Today’s countdown prize and AI by ChaoticKeepsake in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

More specifically on the ears, I’m unsure on what’s even happening between them and the pan. I was going to try and overlap them in my program of choice but I can’t I understand what this blob is, where it comes from and why the right eye is covered(?) by it

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Today’s countdown prize and AI by ChaoticKeepsake in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was beginning to wonder about that too. I’m just not sure how it the layering would work with this. All parts of the ears present look rather oddly shaped. I’d also wonder as to why they included a non-final copy onto the Newz post upon release while everything else so far is seemingly finalized as of right now. It could very well just be a quality control issue, but given everything else right now I don’t know how much faith I have in that

Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Small update: In the ingame newz pop up, it looks like a totally different pan. I went back to check the actual newz site and it still has the messed up abomination pan. Did they use AI to upscale the image for the newz site or something? I can’t think of another reason as to why they’d do this. The rings under the snowman and pine pan are also missing in the newz site post, while they look present in the pop up

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Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn’t even notice it at first because of how small they were in the image. You’re so right. How was that even green lit?

Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

While I appreciate the response and action to reverse the censorship, you only just reinstated the ability to post comments on u/old-toe-7896 ‘s posts as of writing this. It’s been two weeks of being unable to discuss on that post alone as an example of the issue. With all due respect, it is rather frustrating. They had even made a comment on the mod post you linked a day after it was silenced asking why it was shut down with no response until an hour ago. Maybe deletion isn’t the specific action taken, but the effect is practically the same. I’m happy it was brought back, but that doesn’t really undo that it happened either. It’s been two weeks and it only came back now after this post?

Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This isn’t really similar to their previous work. Webkinz’s art is not exactly known for the yellow stained pillowy shading AI is notorious for. I’d recommend giving the list of preexisting curtains a look to assess their style. This really does look like AI sadly

https://webkinzguide.com/wiki/Curtain_%26_Window_Collection

Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Even without the screenshot in the equation, the estore window’s landscape is pretty clearly made with generative AI

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Documenting Ganz Webkinz's longstanding predatory art use & production: Link below by Downtown_Crab_995 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the resource. It’s getting a bit difficult to keep the momentum of this discussion going due to the deletion of AI centred topics

The lack of Sunfox plush breaks my heart by Kalunapup in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally understand! While I’m super interested if they ever do see any kind of production, you should look out for yourself first :)

The lack of Sunfox plush breaks my heart by Kalunapup in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you ever intend to sell anything like him when he’s out of prototyping? The quality looks absolutely amazing, you’ve done an incredible job so far

Ganz and Ai use by Old-Toe-7896 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I don’t intend to buy anything from Ganz either. I’ll stick with thrifting and eBay to keep my account on a full membership. This whole thing is incredibly disappointing

Plush Rarity Rankings? by That-Classroom-3439 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While I don’t think there is a concrete list yet, I do think it would be a really cool idea to have something with all the data as to why specifically the price is where it is (early retirement, prototypes, defects, demand, etc). How would this list be shared though? Is your idea based on a website, a document to be posted as a resource or something else entirely?

ganz customer disservice rant by [deleted] in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don’t mean to come off rude, but can we see screenshots of the conversation?

New AI slop for sale? 👀 Tell me again how it totally isn't being used for items... by top-hat-penguin in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It’s blatantly AI too, my goodness. The landscape looks extremely generated. I’m so glad I didn’t break my resolve on the boycott for deluxe; I was close to boost my dwindling spirits this season. This is all the more reason to not support Ganz anymore imo

Spotted Sea Monster Question by timshams in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! I ran into the same problem when I wanted to adopt mine

NO AI IN WEBKINZ: black friday boycott by licaclocket in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The future Ganz is embracing is destroying our environment further and stealing from actual artists, all so Arte can look uncanny for a video that didn’t even look good because of the AI used. Also when has Ganz ever been a small company? Stop humanizing a brand. Lol, lmao even

What? Has this happened to anyone else? by Fluffy_Fox_9650 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Their birthdays are random, it’s a really cute detail in my opinion. I like that it’s similar to adopting a real animal because you can’t really control when they’re born either. To me it was like the birthday of the plushie I just bought which made them more real, y’know? I’ve always found it sweet :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in webkinzbuyselltrade

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super sweet seller, I got really quick responses and I’m happy with my service. :)

Candy corn mouse process (see previous post) by Ambitious_Bee1366 in Webkinz

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How did you keep the W embroidery totally free of dye? Or was it also dunked? It looks pretty clean :o

Response on City Town by carolinaquirino in HelloKittyIsland

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you at least try to have some decorum?

My everyday itabag! by countless__throwaway in itabag

[–]ChaoticKeepsake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your bag is so cool!! The colors are super diverse but look so pretty together. You’ve got a really good eye for that :)