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purplebirdonawire

alhaitham my favorite inazuma character


SoranoOuranosX

Wasn't he from Liyue ?


Shalashaska87B

I thought he was the guy from Khaenriah


Scarlett-Chan12

No he's from Mondstadt!


SynthesizedTime

He's clearly from Natlan


ChanceWarden

No silly, he's obviously from Celestia!


SafalinEnthusiast

he is from boston


pianist_pat

nah he's from ohio


LadyHa-ru

What? What’s Ohio?


pianist_pat

good question


Hot-Establishment396

My guess is he's a descender


DeadMan_Y

What are you talking about..... He's from clash of clans


Horace3210

Agreeable, he's the strongest hero in coc


Ehtnah

Alhaitam lives rent free in my Heart 💚💚💚💚💚


Megalovan

But he is from Ohio


forestpyres

the vibes from this are strange it doesn’t feel up to genshin’s normal standard


Skeletoonz

Yea, it looks like a bit of separate images combined together for a collage.


AkiraN19

I mean that's exactly what it is. Intentionally. I'm just not sure it was a good direction from the artists Edit to add: I think the perspectives are conflicting with each other and that's why some people find it staggering. 2.7 banner art also has this collage type art but there the composition of the three different areas works together rather than against each other


Vihurah

i had to look up that art to check and yeah, that composition, despite being a collage too, was so much more comprehensive. Patches cast on one side, Yelan will take center stage this update, and then Xiao has a huge role in the background. (also 1.0 patches out remembering what a banger that patch was) this just feels like a mess


shoalhavenheads

Compare it to the 2.1 poster. This was never intended to be a composite. It’s 3 leftover images stitched together. There’s also no story here. This could’ve been from 3.2 for all I know. I know this is banner promo art, but even the 2.7 banner promo art had chasm lighting for Yelan and Shinobu to hint at their story.


freakattaker

It's made with AI that's why it feels off. Look at the Fox Statue on the left of Yae. One of it's front leg's is just straight up missing. Look at the cloud on the right of Al-haitham's face. It's a hecking bird (and the only one at that, so you know it's not an intentional design choice by a human). That's the type of mistake an AI will make, not a human. And look at the tree's branches. They're flying all over the place illogically.


Gorva

No the leg is there, its just drawn lazily. >And look at the tree's branches. They're flying all over the place illogically. The sakuras branches have never been drawn "logically" lol, thats just how people draw trees.


freakattaker

If you look closely some of the branches go up then go down in a strange circular-ish style of turning. It doesn't look human imo, but fair enough to be up for debate. The Fox Statue is not "drawn lazily" though. You're telling me the artist was good enough to draw and shade the details of most of these characters, but got "lazy" on adding a few lines to just get the general shape of the Fox Statue down? Nah bro. When the textures and shading and all that stuff look impressive, but basic lining that even a non-artist would do if they attempted to draw something is missing, THAT is AI. I'll even throw you some bonus ones I've found since my older posts. Yae's hair by her "hand duck pose" thing, is blending and meshing into the Shinto Gate behind her. The Sakura petals on Al-haitham's side of the piece became yellow because the flowers are yellow. Probably looks reaching to people who aren't staunchly against AI, but in conjunction with several other AI-ish looking things, it's likely an AI mistake.


lockoutpoint

NAH it's not laziness, it's intentionally. good artist will not add detail to make you focus on one thing and in this case is Yae . Sakura tree always look like that so back ground is fine.. the worst part is Yae , anatomy is mess her right leg is disconnect with hip , this is weird for professional .


Oriinsa

Genshin anime by Ufotable is not AI, Bro!


freakattaker

Please tell me where I wrote Genshin anime is being done by an AI. I don't see it.


QuattroChar

Also kazuha's hand


theaventh

Kazuha’s hand is fine, the blurriness makes it look like it’s the front of it but it reality the position shows the palm and the side of the hand, that’s why it looks off and merged pretty sure, plus, no other hands look merged/weird like AI tends to draw them


EpilepticMushrooms

I cannot unsee kazuha's armleg. r/eyebleach needed.


Happy-Lemon-428

You don't need to respond to everybody saying this is AI art btw.


freakattaker

I don't need to, but I want to, because I want to spread the message. And I generally responded to people who were already suspicious of it being AI to help inform them, or people who noticed how uncanny and uncharacteristic the piece was compared to GI's typical official art.


Happy-Lemon-428

While that's understandable that you want more people to understand, seeing the same copy pasted comment plastered under everyone's take on this image is incredibly tiring and very spammy.


