“You can always tell an “artist” is posting AI artwork because they can’t latch onto one style”

Jul 10, 2026 7:01 PM

DyingOx

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I’ve been watching this art YouTuber who exposes AI ”artists” and this is was one of her go to reasons, which I always found silly. lol

I want to learn EVERYTHING so I’m always trying new stuff. Plus it keeps me experimenting and not getting bored or burnt out :)

I see what you mean, but I feel your line work has a certain character to it that makes them seem related but not really the same? Like the way a musician can play multiple styles but still has a distinct sound because of the physical way they hold and play their instrument.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Yeah I heard the artist for the Anthrocon conbook cover got accused of using AI cause it was different from their normal style. But the real story is that they spent months practicing and developing that specific style for the conbook. Pretty shitty to get accused of that after all that hard work.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

That apple! All great though

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I've been hit with that several times since I've started drawing again. For me, it's like: "No mate, I'm still figuring this out and trying new things."

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

#10 @BiNorwayBoy You commission this one?

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

No!.. Maybe. :3

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I tend to draw in different styles too. Some things and characters just look better in a certain style.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

There is some similarity in stance, in my very non-artistic opinion. A red flag is not on its own proof, but it can still be a red flag.

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

The AI uncoverers already seem like witch hunters. i've seen them brutal on photos posted by women. That leg is too thick. No way the arm bends that way. People just want to feel smart and in control and will crawl over others to do it.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

You don't think the majority of artists have a recognizable "style"?

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

You can also tell that they're an AI artist when they started making "art" three years ago and have over 3,000 "pieces" in their gallery.

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

#3 and #14 are my favorites!

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Mmm.. I see what you mean by different art... genres? maybe is the word? but I can definitely see the consistent STYLE choices you make, and I think that's your "real" style. These also do not have that tell-tale AI gross filter/uncanny valley thing happening, so unless you're REALLY GOOD at making AI not look AI, then I'd say you're fine!

1 month ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 3

Beltracchi - everyone’s style good enough to fool "experts" and museums. he must be an AI then.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I can't even write the same letter the same way twice in a row, why would anything I draw be any different.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

1, 3, 5, and 16 speak to me

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What? I did a bunch of AI images for a project, and I stuck to one style just fine. I never called myself an artist, though, or pretended to have *made* anything.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah, I had a friend in high school that would Do character portraits in our game club. And he could do a full body sketch in about 5 minutes, and either kind of Leiji Matsumoto Dragonball, or more of a Joe Kubert style. Then I saw some of his more serious work, and he was doing photorealistic pencil drawings.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I used to draw and sell art doing commissions for people in WoW and FFXIV, but never having a solid personal style got frustrating enough that I eventually just gave up. Most my art looked nothing alike and this was between 6 and 15 years ago. If someone tried to call my crap AI, I'd lose my absolute shit on them.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Blue period, Rose period, Cubist, Surrealist. That damn Picasso was an AI!

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Most of the people who like to point out AI are no talent hacks who contribute nothing to society. Do I give a s*** if any of these pictures are made with AI? No I do not.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The ai clue isnt about changing styles but more about suddenly changing to a new one that has way more detail than ever before, and faster.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ferret/furret girl is dang cute

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

So Pablo Picasso was using AI all those years ago. That's a hell of a thing to tell me now...

1 month ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

Perfect Statement…

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3

Alexander King (1899–1965) did work for a paper company's anniversary, & they asked if he knew anyone who could do a Chinese scene. He started out doing such in restaurants, so he did it under an assumed name, slightly different style. The company asked for more artists, & he did all the work as "other people."
Al Hirschfeld saw some of the work & asked King if he purposely painted it with his left hand or something.
Point: those who know art can see similarities despite different styles.

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I think it's less of using different styles, and more using inconsistent styles in the same piece. Like two characters in the same place drawn ALMOST but not quite the same way.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 2

This is like my biggest insecurity as an artist is that I can’t find one style that’s my own. I’m all over the place.

