Hello! I’m a student at Asia Pacific University (APU) researching how to better protect visual artists from unauthorized AI mimicry of their styles. I admire your work and would appreciate your insights for my research.

Generative AI can replicate an artist's unique style without consent or compensation. While tools like Glaze and NightShade exist, recent studies show they can be bypassed with over 99% accuracy, highlighting a lack of effective protection for artists.

I'm proposing a system called ArtGuard, an adaptive mechanism aimed at staying ahead of circumvention techniques. Your input as a real artist would be invaluable.

Below is the link to the Google Form:

https://forms.gle/VhfyzAe36rySGAjY9

Thank you for considering my request. If you know any other artists or people who might be interested, please share this link with them as well; it would be greatly appreciated! I look forward to your response.

Two 12” x 12” WIPs on their way to being finished. I’ll post them again when they are done.

Two 12” x 12” WIPs on their way to being finished. I’ll post them again when they are done.

I usually paint horses, but this cutie was an absolute dream to paint. Lots of fun texture, amazing fur, and a sweet expression.

Looking for artist to do book cover illustration or photograph?

I’m a tattoo artist and occasionally paint when I have some spare time. This is my first painting after an eight or nine month break, made little by little over the past couple of months.

Acrylic on canvas, 20 × 20 cm.

Thought this rodeo clown might fit in here.
Happy to finally share this with you. Hope you like it!

Hand-carved and wood-burned raven and deer skull wall art, completely handmade using a Dremel and wood-burning techniques.

We just opened Jason's show last night at LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, thought you guys might appreciate a curated selection of work. Jason is one of the brightest young artists painting the contemporary western United States today. Enjoy!

With artist-made wood frame 12.5 x 15.5 x 1.75

There has been a lot of news about this artist lately, and for someone who popped up in the scene only 12 years ago he sure has made incredible progress. But I just wonder, has any actually seen him paint the work, especially the ones that recently sold at auction in Jackson Hole? I find it interesting that the show featured works of huge scale, detail and complexity, and so many were under the hammer, but I have never heard anyone actually seeing any of the work in progress by his hand. Each of those pieces takes considerable time and energy, and it is hard to believe he painted over 20 in one year. That is two paintings a month. That would be a crazy if not impossible pace to handle alone.
Now if he has a working studio with assistants helping to paint the pieces that’s fine, many artist have done and continue to do so like Koons, Hurst, Wiley, even Rembrandt, but shouldn’t that fact be disclosed?
I only ask because there have been many questions in the community about his integrity. For example, there is a forum about anime art from when he was working in Europe that basically accused him of plagiarism. I can share the link if anyone is interested, but FYI it is in French.
Regardless about the questions of integrity, I also find it interesting that less than two decades ago he was doing cartoons, and now he is a premier Western artist. Many of the Western artist I know have been at it for 30-40 years and some never get close to the successes, let alone the mastery, he professes to have.
Also the way he dresses, how does anyone take him seriously?

Received both of these as a gift from a Leader when he retired. They had been gifted to him by one of the founders of our Company. Thought this subreddit would enjoy seeing them.

Anyone know if these are real or not? they seem to be Frank McCarthy paintings and are large and about the size of originals. But they also could be recreations or fakes?

This painting explores the quiet beauty behind Día de los Muertos and the tradition of using cempasúchil, Mexican marigolds, to guide loved ones home. Their brilliant orange and gold become more than flowers; they are light, memory, and a connection between those who are here and those who have gone before us.

I wanted the piece to feel contemplative rather than mournful. The figure exists in that space between remembrance and presence, while the cempasúchil provide warmth and life. For me, Día de los Muertos has never really been about death, it is about refusing to let love and memory disappear.

Hi friends. I recently found two versions of Charles M. Russell’s “I Rode Him” framed together; one has what appears to be a hand-applied ‘C M Russell,’ “autograph” buffalo-skull, and ‘1924’—has anyone seen another example like this or have insight into whether Russell personally signed copies of this print? Appreciate any insight!

Any information on the painting is welcomed. Thank you

Still needs a title and a varnish….