Kind of sad that this is the state the internet is at right now, where you can’t trust anything or anyone with authenticity in whether it’s machine made or human made EVEN if you have to repeat and prove yourself a dozen or more times that it is, in fact human made. It just sucks, it really does suck.
Blame the AI bros Blame the corporations Blame the natural human malice (deepfakes being used to cover up crime, or make up a crime that didn't actually happen)
You remember back in the day when everyone would say "This looks like CGI" or "This looks photoshopped" to anything they were suspicious of? Oh how times have changed.
"The ____ doesn't move enough, it's not realistic, it has to be AI." My brother in Christ it's just art direction. An artist may chose to make a character to walk less vibrantly to give off a certain feel or vibe of the art piece. I know people like to joke a lot about English teachers being so analytical about books but honestly, there is usually a purpose or reason as to why a writer wrote this into the story or an artist choosing this specific color in this art piece. This amount focus and care into art is what makes art so special, it's that the person making the art actually cares about creating art and wants their work to be as best as it can be.
I saw some of those comments, and I really hope you don't let them get to you. People see a slightly smooth or blurry-looking animation, and it seems to make them immediately jump to 'looks like AI'. I say this as someone who loves to clown on 'AI artists' on twitter who think typing out prompts or drawing a a basic outline, then running it through a transformer is 'art', but questioning something that's obviously real is pretty dumb. Loved the animation btw.
Technically it is art, just ai generated art. Which I'm fine with so long as we clarify distinctions between what IS and ISNT AI GENERATED. It has a place but we're still in its infancy so naturally we'd run into teething problems.
I was one of those commenters, although I only got worried for a split second from the thumbnail and title before it started playing. It’s awful corps really making people so paranoid of who is using AI.
@@sgtaveryjohnson3803as long as the AI is trained on artists who willingly consent to their work being used in such a way (which usually isn't the case), then I find it very difficult to see it as a legitimate form of artistic expression. Anything can be art, and I'm usually not one to stifle other's creativity, but taking someone's publicly available work, then using it to generate more work in the same style is highly unethical. The lack of effort that goes into generating the work just kinda cements my opinion on this lol
@@sgtaveryjohnson3803AI *assisted* art? Without stealing art for its database? Sure. What we're doing now, trying to "generate" art from nothing but thousands-millions of stolen pieces of art? Nah, that ain't art. There's no soul, it's highly unethical, and if it's not already, it should be illegal. Assisted is how it should always go. We've already been doing it in other ways for years. But never generated. Never.
I saw a tweet from an artist who's also being accused of using ai. He said it isn't that his art looks like ai, but rather ai looks like his work because his stuff has been used in generative ai. Just keep being you dude, the odds of ai taking over everything is pretty slim, artist will adapt and show their worth versus soulless machines. If anything, our work will most definitely be held at a higher value than before. Besides, if artists quit, than who will ai copy off of? They need us, haha.
This for sure. One thing I don't understand about AI art is what even is its end game? AI seems to boil down art to a means to an end, which seems entirely antithetical for art if you want it to continue to hold any lasting value. The process of making art is just as valuable as the end product, if not more, so taking that part out seems like it could hurt your artistic growth a lot, also, generating pictures just doesn't seem like a very skillful undertaking so it's not going to be very stimulating or meaningful I'd imagine. I honestly don't even know the extends of the effort it takes to generate AI stuff but I don't imagine it's a comparably hard craft to Non-AI media. If I have one fear about AI art, it is that it might make art less accessible, not more, by virtue of art being just distilled into a means to an end, like I said earlier. I wouldn't want to see traditional techniques and methods be forgotten because people don't pay attention to them anymore, but I have hope that that wont be the case.
@@lawncrow Corpos want AI art because they want to create artistic media and make millions without having to pay artists. Unfortunately, they have no understanding about what makes art valuable so this effort will fail anyway. AI art shows what art is like without a soul.
Its not "AI Slop" causing people to be paranoid. People are just being assholes. Even if its indeed AI, so what? In 5 years everyone will forget there was AI hate at one point just like everyone forgot artists protesting against photography and musicians protesting against music recording
bro your literally better then AI, im like the equivalent of a Slav who can detect Russian propaganda in AI form, hands, pattern, color change, face change, you passed all the tests man, keep up the good work.
