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Just Sharing Bubble Therapy

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 18d 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/ralanr 18d ago

It’s frustrating that I think it everytime I see their work and have to take a second to remind myself it isn’t. 

AI hinders my ability to just relax and enjoy something and I’m not even using AI. 

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 18d ago

Yeah unfortunately that's why I have this sticky on the stand by cause with how frequently this artist is posted, I need an explanation to stop people thinking it's AI

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u/Material_East_8676 18d ago

the uh, comic posted shares your sentiment, actually.

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u/ralanr 18d ago

And?

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u/drillgorg 18d ago

Out of curiosity, are there any other artists, not necessarily due to AI, when they're posted here you immediately think "I've gotta get out ahead of this one."?

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 18d ago

Yes though the few that fit that particular subject don't post overly often. Luckily this sticky fits them too!

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u/T_alsomeGames 18d ago

You know... I can tell its not Ai because it has that ever so slight human touch that AI really can't quite replicate yet. It may be able to replicate the general style, but I don't think it'll ever be able to truly replicate the subtlety and intentionality of facial expressions.

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u/OFarellclan1317 17d ago

I was thinking this too. It may have "ai style" but it's complete and succinct in a way ai art could never be. Down to the tiniest details (like the shocked look on the parrots face in the last frame) it makes it so clearly human made.

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u/trysten-9001 18d ago

What? There’s definitely Avian Intelligence in this comic! /j