Artist STOLE 6 Winning Slots in Pokemon Art Contest

I hate how non artists are judges of this art contests, cause there's no way a artist wouldn't see it

Best part is AI wasn't allowed: but non-artists judged it and couldn't tell the difference :) actual talented artists losing out to super garbage is just disgusting. I hope they reconsider and recount.

Dont even call it art, its an image

The fact you keep having to say you arent making fun of actual artists 😭 AI artists arent artists we should get to make fun of them unapologetically

This is so disappointing. AI generated imagery shouldn't even be allowed to be referred to as "art", because it isn't. Don't let people who generate AI images refer to themselves as artists. This person is clearly cheating by means of using name variations, but also, taking good slots from more deserving ACTUAL artists.

Digital art contests should have a requirement to send in their PSD files for proof that contestants actually drew it themselves. There’s no way that AI images can win with that. Problem solved

“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes, so that I can do my art projects, not the other way around.”

Ai art should be banned for art contests

Imagine if that AI artist won, and then the judges say "We wanna see how you draw your art Live, for all the Pokemon lovers out there". That AI artist is going straight downhill from there.

I’m hoping enough people bring attention to that and get them disqualified

Can we STOP calling AI images "art". ART by definition is the following: the expression or application of HUMAN creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Ai can NOT create art, it just imitates it. AI "artists" are not artist. They arent even innovative. They are imitators looking for an easy way out of hard work and dedication...

Just another example of how the ONLY ai "artist" one can be -Is a SCAM ARTIST. Fake imagery for art thieves and wannabes. A fraudsters dream.

Not only did this person generated their entries through AI, but they circled around the "max 3 entries per person" rule by submitting with DIFFERENT NAMES that are still awfully similar so, like, I'm speechless about their level of disrespect for the whole contest and other contestants. Wtf

As someone who almost entered this contest and spent a month just coming up with concepts alone, it absolutely pisses me off that this person not only very clearly broke the 3 submissions rule, but used AI slop to do it, and then managed to take top spots from legitimately talented people who are infinitely more deserving. I don't think hating on artists is ever ok, however, this person clearly isn't an artist. Call them a scammer, a grifter, whatever you want, but they are NOT an artist. It might be a bit harsh to say, but I genuinely think one of the only ways to stop this bullshit from pushing down real talented people is to relentlessly call them out for it. Never let them live this down, make them the example. EDIT: I'd like to quote a passage from the official rules page for this contest: "Any attempt, successful or otherwise, by any Entrant to obtain more than the permitted number of Submissions by using multiple and/or different identities, forms, registrations, addresses or any other method will void all of that Entrant’s Submissions and that Entrant may be disqualified at Sponsors’ reasonable discretion." This person is in clear violation, and as such ALL of their submissions should accordingly be disqualified. I'd also like to point out that this contest isn't JUST to have your art made into a real card. There are actual cash prizes for the winners, as laid out on their official rules page. Grand Prize gets $5,000, Best Standard and Best ex Illustrations get $3,000, 6 First Place Runners Up get $1,000, and 15 Judge's Award Winners get $500. So not only are they violating the rules, but they are potentially taking away real cash prizes from people actually deserving of them. Don't think this is JUST some silly card contest.

Honestly a stupid easy way to avoid this kind of stuff in contests is to just- ask for screenshots of the layers of the art program when submitting or even the file itself? Im suprised that with the recent surge in AI stuff that isnt considered as a method to make sure people like this don't slip into spaces for ACTUAL artists (and by this, i mean people who create the work themselves. Doesnt matter how skilled you are, if youre making the work yourselves than I have a hell of a lot more respect for you than people who just plug stuff into AI to try and get undeserved rewards. o7 Good luck on your art journeys ya'll)

I'm a digimon TCG player, don't really do Pokémon. But that first Eevee on the cushion should have made it. That is a TCG illustration if I've ever seen one. Just the thought of a Terriermon, Lopmon, maybe even a Gatomon, drawn like that for an alt art? It would be a winners prize at locals. So many of these were just amazing for card arts and it's genuinely upsetting they didn't make it. I can just imagine how awesome that first Absol would look as a foil. And the Feraligator! Alligators carry their babies in their mouths and on their heads, so it's actually putting the pokemon in a real life setting.

looking at ai images made me think now of how my math teacher would say "i want to see how you got to the answer not just the answer in itself". when i see art i dont just see the finished picture but i also try and see the steps of how it was made, ig i cant help but to do that as an artist myself xD. and so i find myself thinking when i see an odd looking picture "if i were to draw something similar would i draw it like that?". and when i see tracers who make fake sketches, im like 'but where are the guidelines?'.

Tbh, this competition organizer and judges are the problem here. Not apparently understanding any art is one thing, the fact they didn't vet the name, the scrutiny on the art quality and inconsistency, that is a far bigger crime

OH MY HECK. thank you so much @Katliente for showing my Eevee piece!! as well as bringing attention to the issue and trying to show people what to look for with AI art!

6:38 love how the A.I. is having trouble with luvdisc cause it’s confusing it for a heart doodles