If you like seeing fanart…And you like the artists posting the fanart so you can enjoy it…Could you all please stop posting and using your AI-generated Rogue Trader portraits?

Those of us who are professional artists already live in a world in which CEOs have decided creatives are replacable because techbros told them it is so.

We, and I truly think I can speak for all of us, don’t need to see this shit invade fandom spaces which we want to enjoy and contribute to.

I get that some people don’t realize how horrible unethical generative AI art is and see it as a harmless toy but p l e a s e inform yourselves and don’t contribute to the normalization of this garbage.

The SAG-AFTRA strikes did not happen for no reason, VAs are not asking people to not use models trained on their voices for no reason, Midjourney creators are not getting sued by creatives for no reason.

The models work because they mass-plagiarize our images without any consent whatsoever.

My art is in there, the art of your favourite artist is in there and by using this tech nightmare, you just give the ones responsible more of an incentive to keep exploiting literally every single working creative currently alive on this planet. :’>

Voice Actors, writers, actors, artists…We are all fighting this shit so we can continue making things for you to enjoy.

Make your own portrait, commission someone, use one of the numerous portraits owlcat has provided you with, hell, edit one of the existing ones to suit your needs, use another illustration you like…There truly is no need for AI here.

Fandoms are supposed to be a place we can all enjoy together but I will be honest, it is both hurtful and infuriating to see fandom spaces being invaded with AI. We also want to enjoy fandom and share things with you so meet us halfway, please?