Why does it say handcrafted on the DLC

[Codename Dutch]

when its clearly ai generated images. i dont mind but why sugar coat a lie

[Dizzy Ioeuy]

you're reading comprehension failed you- their stats and stories and such are handcrafted not randomly or proceduraly generated. each character will remain the same from game to game (from their initial start that is- they develop as they develop).

the characters are not operating in the game based on their art portraits.

[Zarkonnen]

The character art is not AI-generated. Or to be precise, I gave a significant amount of money to an entity which I believe to be a human being in exchange for making the character art based on my requirements.

[Dudemaster698]

Clearly no extra fingers *wink* *wink*

[Codename Dutch]

Originally posted by Zarkonnen:

The character art is not AI-generated. Or to be precise, I gave a significant amount of money to an entity which I believe to be a human being in exchange for making the character art based on my requirements.

Lol man i love the game but there is no clear art style for any char its clearly AI made. but again i dont mind

[Wyr]

They definitely look AI generated, not to be rude, but I'm pretty sure they are.

I don't have an issue with it, but I think you might have gotten scammed if you were told they were handdrawn

[♔ Affable 7th Wave Teaboo ♔]

Originally posted by Zarkonnen:

The character art is not AI-generated. Or to be precise, I gave a significant amount of money to an entity which I believe to be a human being in exchange for making the character art based on my requirements.

I'm not convinced they are generated. But a good way to know this, as a paying client, is to request images (in addition to regular images that you actually would use) that retain the working layers. It's pretty easy to see if actual work was done if you check the layers.

[Bashar al Hot Bod]

Possible the guy drew a few then used AI based on those to make more. Idk if I'm convinced they are AI tho. Either way I like the style of them a lot

Edit: upon further investigation, at least some are def AI

[Sambal]

Hey everyone! I'm Samma, the artist that did the portraits on the DLC pack. I thought I'd chime in a little bit.

I love seeing the dislike of AI art. I'm very outspoken over my dislike of it. I hate that it exists. Seeing this thread I thought It'd be nice to give some context to the situation and show some process stuff to show that none of this is AI.

Here are some links to some process gifs on some of the portraits.
https://gifyu.com/image/SWXzI
https://gifyu.com/image/SWXMr
https://gifyu.com/image/SWXMy

Art is very expensive. I am a fulltime freelance artist ( artstation.com/samma ) and it's quite rare that solo indie developers commission artists to work on their game. This kind of game is not made on a AAA or AA budget. There are more than 80 portraits in the new pack and for me that meant having to find a workflow that allowed me to stay within that smaller budget. If anything, the fact that Zarkonnen decided to go this route shows his dedication to create something handcrafted and human. We tried to create unique and fun characters and even though there may be some small inconsistencies that you picked up on, we're really excited about them.

Bonus: I also had a lovely art school intern that wanted to learn how to do portraits. I mentored her while including her in the process. Here are some paintovers I did of her work. https://gifyu.com/image/SWXpO
She said she learned more from this project than her whole time in art school which is both sad for the school and nice to hear for me :D

[Witch ~]

You guys have absolute no clue what AI generated art looks like.

[Lil' Lily]

Originally posted by Witch ~:

You guys have absolute no clue what AI generated art looks like.

Didn't you know? Everyone on the internet is now an expert on AI generated art.

[avali gaming]

this thread is another example of why gamers are generally looked upon as stupid.

[seanburlison]

great update, keep up the good work and dont listen to the stupid people. It is unfortunate that the stupid far out number the intelligent ones but thats life.

[Daniel_Tdr]

Peoplo do need to relize there exist a ton of diffrent artstyles

[Daniel_Tdr]

Originally posted by avali gaming:

avali gaming

furry :3

[Codename Dutch]

Originally posted by Daniel_Tdr:

Peoplo do need to relize there exist a ton of diffrent artstyles

Why would a game use different artyles within the same system of character portraits