1 month ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

That's fine. What I find worse is people who use "That's my style" as an excuse to stagnate. Just keep at it. With practice come consistency and that's where individual styles really start to emerge.

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Hence by this logic you must be AI /s honestly just give it time, create, practice and keep being fascinated

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

1)I've recently had a bit of an existential crisis where I feel like there is no actual me and that I'm just a mish-mash of movie quotes and

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

2)whatever pieces of people in my past that I adopted into my own personality. I've also never landed on one interest or hobby or medium for

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

3)creation. I'm learning that I may be a cage full of fairly clever bees at my core and most other people are their own strange amalgams. I

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

4)imagine most of the better artists out there don't do one thing really well forever. People are supposed to change.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Is S3ndy still working on her barbells?

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yea I REALLY need to draw her soon!

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How come every single image here is #TransitionGoals
...except maybe the apple. Maybe.

1 month ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 4

Does that mean slimegirl transition goals are on the table?

1 month ago | Likes 13 Dislikes 0

I mean... the human body is mostly slime anyway, right?

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I, too, am an ugly bag of mostly water.

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I mean... horny is an art style right?

1 month ago | Likes 203 Dislikes 3

You horny for realistic apples?

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

Lewds

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Just a curiosity question. How come you don't sign your work? Is it an aesthetic thing?

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I do put my logo on some of my stuff but i honestly be forgetting to do it half the time lol

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Have you seen at history? Horny is ALL the at styles.

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

I mean, what is Art but plumage? And what is plumage but “come have sex with me” advertising?

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Playboy taught me to draw as a teen. I eventually moved on to other subjects but channeling those urges gave me the perseverance to gain confidence and skill.

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I think there's a grain of truth to their statement, but it's deeply misguided. Yes, AI slop makers do tend to have inconsistent style because even with prompting the models spit out results that "follow" certain artist's styles, and that CAN be a sign, but it's certainly not a definitive one. Real artists who work in different styles still show growth over time and connections in their talents between their different pieces.

1 month ago | Likes 79 Dislikes 1

If you follow Midjourney there are many users who get a very consistent style

1 month ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

And that unfortunately is true in general. Almost every "tell" for AI is a fine guideline, but not a guarantee.

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

Exactly, which is why we rely on a traceable history of work. If you come out of the gate with perfectly polished art ANY time in history, that's odd, but these days you definitely look like you're making it with AI, doubly so if you have a huge output very suddenly. Again, artists show growth and history, without exception - you can always see them improving even if they don't say it, and they tend to get faster with experience too. New artists are slow and flawed (positive).

1 month ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

People have an overinflated sense of their ability to distinguish between AI and not. I've seen people claim videos were AI that have been on YouTube for over a decade.

1 month ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

The Monet fiasco comes to mind, too.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

If someone started posting perfectly polished manga style for a couple of weeks with no other work history and then suddenly posted photorealism with not even a note about it, that would definitely raise red flags, but it's all the external signs that give it away. AI "artists" don't talk about their process, their skill development, they don't show growth and improvement because they literally can't.

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I as a 2D and 3D artist do not talk to anyone about my art, style, process, etc. I work on it quietly in my own time and post it. Guess I'm fucked.

1 month ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

Do you have a social media account where you post hundreds of pieces in a matter of months? If not, then it's really not that suspicious. AI "artists" tend do dump pieces REALLY fast since they don't actually have to work on them for much time beyond re-writing a prompt, and that's if they even try to sign their pieces for attribution in the first place. Most sloppers just make stuff en masse and dump it on a social media account for clicks follows and ad revenue.

1 month ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Gotta adapt to the times, I suppose. You could post timelapses, for example.

1 month ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Even just posting a few pieces over the course of months or years, people who care can see improvements in technique, or at least evolution of style. You don't have to write a whole artist's statement for every piece, they speak for themselves.

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