo]

This happens to me a lot, especially on twitter. I'm okay with cheaper options, but these suits are shooting them selves in the foot.

[George Crudo @GeorgeCrudo]

wow i swear i've seen a game just like this before. it's almost like millions of hours of footage of the best selling game of all time is required to train an AI to produce a worse version of it.

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

@Roze_th38 I know! It's really hard. Especially when the artist in question has 160k+ followers on Instagram. How do you reach those people? Will they even care?

I can only hope that hope that someone with more clout than me will share it.

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

@TerryCulkin1 Unfortunately, her artwork is mostly AI generated https://t.co/rouPG1EPUU

[PIXEL MAGE @PICKLE_MAGE]

This image currently has 62k likes on Instagram, including from people like @getbentsaggy @JoyOfodu @audreykawasaki @_gabrielpicolo and more. BUT the majority of the image was created with AI. How do I know? I found the 'artist's Midjourney profile...

[Killer Toys & Games @reactionfigure]

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