Artist posted this, probably to prove that he drew it himself. I approved it for now. Feel free to flag if it turned out he was lying (again).

VR-Man said:

Artist posted this, probably to prove that he drew it himself. I approved it for now. Feel free to flag if it turned out he was lying (again).

I can't flag it, but there is evidence against him here https://twitter.com/positiveHIKASEN/status/1632491619734913024/photo/1

Chilly93 said:

I can't flag it, but there is evidence against him here https://twitter.com/positiveHIKASEN/status/1632491619734913024/photo/1

We're more interested in this particular post. I'm suspicious of that one split bang, personally.

blindVigil said:

We're more interested in this particular post. I'm suspicious of that one split bang, personally.

...and the one bang on the right side merging into the eyelashes
and the oddities in the yellow crescent things around the breast's area
and the one odd color change in the armpit on our left, right on top of the breast

this feels like a witch hunt rather than a serious discussion.

Given that this person already has a bad track record of lying about AI usage and art theft, and this image still has facial details randomly merging into each other, I think the most likely explanation is that he started painting over his AI bases to dispel criticism. The end result is way more blotchy than the fully AI-generated pieces he tried to pass off as his. Technically, that would make it AI-assisted, but that doesn't preclude it from being flagged for its laziness.

feline_lump said:

Given that this person already has a bad track record of lying about AI usage and art theft, and this image still has facial details randomly merging into each other, I think the most likely explanation is that he started painting over his AI bases to dispel criticism. The end result is way more blotchy than the fully AI-generated pieces he tried to pass off as his. Technically, that would make it AI-assisted, but that doesn't preclude it from being flagged for its laziness.

Is that going to be the loop hole to have this thing around? AI art that's somehow even worse via manual smudging?

CitrusC said:

Is that going to be the loop hole to have this thing around? AI art that's somehow even worse via manual smudging?

Yeah, I'm with you on this one. And this is muddy topic: what's worse, posting those manmade horrors as is, or tracing it to make something yourself? Can you even say you made it yourself, or is that just a plain deception? How's that different from regular tracing? What does artistic integrity and "originality" even mean?
Nah, ban this too, leave no loopholes.

Technically, we never banned tracing either, but it is unlikely to get approved if it's lazy and dishonest. Same thing with a lot of AI-assisted. Sending this one back into the queue whenever the 3 day timer expires.