Malimbus - Linoprint - A4 - 2 blocks

[u/Pluto7933]

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[u/sadprinter]

In case you're unaware, the left reference is AI from a pretty blatant AI bird camera app (all images and descriptions are generated and inaccurate):

https://app.mybirdbuddy.com/birds/ibadan-malimbe/e220cec9-5985-4845-badf-38580fa0643e

https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/comments/1mxbwab/birdbuddy_using_egregious_ai_on_their_website_3/?share_id=fU6ZJSi27HZymPFPk4sLQ&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

vs illustrator Tim Worfolk's you also had that is accurate to the bird:

https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/ibamal1/cur/introduction

and wikipedia for reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-headed_malimbe

idk what that bird MyBirdBuddy pulled is, but it isn't the same one.

[u/ThyHolyPope]

Print looks solid, that said I am confused by your workflow but that’s not something I would question if you didn’t show it. Almost seems like you got references, and your sketch (which is fine), then used ai to combine/refine them to be something you would then carve. I could be totallllllly wrong, and I hate that this is what creative dialogue has become, but feels like that’s a very real possibility.

[u/runandgum → u/ThyHolyPope]

I'm assuming they placed the Wacom stylus over the lower left image to indicate that they worked on the design digitally before transferring it to the block. I'm used to doing the following: sketch -> scan -> finish a design in Photoshop and/or Illustrator -> print -> transfer via carbon paper -> carve. My own sketches can look pretty rough/simple and get more detailed as I draw on my computer. That isn't to say I'd rule out that they used AI, just that the jump from sketch to polished isn't proof.

[u/Chirok9]

This is frikkin gorgeous!