Kojima predicted all of this in 2001, people would start believing that things that aren't AI are actually AI. Komegatze, your animations are awesome, and I think they're of very high quality, I hope you have a good time.
Both of you are right. His games were political in nature and he was trying to send a message. It is however, not a very shocking or new revelation, many people before kojima wrote about it, many people before kojima talked about it. He just happened to make really good games with those messages.
The animation equivalent of someone saying your cheating in online games when you're actually legit. You've made S-tier stuff for years mate, keep up the good work!
i don't think jealousy is a factor. i think it's just cause there's so many ai "artists" nowadays that everyone's paranoid. but yeah the amish had a point when it comes to ai
This isn't relevant to the AI stuff but I love seeing artists go back in their finished project files and mess around with assets. It's really fun to me for some reason.
At first, I was worried seeing it in my rec feed but then "oh yeah nevermind, silly brain, It's Komegatze!" but it seems the basic TH-cam viewer can't use their critical thinking abilities (should they even have them) at all. Hell, I doubt you'd even need critical thinking. Just go to the channel, "ah yup, not AI." If this was AI, it'd be nightmare fuel. This is a just a crisp project that makes me want to reinstall Wallpaper Engine because I want Gordon walking as my desktop XD
as someone who uses s2fm the allegations were so unbelievable haha i think it feels uncanny to some ppl due to maybe the way the camera is locked onto gordon? but i knew it was authentic when i saw the debris props and the dust particles i know and love
I will say its his torso being a bit stiff through the whole animation that made it seem a little AI, you nearly had me in the first half, your work as a whole is so awesome dude.
I can get thinking it's AI initially, because of the unfortunate and boring trend, but the longer the video goes on, the more obvious it should be that it's not AI. For one he doesn't even have a crowbar growing out of his head, but also it's too just consistent and detailed. I think people over-estimate AI's capabilities, at the end of the day, it's just an aggregator that sources through stolen artwork, Frankensteining shit together until something sticks. It takes actual skill to make an animation like that, not a prompt.
Sorry dude, i didn't think you would actually have to make a video, i know it wasn't just me, but my comment was very popular and i feel a little bit guilty
I appreciate your honesty and retraction. Dont worry I mostly made this video for fun. I think most of my audience understands regardless if I dont prove myself or not.
This is one of the first instances I've seen of an artist I follow being accused of using AI generation in their work. Unfortunately, I think this is going to become very common, and that we may soon be living in a future where creators are constantly compelled to provide proof that they indeed actually created their art.
People say that AI will “weed out mediocre artists” This is an incredibly goofy perspective to have. Artists who’re trying to develop their skill will just get discouraged. “Artists” who don’t want to better themselves will use it as a crutch. Mediocre artists will thrive using this cheat.
I was so surprised in the first seconds when you said it's AI, then I was about as much surprised when you said it's not. That was very funny lol. On a serious note, it didn't even look like AI honestly. Sorry that you had to prove it
Keep it up man your art is amazing I hope more people find your art and see how good it is and that people learn the diference between realy cool art and animations like yours and ai You are seriosly an inspiration for me You deserve so much more than this
I'll admit, something made my brain wanna say that. Then I told my brain it was stupid, because it clearly just isn't. AI wouldn't have been able to decide what parts of the armor are which, let alone do something so seamless. The only reason I had that feeling I think is because it's kinda surreal to see that poster finally properly animated in a fashion that genuinely replicates how the poster originally looked. It feels off, only because I genuinely never thought anyone would do it, let alone that well. It genuinely felt like through some magic you just stretched the background of the image forward through some magic for the scrolling. I guess it just felt too good to be true, lol. It's uncanny to see an image you've seen a thousand times move suddenly.
Love ya, Komegatze. Sorry people who apparently don't have a great eye for art have popped up comparing you to AI, but I'm glad it hasn't deterred you. You've always been a phenomenal animator and I'd love to see people who are quick to assume even try to do what you do with AI (not really though, since it'd be a waste of power, water, and everyone's time).
I think the thing missing with your animation of the walk is that the center of gravity is off, the torso of the character should be leaning towards the leg that's supporting the weight.
