This is hilarious. I wish SATam had the balls to actually talk directly about topics people bring up so we can get their actual thought process behind the things they do. My theory is that none of their current artist draw the kind of style seen in highly rendered background art, and since Fred's always saying they're low on funding and the company doesn't like paying artist by the hour: opted to use AI instead of just commissioning someone with the skills.
Whats crazy is a lot of these would look better with nothing. Just have your cool manga dudes standing against a blank background-- adding AI slop just makes it look shitty.
Here's my prediction for how this'll play out:
-Deny that any AI was used
-Claim that anyone who called out the AI is lying
-Dig their heels in and argue that AI is "standard" nowadays
That is, assuming they even address it at all (I'm sure anything I say is immediately dismissed since I'm just one of the "haters")
This is hilarious. I wish SATam had the balls to actually talk directly about topics people bring up so we can get their actual thought process behind the things they do. My theory is that none of their current artist draw the kind of style seen in highly rendered background art, and since Fred's always saying they're low on funding and the company doesn't like paying artist by the hour: opted to use AI instead of just commissioning someone with the skills.
Whats crazy is a lot of these would look better with nothing. Just have your cool manga dudes standing against a blank background-- adding AI slop just makes it look shitty.
Here's my prediction for how this'll play out:
-Deny that any AI was used
-Claim that anyone who called out the AI is lying
-Dig their heels in and argue that AI is "standard" nowadays
That is, assuming they even address it at all (I'm sure anything I say is immediately dismissed since I'm just one of the "haters")
AI + art = 🤮
This coming along with the ai Ghibli “art” is either really funny or just depressing. lol!
Duuude exactly. This is the worst time to get caught up in a manga/ai controversy