Top 300 Entries Selected for 2024’s Pokemon TCG Illustration Contest!

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Silhouette Gloom of the Sundown Lands

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #2

Congrats to my pal, former PokeBeach site artist and all around stand up gentleman @Xous for making the cut (again)!

 

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Conker307

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #3

Was computer-generated art allowed?

 

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CytochromeT

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #4

Bidoof section was popping off

 

Water Pokémon Master

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #5

Conker307 said:

Was computer-generated art allowed?

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Who do you think did AI art?

 

spiritskyes

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #6

[scrolls] oh this one's my favorite!
[scrolls more] oh this one's my favorite!
[scrolls more] oh this one's my favorite!
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Tomasko26

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #7

These are sick.

 

jolszewski

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• Jun 14, 2024

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Water Pokémon Master said:

Who do you think did AI art?

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Apparently Vigo K or anyone with V.K. initials

 

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beatbox2000

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #9

Amanda Zeigler Eevee is also very sus

 

tol89

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #10

these are all great!

 

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• Jun 14, 2024

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You guys need to explain how you think a piece is using AI. Don't just make public accusations without evidence.

 

Polaris

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #12

People forget that AI art was created by sourcing real art from places like art station, so it's not weird for real art to look kinda like AI art style-wise. But, the difference is that non-AI art is actually coherent and you can tell there was an intention of design in every part of the illustration. These look really good and fine to me.

 

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #13

the real painful part of this is knowing that we won't get at least five of each of these, because there's so many great illustrations here.

 

Polaris

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #14

So many of these would make amazing playmats!

 

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Hartcore

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #15

I feel like we’ll see a winner from Feralgatr, Pikachu, and Melmetal

 

ApricornNut

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #16

Would be amazing if they picked at least one single-prize card winner AND an ex winner! There's too many good entries here to just have THREE winners, damn...

 

koala cub

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #17

this is not hard evidence, this is the community response to give an idea of why the scandal accusations are being made.

many people are pointing to the name similarities of the different V.K. submissions, with the potential of someone bypassing the three-submission limit.

some of the inconsistencies within V.K.'s art (the background, the linework, the anatomy) are claimed to be suspicious, with a common ai-detecting art website seeming to point towards that suspicion as well.

whether you believe the community members or not is a different story, it's still very possible that all of the top submissions here were completely legitimate. however, i think the community's voice, combined with prominent the issue of AI art's integrity, means that these allegations should be taken seriously.

 

The Binder Guy

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• Jun 14, 2024

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Water Pokémon Master said:

You guys need to explain how you think a piece is using AI. Don't just make public accusations without evidence.

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People on Twitter are using Hive Moderation’s AI art detector on artwork that that feels uncanny. The pieces made Vigo K, Vigen Khachaoorian, and Vigo Khachadoorian have a 99% rating (meaning they were most likely made using AI) and are comparing it to the results the detector gives when fed real TCG card art or art from the contest that doesn’t feel uncanny.

 

ApricornNut

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• Jun 14, 2024

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Dubious submissions from "the VK Gang" aside, all of the other art I'm seeing is absolutely stunning. I can see the influences from all of the famous names from the TCG on display!

 

gemjadem

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• Jun 14, 2024

• #20

the bidoof on a swing set is killing me also loving the 3 pikachu with the apples

also the charizard seismic tossing a blastoise?? the koraidon with a shadow of roaring moon in the lightning flash???