Yeah, agreed. I don't think using AI makes one a bad person though, it's how they use it and unfortunately, in many cases I see. AI is used to carry out art theft, and in a manner where they can claim that the art is theirs and blame the actual artists of tracing and copying their work. It's awful that such a tool is used for stuff like this.
In my opinion, one way to differentiate human-made 3D animations from AI-made ones is to pay attention to every little detail. Usually, based on AI animations that I usually find on the Internet, AI animations often have shapeshifting (especially to little things like grass, flowers, eyes, nostrils, bird feathers, building windows, object on the distance, etc), the color palette keeps changing, and if there are humans or animals (or anything that highlighted or something idk, my english is bad.. sorry), the facial features change, and are inconsistent. And all the changes and inconsistencies are shifting slowly (well, not very slowly..). Okay, the point is, AI animations are very inconsistent. And human-made animations are great and brilliant. Support all human animators! 🎉 Sorry if this comment is too long :(
I’m always glad to see artists speak out against AI junk. When I saw ai images being licensed out on stock photo websites it made me sick to my stomach and it disappoints me seeing talented artists using it even just messing around because that no matter your intent it’s still helping the ai improve. It’s gross to see people defend it in any way and it’s saddening to see people somehow confuse clearly superb man-made art such as this be confused for something so inferior.
Just seeing the behind the scenes instantly relieves any doubt if you have half a braincell. But, I can't fault people for being cautious. Bots and MLAs make up a VAST majority of online traffic nowadays.
I understand that some people can be confused about this, especially if they don't really know anything about choreography or animation in general. At the same time, It's fairly obvious today to tell when something is AI generated. Even if it looks super realistic, AI usually isn't able to create cohesive or complex objects. Background objects like you see in your animation are way too sensical to be AI generated. AI basically just mashes shit together until it looks passable at a glance. You wouldn't be able to tell that those are buildings and debris in the background if it was AI, it would just be unidentifiable conglomerate. Same goes for hands
It was such an awesome animation dude its such a shame this happened. I think its unfortunate case of unfortunate timing because of the ai image trend, making moving images move trend thing idk what you would call it making the rounds at a similar time. I enjoyed your animation thought it was cool as always dude and I knew it wasn't ai at least to me but I can get distrust someone can have with art at the moment its quite upsetting to see but usually ai bros are very bold about their ai generated stuff and luckily you can tell ai at the moment from real but hell who knows how long that will last.
This whole "is it AI" thing going on is the exact same as "is it CG/Photoshop", the exact same questions and problems as before. AI is just the newest tool to make content, the problem isn't "is it real or not?" IMO its "is it good and are the original/proper artists receiving credit for their work? AI is here to stay obviously and I don't get why so many hate on it as a tool or try and find fault with real art and discredit it. All digital art is made with external tools easing the process, AI is just the newest lowering the barrier for entry. Saying things are bad just because of AI is the same as saying anything not drawn by hand on paper is bad.
Ai generation is completely different because cgi/Photoshop takes actual skill and doesnt pull from a database of stolen without credit images. So no its not the exact same at all and there is already some legal action taken against companies like stable diffusion and hopefully that continues.
I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical of whether the video was ai simply because it looked so similar to the original image and the movements/angles were a bit uncanny, but like you said I watched the whole thing and realized that it was way too linear and consistent to be ai; plus I already knew you do all of your own animations so once I saw your channel name it made more sense
Literally one good glance at the animation shows that it's Source 2. The argument that the head isn't swaying enough is stupid, I think it fits Gordon more and it makes him look more stoic. Dude's not going to be jolly and skipping around like the world is not being harvested by the combine. Not to mention, there are zero visual artifacts. The only thing that someone could notice is animation errors but those will only prove it's authenticity even more.