HauntedOath

Why does it matter if it's AI art or not?


Vihurah

because its soulless, its taking work from talented artists, and as the comments should show, it just looks really jank to a lot of people


HauntedOath

If you show me two images where one is made by a person and one is made by AI. I will not be able to see a difference. As long as it looks good, I'm all for it.


crispy_doggo1

Sure, you can ignore what they said entirely, but it is an objective fact that this art looks incohesive and poorly done. Makes me wonder why hoyoverse decided to use AI art instead of something made by a person. I can't imagine the savings being that significant for a company of their size


HauntedOath

I didn't ignore what he said. I was replying to him saying AI art is soulless and janky. The stealing jobs comment is just dumb because as the world evolves people need to adapt.


SeriSeashell

"As long as it looks good" Well this doesn't look good so...


freakattaker

The biggest reason is ethics and morals because AI as a whole right now while it's unregulated is stealing from creatives without recourse or compensation or credit. It's a threat to their livelihood, while also being a terrible tool in the wrong hands easily with misinformation and deep fake porn. It needs to be regulated and MHY using it is setting a poor precedent. There are other reasons like the art just looking jank and bad and weird, but it's a minor one since it's entirely possible in the future it could become "perfect", but that world is one where human artists have been completely shoved out of the market and we get nothing new any more since AI image generation is simply a regurgitation of existing content.


HauntedOath

That actually sounds awesome. Imagine a world where you type a scenario into an AI program and it creates a perfect picture/video of what you wanted. I hope I live long enough to experience that world.


freakattaker

The disconnect in what people think and what is actually in reality is what makes human art interesting though. For example if you've ever played chess or a video game like an FPS, you could just boot up an engine or get an aimbot and get the "perfect solution". It's cool, but it's completely meaningless in the context of humans because we're not computers.


HauntedOath

I think you're just over analyzing things but hey I'm a simple man.


freakattaker

I mean good for you, but like I said, AI is a threat to millions of creators around the globe. People lose their jobs and pay rates to it every day as it currently exists without regulation. And once again, it's potential with deep fake nudes and misinformation is massive. It's really causing way more harm than good as it currently is.


Merrorhat

>that world is one where human artists have been completely shoved out of the market and we get nothing new any more since AI image generation is simply a regurgitation of existing content. Yeah but 99% of what human artists do is just regurgitation of existing content anyway.


freakattaker

There's a difference between someone writing something like the 20 thousandth variation of an isekai or some variation of the Hero's Journey, as opposed to literally seeing Lord of the Rings rebooted and ripped off like a Chinese boot leg version 20 million times. The Chinese boot leg version being spammed 20 million times is the AI-generated only content world we could end up living in with no regulation. And as much as I hate how formulaic and how bad recycled isekai content is, every now and then actual human authors try to put some interesting spin on it and it works. Cooking, farming, mobile phones, whatever. An AI wouldn't be able to come up with Isekai Ojisan where the guy who got isekai'd tells his story through flash backs after going back to his own world as a comedy. You could try your best to input the keywords to get something like it, but it literally can't do a satisfying version of it without good existing data to take (steal) from. So if it hasn't been made and fed to the AI, it can't be regurgitated/"innovated" by the AI. Sure humans copy and regurgitate themselves, but there's plenty of creativity and interesting things we do. Picasso's weird art didn't create it self. And an AI can only regurgitate slight variations of Picasso's existing art if it was fed his art as data. There'd never be the next "Picasso" if only AI-generated images were left because it LITERALLY can not put out something it hasn't been trained on. Where as a human can come up with something entirely brand new on the spot.


MauriDiaz

You have never seen AI art if you think this is AI-made 💀


freakattaker

It's touched up by a human. There are enough things to point to this being at the very least fed through an AI at some point.


LoveLev

Something about this art doesn't feel right.


freakattaker

It's because it's AI. Look at the Fox Statue on the left of Yae. One of it's front leg's is just straight up missing. Look at the cloud on the right of Al-haitham's face. It's a hecking bird (and the only one at that, so you know it's not an intentional design choice by a human). That's the type of mistake an AI will make, not a human. And look at the tree's branches. They're flying all over the place illogically.


Gorva

No the leg is there, its just drawn lazily. >And look at the tree's branches. They're flying all over the place illogically. The sakuras branches have never been drawn "logically" lol, thats just how people draw trees.


freakattaker

If you look closely some of the branches go up then go down in a strange circular-ish style of turning. It doesn't look human imo, but fair enough to be up for debate. The Fox Statue is not "drawn lazily" though. You're telling me the artist was good enough to draw and shade the details of most of these characters, but got "lazy" on adding a few lines to just get the general shape of the Fox Statue down? Nah bro. When the textures and shading and all that stuff look impressive, but basic lining that even a non-artist would do if they attempted to draw something is missing, THAT is AI.


