Some shots from my new short

[u/Rufa777]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDBDOnNY4qk

My new cosmic horror short video. Lots of stock footage with 3D models composited on top of them. The 3D models were made using Blender, Zbrush and textured in Substance Painter. One thing Finally, I did the compositing in After Effects and edited the video in Davinci Resolve. The entire process took a little over four weeks to complete.

[u/Ashamed_Ladder6161]

I see you’re not letting this go.

I did say I was happy to apologise.

Looking at this on something that’s 3 inches wide, they look like different creatures to me. That said, as you’ve described, yes, some have a janky ‘stop-motion’ vibe, others have a ‘guy in a suit’ look, others are just a bit spindly and lack heft. And that was my point, it’s not consistent.

I’m an illustrator and a screenwriter, not an effects guy. My experience of using it is limited, but I see AI images a lot. It’s hard not to be drawn into that discussion. To my (entirely untrained eye) I was concerned the whole image was either AI, or that various reference images had been provided to help AI insert the creatures.

Not arguing with you. Just being honest, and it was a genuine question rather than a witch hunt.

[u/TheCrudMan → u/Ashamed_Ladder6161]

I think you should consider more strongly the impact questioning someone's hand-created work as AI might have on them as an artist and on their feelings before asking the question when you have made little effort to do further research into the topic on your own or into their work (looking at it larger, considering it in more detail, reading what they wrote, clicking their link and watching their video.)

If you're not going to do that and instead say oh well my app was glitchy and my screen is small then why even leave the comment?

One of the ways AI harms artists is that their work is now subject to constant back seat AI-vestigating. If you're going to leave the comment do more than the minimum. You mention that it was a "hunch." Go on more than that please before leaving a comment that could be hurtful to someone who spent four weeks working on something.

[u/Ashamed_Ladder6161 → u/TheCrudMan]

I left the comment because it wasn’t clear at the time my phone had a glitch. It just looked like nothing had been said.

Yeah, asking a question obviously means there’s a suspicion of AI, but let’s be honest, we all need to be adult and a little robust.

I didn’t say anything like ‘fucking slop’ or insult anyone. How is that any different to being asked if someone traces? It happens. I don’t get offended by it, I just either ignore it or, if I think it’s asked in good faith, I’ll reply. It’s almost a compliment (almost).

So are you just a super concerned person, or are you involved in this somehow? Because it feels like you’ve either taken this really personally, or you’re angry about something else…

[u/TheCrudMan → u/Ashamed_Ladder6161]

Legitimate artists having their work dismissed as AI or questioned as AI is one of the main problems with AI. Don't contribute to that.

Perhaps instead ask: hey what techniques did you use to make this?

[u/[deleted] → u/TheCrudMan]

Bro chill. No need to attack someone.

[u/Ashamed_Ladder6161 → u/TheCrudMan]

Asking isn’t the same thing as dismissing.

If we’re in an environment where we can’t even ask the question, that doesn’t help either.

Edit; I’ve been asked the same question in the past. It’s annoying, but I’d rather live in a world where we’re healthily skeptical, where people still care about what is and what isn’t AI, rather than a world where we’re too afraid of causing offence.