Here's a hot take. I've used AI in the past to create art for my albums, but that was when it was not really good. I did it specifially for the imperfections of the program. Basically, I knew a real artist could do it better, but it fit well with the aesthetic of the albums, where the songs were made to mimic what would happen if an AI mashed random songs together, while still being created by me. However, since AI art has gotten significantly better to the point where there's barely any mishaps in the creation process, I can't do that anymore. I kinda miss when AI art was shitty. Nowadays, if you are an artist, AI should only be used to IMPROVE or ENHANCE art, like how you master a song to make it sound better.
the only critizism I would have (if somebody asked me for that) is that the feet are moving straight forward. but thats a issue with animation ever since. in actualityn the feet make a slight arc so they are more below the center of mass. otherwise humans would wobble about like apes
- that's ai - that's ai said the people that don't know any ai program and nor have they used one. It's still a long time from current technology to make something so coherent as this animation. Lima dream or whatever it is called - good enough, but shapes always changing, something happens and everything goes south. So I believe allegations came from person who just listen to everything some internet-persona said, but never checked or tried to understand
I can't believe Valve used AI in their games to make the combine soldiers react realistically to the player
i can't believe re logic used ai in terraria to make the entities behave in different ways literally shaking & crying rn 😭😭😭😭
i can't believe valve used ai in the left 4 dead games to make the ai director react to the player
I can't believe Valve removed AI in CS2 (help, we're outnumbered by 3v5)
@@Omega-jg4oq Bro ruined the joke chain
@@vreikezen8268 I don't care
Kind of sad that this is the state the internet is at right now, where you can’t trust anything or anyone with authenticity in whether it’s machine made or human made EVEN if you have to repeat and prove yourself a dozen or more times that it is, in fact human made. It just sucks, it really does suck.
Blame the AI bros
Blame the corporations
Blame the natural human malice (deepfakes being used to cover up crime, or make up a crime that didn't actually happen)
Blame the combine
You can't dictate it's existance
You remember back in the day when everyone would say "This looks like CGI" or "This looks photoshopped" to anything they were suspicious of?
Oh how times have changed.
*very very bad profile picture (i hate ditchu)*
I never thought that it was AI, It was just slightly uncanny, keep up the good work man!
"The ____ doesn't move enough, it's not realistic, it has to be AI."
My brother in Christ it's just art direction. An artist may chose to make a character to walk less vibrantly to give off a certain feel or vibe of the art piece. I know people like to joke a lot about English teachers being so analytical about books but honestly, there is usually a purpose or reason as to why a writer wrote this into the story or an artist choosing this specific color in this art piece. This amount focus and care into art is what makes art so special, it's that the person making the art actually cares about creating art and wants their work to be as best as it can be.
This, if it were ai it would actually be way more on point with movement because ai takes it from real footage it just moves weird.
7:46 POV gordon just caught you using AI on him
I saw some of those comments, and I really hope you don't let them get to you. People see a slightly smooth or blurry-looking animation, and it seems to make them immediately jump to 'looks like AI'. I say this as someone who loves to clown on 'AI artists' on twitter who think typing out prompts or drawing a a basic outline, then running it through a transformer is 'art', but questioning something that's obviously real is pretty dumb. Loved the animation btw.
Technically it is art, just ai generated art. Which I'm fine with so long as we clarify distinctions between what IS and ISNT AI GENERATED. It has a place but we're still in its infancy so naturally we'd run into teething problems.
I was one of those commenters, although I only got worried for a split second from the thumbnail and title before it started playing. It’s awful corps really making people so paranoid of who is using AI.
@@sgtaveryjohnson3803as long as the AI is trained on artists who willingly consent to their work being used in such a way (which usually isn't the case), then I find it very difficult to see it as a legitimate form of artistic expression. Anything can be art, and I'm usually not one to stifle other's creativity, but taking someone's publicly available work, then using it to generate more work in the same style is highly unethical. The lack of effort that goes into generating the work just kinda cements my opinion on this lol
@@sgtaveryjohnson3803AI *assisted* art? Without stealing art for its database? Sure.
What we're doing now, trying to "generate" art from nothing but thousands-millions of stolen pieces of art? Nah, that ain't art. There's no soul, it's highly unethical, and if it's not already, it should be illegal.
Assisted is how it should always go. We've already been doing it in other ways for years. But never generated. Never.
I saw a tweet from an artist who's also being accused of using ai. He said it isn't that his art looks like ai, but rather ai looks like his work because his stuff has been used in generative ai.
Just keep being you dude, the odds of ai taking over everything is pretty slim, artist will adapt and show their worth versus soulless machines. If anything, our work will most definitely be held at a higher value than before.
Besides, if artists quit, than who will ai copy off of? They need us, haha.
