
If you keep up with developments in The Pokémon Trading Card Game scene, you might have heard about a recent 'Illustration Contest' where select entrants were accused of submitting AI-generated work.
This has caused quite a stir within the community and now The Pokémon Company has come forward with an official statement explaining how it's committed to "upholding the integrity" of this contest, and entrants in violation of the rules have been immediately disqualified.
Although this statement doesn't specifically mention AI-generated content, this follows many members of the TCG community documenting possible AI-generated submissions on social media and elsewhere online. It's also noted by TPC, how it will continue to "celebrate the artistic abilities of the talented" community.
The Pokémon Company: We are aware that select entrants from the top 300 finanlists of the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest 2024 have violated the official contest rules. As a result, entrants in violation of the rules have been disqualified from the contest.
Furthermore, additional artists participating in the contest will soon be selected to be among the top 300 finalists.
We're committed to upholding the integrity of the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest and appreciate fans' continued support as we celebrate the artistic abilities of the talented Pokémon community.
What do you make of all this? Let us know in the comments.
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As a ccg is the actual card game fun? Or is it pay to win like some ccg ie you have better cards you're more likely going to win? Do they have commander style decks? I understand I can Google these things, sue me I'm lazy and my sister is dumb.
I hope that TPC looked thoroughly into this before making any decisions on disqualifying members of the competition. There's been a good number of artists that have gotten accused for using generative Ai- despite never using it in the first place.
This being said however- if this is generative Ai, good riddance. The people who entered that into the contest deserve to be kicked out for doing that. Art contests are about the celebration and recognition of the craft, which Ai has no place in. A few years back when Ai art was in its infancy, people used to enter it into art contests- with it winning against real human works. Something that should not be permitted, given that it's a mockery of those who actually have the skills and put in the effort to produce their own works.
Ai as a whole has been a net-negative for artists in general and it saddens me to see that smaller creators have been drowned in a sea of genuine garbage.
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@link3710 thanks for the well written and broken down response. You are a gentleman and a scholar. May you be served the second best clam chowder in the world one day.
AI generated pictures mostly looked terrible if you pay attention closely the details.
@VoidofLight Yeah, if the artworks were authentic and not AI, hopefully they reconsider their decision and, like you said, did look into it thoroughly. I like to draw and on Instagram, I have come across multiple short videos of skilled digital artists getting accused of using AI and having to show process videos to prove that they didn’t use an AI in their art, but sometimes it isn’t even enough. I used to gush about how good AI was with artwork and even used some pictures I generated from it as inspiration for a couple of my own physical drawings back then, but I really dislike it now because of how much damage it has caused to the art space. It pains me to see artists struggle and sometimes lose art competitions to artificial and fake AI “artwork” with no real soul or work out into it.
@Pastellioli I'm not educated on this topic but want to learn more as you seem passionate and knowledgeable. Do you think doing a separate contest or an "open" division would be a decent idea? Do people using AI art program the AI for specific outcomes or do they use tools from an existing program and manipulate them from there?
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