An artist started getting canceled over a painting in the style of GTA IV gameplay - he proved to activists that it was not \"AI slop\"

An artist started getting canceled over a painting in the style of GTA IV gameplay - he proved to activists that it was not \"AI slop\"

1 Источник: Аккаунт Shone_ggx в Х
29 Jan 19:05 Updated: 20 Apr 2026

Some individuals with an active civic stance try to find traces of artificial intelligence work everywhere.

Artist Shone_ggx recently presented several paintings in the style of video games that attracted the attention of gamer fans of the original projects.

For example, Shone_ggx's portfolio includes a painting in the style of Bloodborne:

He also presented a painting dedicated to Grand Theft Auto IV — it depicts not only the main character, but also the interface.

The posts went viral, and activists reacted to the post by accusing the artist of publishing \"AI slop\" (allegedly the \"paintings\" were generated by AI).

In response, Shone_ggx published a selection of frames showing the process of working on the painting:

Boris Piletskiy
29 Jan 19:05
Grand Theft Auto IV
PC Xbox 360

Grand Theft Auto IV

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02 Dec 2008 г.
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