I really hope ai starts feeding off itself and falls apart
This for sure. One thing I don't understand about AI art is what even is its end game? AI seems to boil down art to a means to an end, which seems entirely antithetical for art if you want it to continue to hold any lasting value. The process of making art is just as valuable as the end product, if not more, so taking that part out seems like it could hurt your artistic growth a lot, also, generating pictures just doesn't seem like a very skillful undertaking so it's not going to be very stimulating or meaningful I'd imagine. I honestly don't even know the extends of the effort it takes to generate AI stuff but I don't imagine it's a comparably hard craft to Non-AI media.
If I have one fear about AI art, it is that it might make art less accessible, not more, by virtue of art being just distilled into a means to an end, like I said earlier. I wouldn't want to see traditional techniques and methods be forgotten because people don't pay attention to them anymore, but I have hope that that wont be the case.
@@lawncrow Corpos want AI art because they want to create artistic media and make millions without having to pay artists.
Unfortunately, they have no understanding about what makes art valuable so this effort will fail anyway.
AI art shows what art is like without a soul.
@@oompalumpus699if its so easy to detect "soul" in art, why so many are struggling to tell the difference between AI and non AI art?
Gordon is very intimidating when he walks with open arms.
It sucks how this AI slop is causing everyone to be paranoid. Great video.
They're not paranoid, they're just dump for being unable to see the obviously real animation.
Its not "AI Slop" causing people to be paranoid. People are just being assholes. Even if its indeed AI, so what? In 5 years everyone will forget there was AI hate at one point just like everyone forgot artists protesting against photography and musicians protesting against music recording
bro your literally better then AI, im like the equivalent of a Slav who can detect Russian propaganda in AI form, hands, pattern, color change, face change, you passed all the tests man, keep up the good work.
what?
He's praising him@@darkdwarf007
Than
how?
@@firekingextreme7207what is that supposed to mean? You doubt?
Outside of the AI discussion part it was great to see this scene in other angles while showing it was real
Are they just watching the thumbnail or are the brains melting from watching AI too much to harm my beloved Komegatze?!?!
You know you're good when people start thinking your work is A.I
When you to good at something they will jealous think try do anything that make you bad ngl
True but yeah.
Nah you know people are dumber than they used to be, if they mistake SFM or Blender or whatever else for AI. AI ain't good, it's fucking goofy.
most ai content looks like shit so i dont think it's a good thing if people say your stuff looks like ai
not really
Honestly, I'd take it as a compliment. But we all know the pen is mightier than the machine
People don't call things AI because it looks good lol
pencil
@@SnaxMang No, but clueless idiots see something extremely polished and think "Man, this is too perfect, a computer made this"
@@childlikesaiyan no.
@@SnaxMangyes they do
I've been watching you for a while and I just wanna say I'm very happy with your standpoint against AI "art"
Kojima predicted all of this in 2001, people would start believing that things that aren't AI are actually AI.
Komegatze, your animations are awesome, and I think they're of very high quality, I hope you have a good time.
He didn't predict shit, some random writers did, he's not a genius he's a hack.
@@future8772oh brother
@@future8772 you're right.
@@future8772 🍃
Both of you are right. His games were political in nature and he was trying to send a message. It is however, not a very shocking or new revelation, many people before kojima wrote about it, many people before kojima talked about it. He just happened to make really good games with those messages.
The animation equivalent of someone saying your cheating in online games when you're actually legit.
You've made S-tier stuff for years mate, keep up the good work!
Delete your account 🔥
Nope. AI looks like absolute fucking diarrhea. You do know that you just insulted every artist and animator by comparing their work to AI slop, right?
Or when someone says your on steroids but you're natty
Gordon walking is so buttery smooth its hypnotizing
I love watching you messing with the session LMAO
Theyre just jealous they cant make anything better 🙏
i don't think jealousy is a factor. i think it's just cause there's so many ai "artists" nowadays that everyone's paranoid. but yeah the amish had a point when it comes to ai
Fucking... how did you come to that conclusion?
Why were so many people stupid enough to upvote your blatantly incorrect statement?
This isn't relevant to the AI stuff but I love seeing artists go back in their finished project files and mess around with assets. It's really fun to me for some reason.
gordon pointing at the camera is so scary 😰
Believe it or not. This whole video is A.I its using new Arasaka deep learning to produce a whole new person...
