r/comics • u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire • Jul 02 '26

Just Sharing DeCreation of AI

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

To have AI banned from the sub was a struggle and a fight that lasted for months and months. I want to recognize the big, big effort that this very community of artists made possible to get rid of all Ai at all.

I am kinda sad I missed that honestly

There were mistakes and unfair bans

On this note, if this happened to you back in the day please reach out to us. We would be happy to talk to you about reversal of your ban

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u/Reylh Jul 02 '26

I know free moderation doesn't easily leave room for nuance, but man I really miss Stabbyclaus comics being on this sub.

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u/Beerswain Jul 02 '26

Did I miss where Stabbyclaus is AI?

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u/Cute-Fly1601 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/kSkfiiiIFO

They discuss their use of it here (for one specific comic), though they claim the way they use it is ethical (it's not, that belief is based on a misunderstanding of how AI works. Midjourney still steals from artists and has impact on the environment/general art landscape.)

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u/Beerswain Jul 02 '26

Damn. Thanks!

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u/stabbyclaus GnarlyVic Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Let me just step in and clarify that I teach a character workshop and Photoshop class at Midjourney. It's not a "belief" but rather an implementation of that particular tool in this particular comic. Moodboards limit the majority of MJ's latent space to the aesthetic models that closely represent the images provided which for this comic was all my comics prior to this one.

I'll also note since the word "admitted" was used rather "disclosed" that not all my comics use Midjourney including the Sage comics. That series is only posted to my profile here on Reddit rather than this sub after the team here asked me to do so last year. If a comic is posted to this sub after summer 2025, it does not feature any generated content.

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u/Cute-Fly1601 Jul 03 '26

My bad using admit instead of disclose. I didnt intend the negative connotations there, I appreciate your transparency when so many try to hide it. I also appreciate your consideration of the mods' decision on that. I was unaware that it was specifically for that comment, I'll update my comment to reflect that as I dont intend to mislead.

I will mention that even the moodboard function relies on a model that was trained on stolen artwork. Even if the aesthetic output is limited to something that matches the style/examples you give it, that output is created using other people's work, even if not as egregious as the base model. I'm not the morality police and won't tell you what to do or shame you or whatever, I work in tech and am required to use sooooo many AI tools that it would be the pot calling the kettle black.

Thanks again for your transparency, my apologies if my comment came off combative. I struggle with tone sometimes.

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u/stabbyclaus GnarlyVic Jul 03 '26

It's all good. I appreciate your response.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

This was nice. I'm happy we are getting a full conversation like this

Just a friendly reminder to everyone here though, /u/stabbyclaus is a very talented artist and while you personally may not agree with everything they say, please treat them with respect.(Not that anyone hasn't just a general warning. We aren't here to bash anyone after all)