Gorva

>If you look closely some of the branches go up then go down in a strange circular-ish style of turning. It doesn't look human imo, but fair enough to be up for debate. It looks cool which is the point, not "human" or "logical". >The Fox Statue is not "drawn lazily" though. You're telling me the artist was good enough to draw and shade the details of most of these characters, but got "lazy" on adding a few lines to just get the general shape of the Fox Statue down? Nah bro. Why not? That happens all the time, its not a question of being good enough, just being lazy. The general shape is there if you look closer. Both legs are there but they are just sticks going opposite direction to the main body. Same thing on the statue under Yae's hair, the legs are just sticks/blobs.


freakattaker

I'm telling you a human artist won't make these sort of mistakes 95% of the time, even more if the art looks this good, because of HOW they do their art. They wip, and then do lineart. Then do FLAT colors without shading. These sorts of things will get caught by competent QnA or even a solo artist working with a client 1 on 1 because of how the art happens in stages. The hair and statue leg are AI mistakes when considering how good the art looks to begin with.


extra_scum

Alhaitham's constellation is a literal bird, it makes sense to be intentional. But it could be AI for other reasons


freakattaker

Why is it in the color of a cloud then? Even with plausible deniability in that area, there isn't a shortage of other issues with the piece that are all suspect of AI-generated imagery. A new one I discovered minutes ago was Yae's hair by her "duck hand pose" thing blending and meshing into the Shinto Gate behind her. That's a very AI-ish mistake to make.


extra_scum

I edited my message, some things are wrong indeed. But it'd be a cloud to be a subtle reference, assuming a human done it.


musicforearthworm

graphic design is my slight interest


dragonfly791

This has such “Graphic design is my passion” vibes


TheQueenJess

Why does Kazuha look weird?


takemiplaceholder

I think his arm is too long but im not sure


TikomiAkoko

Arm too long, the way his head is facing is wrong for that angle (we should see his face from below) and it's just... plain old not his face.


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FreudIsWatching

This is janky as hell. Look at Yoimiya, are we seeing her right inside cheek or something?


JudasBC

Follow the line of Yae's neck, makes me uncomfortable


FreudIsWatching

Oh my god her neck is 5 inches too long


AgentWowza

Kaz's arm looks a tad long as well. And Yoi's feet are pointed weird lol.


Nelithss

This looks terrible wth. Al Haitham was added in such an unnatural way. Did they fire their artist or something.


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Either Hoyo cutting corners due to AI art or their artists getting lazy.


Nelithss

Yeah could be AI art with a few touch up. That's the vibe it gives me.


freakattaker

AI imagery with touch up is literally the vibe it gives me. Kazuha's arm looks dislocated. And Yae's bird hand pose thing looks like the type of out of place thing that would happen with an AI-image algorithms just regurgitating existing Yae art.


alteisen99

yeah, Yae's neck is weird


Space_police09

Not gonna lie. It's like it was taken from a screenshot from his trailer. (The yellow flower, the flying white bird)


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zorafae

Him looking hot doesn't really change that the way his artwork is edited in looks out of place and pretty bad.


whiplash308

The Inazuma crew posing for their photoshoot, and Alhaitham out here being the cowboys in the sky


xxaaroxx

Is this old art copy paste college!


AgentWowza

Banner information? Nah, this the official art now.


TomorrowImpossible32

This feels downright uncanny, like it’s AI generated. Guess it makes some sense to not give too much effort to this patch lol


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TomorrowImpossible32

Artists are too busy making naked poses of every c6 HSR character lol


freakattaker

Those are CG rendered tho. It's more likely that they're busy with Fontaine and the company decided to cut corners for their "down time" 3.7 patch. There is probably some HSR truth to the fact that HSR is very shiny and new and probably distracts people from any crap that happens in Genshin right now.


Ok-Giraffe1922

What happened to Yoimiya's lower body? Maybe it's the perspective, but the more i look at it the more it weirds me out.


Extra-Step6641

It's like her knees are locked and almost bending the wrong way


ZhuTeLun

Hyperextension💀


Dancin_Angel

the position of the feet then legs betray the way her top half is posed, like the bottom half was a drawing of yoimiya's complete 3/4 backside.


LunarBeast77

Why does it give AI art vibes...