God Damnit Arasaka.
At first, I was worried seeing it in my rec feed but then "oh yeah nevermind, silly brain, It's Komegatze!" but it seems the basic TH-cam viewer can't use their critical thinking abilities (should they even have them) at all. Hell, I doubt you'd even need critical thinking. Just go to the channel, "ah yup, not AI." If this was AI, it'd be nightmare fuel. This is a just a crisp project that makes me want to reinstall Wallpaper Engine because I want Gordon walking as my desktop XD
How TF did people think this was AI when it literally had SFM in the title!?
The Customer Is Always Right, but that's their entire life philosophy.
@@terrified057t4the customer is always right *in matters of taste* is the real quote
as someone who uses s2fm the allegations were so unbelievable haha i think it feels uncanny to some ppl due to maybe the way the camera is locked onto gordon? but i knew it was authentic when i saw the debris props and the dust particles i know and love
THIS REMINDS ME OF THE BOOK "1984" BY GEORGE ORWELL
NO, I HAVEN'T READ IT, BUT I IMAGINE THIS IS WHAT THE BOOK IS LIKE
3:12 komegatze doing gabe newell voice😂
Been loving your animations ever since I found your channel. Glad to see you being transparent on this topic
I can't believe Komegatze used ai to generate this unrealistically beautiful voice 😢💔
Nice bro, I always like the source engine. Even S1 was so ahead of its time when it was released.
I will say its his torso being a bit stiff through the whole animation that made it seem a little AI, you nearly had me in the first half, your work as a whole is so awesome dude.
:D I think they got confused, because the lighting is so good and the image looks really smooth like on the promo-art
Wow! Finally someone with a sane take on this ai garbage, I wholeheartedly agree with you man!
I can get thinking it's AI initially, because of the unfortunate and boring trend, but the longer the video goes on, the more obvious it should be that it's not AI. For one he doesn't even have a crowbar growing out of his head, but also it's too just consistent and detailed. I think people over-estimate AI's capabilities, at the end of the day, it's just an aggregator that sources through stolen artwork, Frankensteining shit together until something sticks. It takes actual skill to make an animation like that, not a prompt.
man i didnt know gordon was ai. the combine never saw him coming
Sorry dude, i didn't think you would actually have to make a video, i know it wasn't just me, but my comment was very popular and i feel a little bit guilty
Just take the L
@@comorbiddisorderur a d1 hater bro; all you’re doing by saying that is encouraging people to not take responsibility, and not to stop making mistakes
You should feel guilty and should no longer return to this channel. Actually, I deem you banned and forcefully unsubbed - good day sir!
@@ambi_cc8464 No, I'm saying to take the L.
Simple as that.
Maybe instead of accusing people they should've thought about it first.
I appreciate your honesty and retraction. Dont worry I mostly made this video for fun. I think most of my audience understands regardless if I dont prove myself or not.
I got scared for a minute and six seconds
This is one of the first instances I've seen of an artist I follow being accused of using AI generation in their work. Unfortunately, I think this is going to become very common, and that we may soon be living in a future where creators are constantly compelled to provide proof that they indeed actually created their art.
I nearly cried when I thought the beginning was real you're a good actor😅
how dare you use that, eugh... "Real Intelligence". Monster.
I knew it wasn't an ai, because it's the funny guy making funny superb animations, he wouldn't use ai over here.
ai could never be dark and griddy 🥹
cant believe aperture science used ai for science experiments
Well, we do what we must because we can.
I knew it wasn't AI when I saw the legs locking at full extension
People say that AI will “weed out mediocre artists”
This is an incredibly goofy perspective to have.
Artists who’re trying to develop their skill will just get discouraged.
“Artists” who don’t want to better themselves will use it as a crutch.
Mediocre artists will thrive using this cheat.
I can't believe MINECRAFT used AI to make their mobs behave uniquely-
the highest compliment an artist can receive
I could tell it was SFM because the particles were clipping through Gordon and coming out the back.
I was so surprised in the first seconds when you said it's AI, then I was about as much surprised when you said it's not. That was very funny lol.
