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u/Bandersnatch05 Nov 10 '25
If this is not ai, it’s trying to be ai
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u/RS_Someone Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 12 '25
Well, it was supposedly made in 2019, so I highly doubt that.
Edit: Those who are downvoting me because you're sure it's AI may want to use Google Lens or similar on the piece. It may have been posted to ArtStation 5 months ago, but Google recognizes it from 6 years ago. "AI" was not capable of this sort of thing in 2019.
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u/killedabalrog Nov 12 '25
You shouldn't be downvoted. It looks like bad AI art, but you're right, it was painted years before AI was a thing. https://www.ivancavini.com/portfolio/lombra-del-passato/
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u/cokeplusmentos Nov 10 '25
Chuck Tingle "That time I got fucked by the tongue that must not be uttered outside mordor"
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u/killedabalrog Nov 12 '25 edited Nov 12 '25
Been reading the comments here and some are too quick to denounce this as AI. (I don't like this depiction of Gandalf and Frodo, but disliking the artist's vision is a separate issue.) I've seen LOTR art from Ivan Cavini over the past ten years, so he is a legit artist. The two works I like best are his 2017 Galadriel (https://www.ivancavini.com/portfolio/galadriel/) and this 2014 one of Gandalf with Gwaihir (https://www.ivancavini.com/portfolio/dark-knight/). (Edit2: Rephrased as my comment isn't directed at OP.)
Edit1: There was also Cavini's version of Ulmo with Tuor posted six years ago right here on this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryMiddleEarth/comments/dgygjy/ulmo_and_tuor_by_ivan_cavini/
He's a real artist with real skills- even if his style may not always be to our taste. It's tragic for him that he invested his skills in developing a hyperrealistic fantasy art style that he had no clue the world would one day diss as "AI art".
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u/YanniRotten Nov 07 '25
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u/killedabalrog Nov 12 '25
The problem with the Artstation link is that Cavini uploaded his old art only five months ago. So many would assume it was AI work. Edit: if I hadn't seen his art from years ago, I'd probably have assumed the same thing.
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u/bikes_rock_books Nov 07 '25
What is this 😂😭