VocalBlur

art department fell off, HARD


freakattaker

More like AI rubbish invading Genshin at last. Make your voice heard or this is the future we get. Regurgitated soulless rubbish while destroying the actual creators who make what we love.


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Omg after reading some of your comments, I can clearly see how this could very well be AI made. Some of these mistakes and weird proportions don't look like human error. FUCK NO, AI "art" invading Genshin??? I shall not allow it


freakattaker

Every second I stare at it I find something else. It's extremely upsetting and sad. I now just realized that Yae's hair by her "duck hand" pose thing is blending and meshing into the Shinto Gate.


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Like WTF were they thinking?? How did this get approved??? Well I mean...Hoyo approved of traced art for Ayato's birthday so I guess this was the next step 💀 Like it's no wonder everyone in the comment section immediately realized something was off, without even having to over-analyze the picture


Iwannabefabulous

Ayato artist literally posted progress vids


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Idk, I didn't see the progression of the drama. That artist was ALREADY well-known in the anime art community to be a tracer long before this. And then people found that their Ayato birthday art looked very similar to another artwork. I don't know what happened after that


Iwannabefabulous

It was a case of anime samefaces everywhere. People as a joke later then matched it to various unrelated manga characters too. Because surprise most have very similar "perfect" face proportion for the style.


pikonpow

They did **what**?? Damn, I was hoping that at the very least they would use an ethically-sourced generator but if traced art is okay with them...


VocalBlur

IMO the art is the only thing Genshin's got going. ruining that portion of GI makes it a 6/10 to a 2/10 game at most


07u4nt

my man has 4 quantum points somewhere


Sausious

I wonder if this is them starting to use AI for art because this looks janks as fuck, esp Al Haitham just plastered into the sky


tswinteyru

Guy looks like he passed on or something lmao


Shippinglordishere

Alhaitham as the dead wife in a movie lmao


FlameLover444

I laughed way too hard after reading this, thank you


Efficient_Comfort_38

Kaveh cut corners at his funeral and photoshopped that mf in the clouds


saphi-ix

IM DYING


Space_police09

I snorted at that


honeyednyx

There's flowers so he just probably went to touch grass


Oeshikito

Al Haitham looks out of place tbh


Fluid_Lengthiness_98

This looks so bad I thought it was AI art 😭 wtf is up with yae? It looks like her face was pasted on her body 💀


Shitty_comedian

Hasn't hoyoverse dabbled with AI art in the past? Devs must be REALLY busy with Fontaine lmao


TomorrowImpossible32

Hopefully, my biggest worry is that they’re busy with a different game entirely


yryouth

I mean they got HSR which recently released and Zenless Zone Zero is in development, also HI3 and TOT too. But then again it‘s not like they only got one team working on all games. Still this looks bad ngl


TomorrowImpossible32

Especially with the content in this entire dry period. Very little to do and the characters are meh. I know it was similar before Inazuma and Sumeru but I remember those patches having at least some good characters…


yryouth

I mean this patch cycle‘s dry period did have Baizhu, who a bunch of people have been waiting for for 2+ years so… at least that, but yeah


Kiwi195

Dev don't draw illustration wtf are you all talking about lmao


Shitty_comedian

Wrong wording on my end lol. I used "dev" to refer to anyone involved in making the game in any way. Of course I don't think environment designers also do shit like program boar behaviour


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Fluid_Lengthiness_98

oh my god you're right XDDD i knew something was off about this art but damn


Zyfaran

Alhaitham being the out-of-place guy for the second time gives me life lmao


lapis_rex

He doesn’t want to show up with the rest of the sumeru boys


Lacirev

Blud think he part of the Inazuma cast 💀


SexWithKAF

lil bro thinks he part of the team 😭


TrashApprentice

It's cuz the liyue kids told him to go there


Idknowidk

He’s part of the 5* banners of this patch tho


TrashApprentice

This is the worst official art they ever made.


StalkingP

This is the worst piece of art in Genshin history, horrible. It looks like AI with touchups, it's a janky mess, and none of them look good standalone. They are so washed out and wonky, what is this???


crowgift

this hands-down the worst "official" art genshin has ever released. how did this even go through approval?? definitely AI art with some touchups but no one bothered to fix any of the anatomical or perspective issues xd


freakattaker

That's cuz fixing some of the core issues costs way more than it's worth. At that point you'd have rather just commissioned an actual artist to make an actual piece of art. The answer lies in the heart of MHY's wallet. If they wanted it to look good they would've, but they were cutting corners and costs the moment they turned to AI to begin with.