On a serious note, it didn't even look like AI honestly. Sorry that you had to prove it
Can you get AI to make a 16:9 version please?
almost got me there….you’re really awesome 😂 keep up the amazing animations! ❤❤
I've been impressed with Kome from the beginning, so I never doubted this original video. ❤
Keep it up man your art is amazing I hope more people find your art and see how good it is and that people learn the diference between realy cool art and animations like yours and ai
You are seriosly an inspiration for me
You deserve so much more than this
my stoopid monkey brain didn't register the SFM in the title when commenting my silly accusation, i apologize for it
I'll admit, something made my brain wanna say that.
Then I told my brain it was stupid, because it clearly just isn't. AI wouldn't have been able to decide what parts of the armor are which, let alone do something so seamless. The only reason I had that feeling I think is because it's kinda surreal to see that poster finally properly animated in a fashion that genuinely replicates how the poster originally looked. It feels off, only because I genuinely never thought anyone would do it, let alone that well. It genuinely felt like through some magic you just stretched the background of the image forward through some magic for the scrolling.
I guess it just felt too good to be true, lol. It's uncanny to see an image you've seen a thousand times move suddenly.
I think the reason why most people thought it was AI was because the upper body (specifically the head) was too stationary
Bestie i literally just subscribed 5 minutes ago how did you already upload???
Love ya, Komegatze. Sorry people who apparently don't have a great eye for art have popped up comparing you to AI, but I'm glad it hasn't deterred you. You've always been a phenomenal animator and I'd love to see people who are quick to assume even try to do what you do with AI (not really though, since it'd be a waste of power, water, and everyone's time).
I thought it was AI, thank you for clarifying
I think the thing missing with your animation of the walk is that the center of gravity is off, the torso of the character should be leaning towards the leg that's supporting the weight.
These days you just can't tell anymore.
it's messed up how people will point at an artist and go" I think you used AI and you are a bad person". this video was just recommended to me.
Yeah, agreed. I don't think using AI makes one a bad person though, it's how they use it and unfortunately, in many cases I see. AI is used to carry out art theft, and in a manner where they can claim that the art is theirs and blame the actual artists of tracing and copying their work. It's awful that such a tool is used for stuff like this.
but is the SFM AI too? 🤨🤨
In my opinion, one way to differentiate human-made 3D animations from AI-made ones is to pay attention to every little detail.
Usually, based on AI animations that I usually find on the Internet, AI animations often have shapeshifting (especially to little things like grass, flowers, eyes, nostrils, bird feathers, building windows, object on the distance, etc), the color palette keeps changing, and if there are humans or animals (or anything that highlighted or something idk, my english is bad.. sorry), the facial features change, and are inconsistent. And all the changes and inconsistencies are shifting slowly (well, not very slowly..).
Okay, the point is, AI animations are very inconsistent. And human-made animations are great and brilliant. Support all human animators! 🎉
Sorry if this comment is too long :(
I knew it wasnt SFM...
Becouse it was S2FM...
Thank you for your confirmation kind sir.
*this is not ai generated, because it lacks any distortion or werid anomaly*
Nice Work! Keep It Up!
I knew you weren't lying, its to good to be true.
I’m always glad to see artists speak out against AI junk. When I saw ai images being licensed out on stock photo websites it made me sick to my stomach and it disappoints me seeing talented artists using it even just messing around because that no matter your intent it’s still helping the ai improve.
It’s gross to see people defend it in any way and it’s saddening to see people somehow confuse clearly superb man-made art such as this be confused for something so inferior.
Those comments suspect the AI issue make me question the capability of thinking of those people.
Just seeing the behind the scenes instantly relieves any doubt if you have half a braincell. But, I can't fault people for being cautious. Bots and MLAs make up a VAST majority of online traffic nowadays.
I understand that some people can be confused about this, especially if they don't really know anything about choreography or animation in general.
At the same time, It's fairly obvious today to tell when something is AI generated.
Even if it looks super realistic, AI usually isn't able to create cohesive or complex objects.
Background objects like you see in your animation are way too sensical to be AI generated.
AI basically just mashes shit together until it looks passable at a glance. You wouldn't be able to tell that those are buildings and debris in the background if it was AI, it would just be unidentifiable conglomerate. Same goes for hands
the funny thing is that I've seen you make elaborate SFM than this one XD
5:45
Behold. The *FREE - MAN* .
u should not have had to make this we are so incredibly cooked
I'd love to see more hl2 art animated, very cool stuff 😎👍
The stupidest thing about the AI allegations is that they suggest Kome using AI before too, except video AI has existed for like a year.
