Husband said:
“I think I just got scammed for my sympathy. Maybe maybe not. Saw a post on instagram last week that had a cute drawn picture of a cat and a caption talking about someone drawing to pay for their medical bills saying any amount helps. I felt bad, butI knew I had the money, so I figured why not and commissioned one of our 3 cats with a fourth very good friend of theirs.

Fairly certain it just turned out to be AI, but I’m not entirely sure. Anyways, now that I’ve soiled the surprise, this is the end result. Do you think it’s ai?”

I strongly suspect that the daily planner I buy every year now uses AI-generated images. They used to feature clearly hand-painted, charming but slightly amateurish paintings of animals. For 2027, however, the style has changed considerably, and the paintings look almost too perfect, with that tell-tale cartoonish, over-rendered AI look. The hedgehog almost looks like it's vibrating. The name of the painter is also no longer used on the cover. And the backflap text says "inspired by natuur paintings"...

I suspect they've either generated the images entirely with AI or used AI to turn photographs into paintings. But I'd like to get some confirmation from others.

The last 2 pictures I've included shows their previous style.

I'm really disappointed if it's true :/

I am so confused because I think this is an AI generated image and if it is why would they do this!? 😭

Super impressed by him. Just confirming here.

Hey all, I’m a huge fan of animal crossing and recently I had a discussion with my friend - she’s 100% sure it’s ai. Me? Not so sure. Yes it’s a cheap knock off from temu but is it ai?

Been looking at a few of them for my binder. At first, I thought a few of them looked nice but looking a bit closer I'm noticing telltale signs of AI. The company website does not mention AI, just 'designed in the UK'.

saw this picture at a cafe today that also sells prints. i’m very confident this ‘photo’ is either entirely AI generated or at least edited with it. My parents think it’s a normal photo and it would be crazy if they were selling AI pictures.

So reddit, is it AI?

This has sooooo many upvotes but looks so fake to me. The movement of the ears especially.

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The way the bear sat down looked off. The man’s right boot looked a little smaller than his left. And the whole situation on its own just seems unrealistic.

I bought a colouring book and in this picture I was colouring the river, but then I got confused where the grass was and where the river went because I thought it was the continuation of river, but it looks like there's grass there in a red circle?

I don't know if it's AI or not, so I'd be grateful if you could help identify.

INTRODUCTION:

Im an artist on instagram and follow and support small artists because they deserve their work to be seen!
HOWEVER I have a feeling that this artist is generating AI images, and then printing them to trace them over with pen. They have around 4K followers. (I covered their name and signature to protect their privacy)

I don’t want to support AI art, but at the same time I’m confused and I’m not sure if it is or not (that’s why I need your help).
I also wouldn’t want to stop supporting an artist thinking they use AI when they actually don’t.

WHAT MAKES ME THINK IT’S AI:

Image 1: as soon as I saw it, it really gave me AI vibes. The composition…idk, it looks AI-ish. The sign is super weird, and the confetti sometimes looks warped and weird. An artist would never choose to make them look like that in some specific spots.

Image 2: same drawing, zoomed on the sign. What the hell is that?? It looks like that standard AI font. Also the quality of the writing looks different from the parts in ink…as if they retraced the drawing with ink but then didn’t trace over the writing.

Image 3: The drawing feels like something AI would come up with, and also (idk if it’s something instagram does) but it literally says AI???

Image 4: Posted today and it’s what prompted me to make this post. I love and adore Jack Skellington and that is NOT how his bowtie looks. The rest is right, so I don’t feel like an artist would make the conscious choice of drawing it like that. I feel like the AI got confused and just gave him a normal tie, and a dress shirt(???) and then added the side-thingies to the jacket.

Image 5: this is a screenshot from a video they posted of them drawing with ink over what I think they’re passing out as a sketch…but if you look closely you can see it looks printed out. It has that halftone printing effect (yk, the dots)

Image 6: It again feels like AI…the texture is very weird.

I hate we even have to go through this…AI is taking away artist’s jobs and as an artist you really shouldn’t be using it…

If you could help me figure this out, I would be so grateful🫶

UPDATE (October 17)
I ended up texting them to ask them directly and kindly and they essentially answered me that their drawings are handmade by them using traditional ink and paper. They sometimes use Pinterest for inspiration when they experience art block. Although they occasionally use AI, it’s only to enhance photos of their artwork so they better reflect the original pieces, and to help write captions. They do not use AI to create the drawings themselves.

I don’t know if that’s believable

It was about time that I change my wallpaper to something autumn focused. This is so cute and reminds me of my husband and I but the general vibe, the typo, the umbrella placement and the house looks AI.

What do you think?

My friend was browsing an online shopping website and saw this awesome clothing. At first glance, the black Nike Dri-FIT anorak design looks incredible, with clean reflective detailing and nice drawstrings. However, looking closer at the fabric texture, seams, and overall rendering, they started wondering if it's an actual product you can buy or just a clever AI-generated mockup. What do you all think?

got a copy of war of the… the cover is super ai looking to me, what do yall think

A guy in Kansas City, Kansas posted this photo last night of a grizzly bear in Kansas City. We maybe have black bears in this area, but not grizzlies. So is this Ai, because he’s arguing with people that it isn’t.

Its just weird how the bow ends tangled and the shading on some of it are, its a very popular artist and none of their other tattoos look ai generated

I asked them if it was gen ai and they took offence so i dont know :/

The details look a bit like AI, plus Idk why Yuri is here when Monika is the yandere of DDLC

The first part looks legit… but then when they speed up the speed paint…

I honestly don’t know. No hate to the artist, but I want confirmation this isn’t AI.

This was sent in our residential community group. The family is real, but is this photo real, though?

One of my favorite youtubers has just created new merch designs and I am highly skeptical that they are AI generated. I assume they are given the style and repeated of each design :(

Is there any justifying this as a creator? They are approaching middle age and it seems to me there is a generational gap with understanding the negatives of AI use.