ArtByMel opened this issue on Jul 05, 2026 ยท 10 posts
ArtByMel posted Sun, 05 July 2026 at 2:39 PM
I'm not going to name any names here. But I spent a little time looking through the gallery today and I noticed images that are definitely using AI generated backgrounds/backdrops or environments, and yet the artists have chosen to use the No Ai in the creation tag. As someone who spends a lot of time often creating a detailed environment and lighting that is just right in my images, I feel like this is disrespectful to artists like me. You either use AI in your images or you do not. People could at least be honest about it. Even if you are using an AI created or enhanced backdrop/background or environment, you are still using AI in the image creation. Especially if the only part of the image not made in AI is just the figure. Even if it is a stock image background enhanced by AI, it should still be tagged as partial AI used.
Please don't waste my time or yours by jumping on this post and trying to explain all the benefits of AI to me. Been there. Done that. Got bored. Went back to making 3D art instead, and back to enjoying every moment of the the creation process. This thread is simply an observation about honesty when posting an image here in the gallery.
It's either made using AI in the process or it's not.
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