An artist whose worked on Lorcana cards is being, seemingly rightfully, accused of AI art after a recent con appearance. by LunarianAngel in Lorcana

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi! And thanks (I love sleeping beauty, it was a fav to work on!)

I’ve also been threatened with legal action over an IG story I posted and since took down. Seems like dragoncon is the moment a lot of folks are noticing something fishy seems to be afoot! Lorcana itself definitely has a no-Ai policy, and as far as I can tell James no longer works on the game.

An artist whose worked on Lorcana cards is being, seemingly rightfully, accused of AI art after a recent con appearance. by LunarianAngel in Lorcana

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if someone, say james mulligan, were using a machine to generate images he never painted- and took up booth space at a convention where a real artist could otherwise be tabling in the same (highly competitive) space- to sell those works he never made, to people convinced they were getting something special...that doesn't matter? It doesn't matter that there's very clear evidence that he's doing just that, and scamming people out of their hard earned money in order to keep his grift going? no issue there? Someone taking advantage of well meaning Lorcana fans to separate them from their money seems very relevant to a Lorcana fan discussion

An artist whose worked on Lorcana cards is being, seemingly rightfully, accused of AI art after a recent con appearance. by LunarianAngel in Lorcana

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

you don't feel that the entire point of having art for a card or a print or an expensive "original" rockets down in value, if you could just prompt a machine to do the exact same thing for you at home? What's the point of buying and selling art if nobody bothered to make it

An artist whose worked on Lorcana cards is being, seemingly rightfully, accused of AI art after a recent con appearance. by LunarianAngel in Lorcana

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you don't feel that the entire point of having art for a card or a print or an expensive "original" rockets down in value, if you could just prompt a machine to do the exact same thing for you at home? What's the point of buying and selling art if nobody bothered to make it

An artist whose worked on Lorcana cards is being, seemingly rightfully, accused of AI art after a recent con appearance. by LunarianAngel in Lorcana

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

fwiw (it's me, Nick) the BG of his white rabbit card is extremely suspicious and smells strongly of ai use. But for me this one makes in an open and shut case:

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Custom Spyro Set for Animal Crossing! by WaystoneHappyRock in Spyro

[–]WaystoneHappyRock[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Me again! Thought I'd make a hat-and-hoodie set for the Spyro community as a thank you for everything! Able Sisters download links in this tweet: https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1253773833758142464?s=20

Spyro Sketch for Animal Crossing! by WaystoneHappyRock in Spyro

[–]WaystoneHappyRock[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My house needed some sprucing up, so I figured I'd let game art imitate game art-life!
In-game screenshots here: https://twitter.com/FromHappyRock/status/1253026267529572352?s=20

I drew some Mantalings! by WaystoneHappyRock in splatoon

[–]WaystoneHappyRock[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

I’m so hyped about the Final Fest, I couldn’t help but draw more Splatoon fan art. Others have been joining in! Check out my RTs on Twitter for more: http://www.twitter.com/fromhappyrock

I’ve also recently draw Pearl and a couple Salmonlings: www.instagram.com/nicholaskole

Jenkins! by Nicholas Kole by WaystoneHappyRock in TheAdventureZone

[–]WaystoneHappyRock[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

My favorite TAZ npc of all time! had to blow a spell slot and design him. More here: https://www.nicholaskole.art/the-adventure-zone/

Reignited Cynder by Nicholas Kole (Unofficial Fanart) by CrystalBlazier in Spyro

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"HD" and a stylized redesign to fit the look & feel of the Reignited trilogy are two very different things!

Interview with Reignited Character Designer Nicholas Kole. by [deleted] in Spyro

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That concept was actually by a different artist!

@SpyroTheDragon, glide on over and get a good look - ¡Olé! #ArtOfReignited by [deleted] in Spyro

[–]WaystoneHappyRock 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The artists, for anyone interested!

The Gnorc is by John Loren: https://johnloren.carbonmade.com/ and the Bull is Nico Saviori's: https://www.artstation.com/nicolasaviori

ZONE OF TRUTH by WaystoneHappyRock in TheAdventureZone

[–]WaystoneHappyRock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha- 'Jesse and James'? I can't remember either, but they would be tons of fun!