I have no idea how anyone could've thought this was AI, when it was too sharp and coherent for what AI can do today.
7:46 Gorden when he finds out you're not a bodysnatcher
It was such an awesome animation dude its such a shame this happened.
I think its unfortunate case of unfortunate timing because of the ai image trend, making moving images move trend thing idk what you would call it making the rounds at a similar time.
I enjoyed your animation thought it was cool as always dude and I knew it wasn't ai at least to me but I can get distrust someone can have with art at the moment its quite upsetting to see but usually ai bros are very bold about their ai generated stuff and luckily you can tell ai at the moment from real but hell who knows how long that will last.
When i saw this i knew it wasn't ai. It looks awesome bro, keep it up.
I mean it wasn’t exactly how I imagined the art in motion (I always thought he was dragging the crowbar), but ai? That’s ridiculous!
This 3d model od Gordon is the most accurate i could say
your work is so amazing to these people that it's almost unbelievable to them that a human made it
This whole "is it AI" thing going on is the exact same as "is it CG/Photoshop", the exact same questions and problems as before. AI is just the newest tool to make content, the problem isn't "is it real or not?" IMO its "is it good and are the original/proper artists receiving credit for their work?
AI is here to stay obviously and I don't get why so many hate on it as a tool or try and find fault with real art and discredit it. All digital art is made with external tools easing the process, AI is just the newest lowering the barrier for entry.
Saying things are bad just because of AI is the same as saying anything not drawn by hand on paper is bad.
Ai generation is completely different because cgi/Photoshop takes actual skill and doesnt pull from a database of stolen without credit images. So no its not the exact same at all and there is already some legal action taken against companies like stable diffusion and hopefully that continues.
How do I know that this ENTIRE video isn't AI. The voice, the gameplay, the S2FM...
I guess it's a compliment because the animation is so unreal that it's inhumane
u should rlly rlly rlly make a gordron freeman mr rager edit no balls i dare u
Source 2 truly is way ahead of its time
I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical of whether the video was ai simply because it looked so similar to the original image and the movements/angles were a bit uncanny, but like you said I watched the whole thing and realized that it was way too linear and consistent to be ai; plus I already knew you do all of your own animations so once I saw your channel name it made more sense
5:24 dang that cake tho
Literally one good glance at the animation shows that it's Source 2.
The argument that the head isn't swaying enough is stupid, I think it fits Gordon more and it makes him look more stoic. Dude's not going to be jolly and skipping around like the world is not being harvested by the combine.
Not to mention, there are zero visual artifacts. The only thing that someone could notice is animation errors but those will only prove it's authenticity even more.
My man is so talented his art is being called AI?
I think it's the feet. They look like they're getting too big. The normal speed one looks like he's holding in a poop.
Here's a hot take. I've used AI in the past to create art for my albums, but that was when it was not really good. I did it specifially for the imperfections of the program. Basically, I knew a real artist could do it better, but it fit well with the aesthetic of the albums, where the songs were made to mimic what would happen if an AI mashed random songs together, while still being created by me. However, since AI art has gotten significantly better to the point where there's barely any mishaps in the creation process, I can't do that anymore. I kinda miss when AI art was shitty. Nowadays, if you are an artist, AI should only be used to IMPROVE or ENHANCE art, like how you master a song to make it sound better.
What if you needed to quickly create something and ai was accurate?
@@sgtaveryjohnson3803 It's still better to do the work yourself. Better to be late on a deadline than to rely on AI for everything. Morals matter.
the only critizism I would have (if somebody asked me for that) is that the feet are moving straight forward. but thats a issue with animation ever since. in actualityn the feet make a slight arc so they are more below the center of mass. otherwise humans would wobble about like apes
People can't tell anymore. It's so sad.
- that's ai
- that's ai
said the people that don't know any ai program and nor have they used one. It's still a long time from current technology to make something so coherent as this animation. Lima dream or whatever it is called - good enough, but shapes always changing, something happens and everything goes south. So I believe allegations came from person who just listen to everything some internet-persona said, but never checked or tried to understand
please animate more promotional art this is amazing