Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/06/18/dc-comics-cover-artist-accused-of-using-ai-and-swiping-character-poses.html
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Someone is going to design a supervillain based on him.
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Something looks off with the logo on the cape, too, although I can’t say what exactly. It just looks off to me.
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Contributed by Ruben Bolling
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Quick look:
- it is asymmetrical
- the logo doesn’t follow the topography of the cape
- the reflections/glare points make no sense — they don’t seem to be generated from a single light source
- the top of the “S” appears too thin, and the serif appears to be the wrong angle
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If this guy really created the at then proving he made it should be easy, share a screenshot showing the program he created the art in, layers and all.
Would take seconds to do so. Unless he didn’t actually create it 
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Run! It’s… THE PLAGURIZER, and their sidekick, CopyCat! /sarcasm
(Marvel? DC? DM me for pricing on rights, I’m very affordable.)
Edit: Yes, the speling is intentional. I’m leaving it in. 
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It’s one thing tracing someone else’s drawing and just changing a few things, but I despise the whole stealing ‘poses’ concept. Humans have 4 limbs, and we’ve existed and have been both photographed and drawn for quite some time now. If there does not yet exist an image of a person standing in the exact same pose as the image you wanted to create then hats off to you for not only finding an ‘original’ pose, but for expanding the lexicon of potential human positions which we all seemed to have randomly avoided until your pen hit the tablet.
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Pose swiping has long been done in the industry. I have less of a problem with it if it is done in moderation. It stands out more in covers than it does in interiors. But covers are when you need the strongest anatomy.
Using AI is unforgivable and I’d fire them on the spot if I was the editor.
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I’m reminded that Wallace Wood (one of the strongest artists in comics) used copying and tracing to make his life easier, as he felt he was being undervalued by his employers. He summed up his philosophy with, “Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste-up”
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Yep. Wood was one of the greats. He and others had “swipe books”, scrap books of comic panels and magazine pictures to use as reference.
He also brought us the 22 Panels that Always Work.
Of course, I see a lot of “homage” covers these days. Which is kinda cool, but also way over used. But that’s just swiping not just the poses, but the whole composition.
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As an ex-semi-pro copier and tracer, I call it copying and tracing 
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an AI generated villain. With weird hands. That’s how he gets spotted.
“I AM the AI”
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A modern version of that guy who used to copy porn actresses when drawing women. I think that was for X-Men if I recall?
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ALSO: “variant covers” are a scam 
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Spiderwoman, if it’s the one I’m thinking of:
Copied directly from the artist’s own erotic publications.
We talked about it here before.
Edited for spelling.
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But that sidekick is already a thing… Oh well. If there’s anyone who would be villainous enough to rip off existing sidekicks it surely would be THE PLAGURIZER.
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That wonky Superman logo: What happens when AI takes over the job of tried-and-true copying techniques used by artists, e.g. tracing over camera obscura images (several possibilities here, Vermeer for one); and tracings made from photographic images (definitely Rockwell).
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@evadrepus Is probably thinking of Greg Land, who’s notable for tracing/photoref from actresses and porn, as opposed to Milo Manara who’s notable for his erotic comics.
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