As the artist at the center of this, I appreciate your thoughts on it. Sadly, many things have been stated that are provably false. I was never blacklisted by Disney, Disney never said anything of the kind… nor Ravensburger, that my work was AI. It stems from a single person on a Reddit thread, making claims, where they made claims they worked for Lorcana. The claim was deleted almost immediately and her account was taken private. I am currently under contract with Disney on multiple projects. I have worked with Disney brands for 28 years and people can quite easily see my creative process in video as well as live painting in front of thousands at Disney World. The problem with false accusations these days, is that no one reaches out to the source to seek the truth. And also unfortunately, many of the accusations come from bad actors in the art community that have certain ulterior motives. AI in the Fine Art space is a very important discussion to have as I personally don’t believe it belongs. But I also think that a conversation needs to be had with an Artist before making a very blatant accusation, especially when it can easily be proven false (as this was).
Thanks for your thoughts and clarifications. I’m currently seeing a lot of “AI investigations” that start to turn into conspiracy theories. It’s honestly concerning.
As the artist at the center of this, I appreciate your thoughts on it. Sadly, many things have been stated that are provably false. I was never blacklisted by Disney, Disney never said anything of the kind… nor Ravensburger, that my work was AI. It stems from a single person on a Reddit thread, making claims, where they made claims they worked for Lorcana. The claim was deleted almost immediately and her account was taken private. I am currently under contract with Disney on multiple projects. I have worked with Disney brands for 28 years and people can quite easily see my creative process in video as well as live painting in front of thousands at Disney World. The problem with false accusations these days, is that no one reaches out to the source to seek the truth. And also unfortunately, many of the accusations come from bad actors in the art community that have certain ulterior motives. AI in the Fine Art space is a very important discussion to have as I personally don’t believe it belongs. But I also think that a conversation needs to be had with an Artist before making a very blatant accusation, especially when it can easily be proven false (as this was).
Thanks for your thoughts and clarifications. I’m currently seeing a lot of “AI investigations” that start to turn into conspiracy theories. It’s honestly concerning.