AI photographs have discovered their manner into the highest 300 entries within the 2024 Official Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest.
No less than six submissions created with an AI picture era program have discovered there manner into the 2024 Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest. The six items which can be underneath scrutiny characteristic photographs of Pikachu and Eevee that in the first place look appear like skilled renderings of the favored Pokémon. Nevertheless, upon nearer inspection, followers and artists alike observed a number of key tells that point out the six photographs have been AI generated.
Such tells that have been identified by customers on X who highlighted the illogical choices in proportions, traces, scale, and the mixing of the topic’s options into backgrounds and foregrounds, all of which being in line with AI generated imagery.
I’m going to begin with utilizing this one for instance. Issues which can be mildly sus however excusable are marked in yellow/gold, whereas unexcusable issues are marked in pink. Much like palms in AI generated photographs, the again paws listed below are a lifeless giveaway IMO, alongside crispness points. pic.twitter.com/qygeFtX2DT
— stormy 🐍🍉 ukkomon apologist (@haruujin) June 14, 2024
Along with the pictures themselves, the contestants who submitted them have a really related names: Vigo Ok, Vigan Ok, Vigan Kachadoorian, and Vigo Kachadoorian. All with the initials of V.Ok. which has aroused suspicion of maybe they’re the identical particular person. If true, this V.Ok. shouldn’t be solely utilizing AI to enter the competition, however breaking the three illustration restrict of the competition.
With the revelation of those AI photographs within the prime 300, the legitimacy of different submissions for the competition are being known as into query. Specifically, Pikachu and Eevee submissions, as there are extra available sources for AI to drag from when producing photographs of the favored mascots of Pokémon.
I used to be curious and I went again to the finalists to test who else aside from Vigo Ok could be utilizing AI artwork, and these are very seemingly too. Unsurprisingly all of Eevee and Pikachu due to the abundance of their property on the market. pic.twitter.com/F3fObqobLl
— Haychel ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ (@HaychelDA) June 15, 2024
The Pokémon group on X has known as for the elimination of those entries to be able to acknowledge precise artists who spent their effort and time creating illustrations for the competition, slightly than soulless AI generated photographs.
As of now, there hasn’t been any official assertion from Pokémon about these issues.
Sources: Sports Illustrated & The Official Pokémon TCG X Account