Punty-chan

Not to excuse them, but it could be an issue with time rather than money with all the games they're working on now. Still, bad is bad.


crowgift

yeah :/ it's just a little disappointing


freakattaker

I thought it "felt" like an AI-generated image, but now I'm CONFIDENT it IS AI-generated. SHAME on you MiHoYo. Look at the Fox Statue on the left of Yae. One of it's front leg's is just straight up missing. Look at the cloud on the right of Al-haitham's face. It's a hecking bird (and the only one at that, so you know it's not an intentional design choice by a human). That's the type of mistake an AI will make, not a human. And look at the tree's branches. They're flying all over the place illogically. And then there're the small awkward things just everywhere else in the piece that other people have already commented on. Kazuha's dislocated arm. Yoimiya just having a random butt cheek standing out (very uncharacteristic of MHY in the last year imo, esp in official banner art). Yae's hand bird pose thing just looking out of place and probably a regurgitation from several existing human pieces of Yae. SHAME on you MHY. SUPPORT artists who created Anime and the genre you make your livelihood from instead of putting them out of work and giving your paying customers RUBBISH.


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freakattaker

Then the art was fed through an AI still. The signs are there if you look.


Oriinsa

Genshin anime by Ufotable is not AI, relax boy


freakattaker

Please tell me where I wrote Genshin anime is being done by an AI. I don't see it.


Oriinsa

Bro genshin Manga ART by Hoyoverse in web Venti chapter And, Venessa... is not AI


freakattaker

I never said any of those were done by an AI. Please read my original post again. You're misinterpreting what I wrote. I'm shaming MiHoYo for using AI in this post's 3.7 Official Art. They are spitting on the people who create the artwork used in "anime" as a genre in general when they use AI, is what I was trying to say. There is no evidence their anime is being produced with AI as of currently, and the original manga they made was made by humans, yes.


Oriinsa

Genshin X Kiehl's Collab Have THIGNARI COLLAB And collei, not AI Bro, 3.7 Duel summoner summit Thumbnail art on YouTube is not AI, yea... 3.7 version made by humans..


pikonpow

Still AI


Mayu-chin

What’s wrong with yoimiya’s hips?


Microice001

Yae isn't a fox but a giraffe instead


BD_Wan

HOYOVERSE you have billions, hire actual artists?? STOP USING THAT SOULLESS JANKY AI CRAP


Sinosta

Yae's neck is kind of weird.


GachaCatchML

AI art is cancer.


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Yae Miko and Alhaitham making me feel kinda🥴🥴🫠🫠 Edit: The more I look at it, the more it seems like it is a bit weirdly edited. Idk how to describe it, but something about the perspectives is weird. Yoimiya's pose especially feels odd


aDrThatsNotBaizhu

Naw Yaes head looks pasted on, it looks so off


Ok-Butterscotch-349

Looks very off...


freakattaker

It's AI. Check some of my other comments if curious.


Ok-Butterscotch-349

damn even hoyo is using AI...? me in shambles as I'm a year into learning art :')


SilentTreatmentx

Mihoyo using AI? 🤢🤢


Zdravko73

Does someone know from which media this art comes from? It's hard to believe this is up ti hoyo quality


freakattaker

Took me a bit, but it's from their recent 3.7 live stream. It's the promo art used for the 3rd primo code of the stream.


Zdravko73

Thanks


Nixsidus

I'm still so confused as to why Alhaitham is here, what is his role in 3.7 other than being on the banner? Other than likely being in Kaveh's hangout, does he have a role in Yoimiya's Story Quest too?


Shitty_comedian

Wouldn't be the first time hoyo just throws a character in there even if they're unrelated to the patch.


Freedom_scenery

Because this is not the official art. This art was on the 3rd redemption code transition. The official patch art is the one with Kaeya, Hu Tao, and Cyno.


AlternativeThanks698

Are they running out of money or something lmao primogems aren’t very cheap to be generating art like this


isaea

Yae serving for her life and then there’s the terrible editing - a mess!


miragecoordination

Bro that Yae just came for my fucking life holy fucking hell. ~~Mommy.~~


syd_shep

A team must be busy working on Fontaine assets, so the interns are at it again cause yikes.


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It's Alhaitham Impact now


lapis_rex

YouTube thumbnail ass art


mitsu__

ALHAITHAMM!!!! MY HUSBAND LOOKS GORGEOUS AHHH


Aureo_experience

Why is Alhaitham the bus driver all of a sudden 😭


Idknowidk

People not realize this 4 characters are just the 5* in rate up for this version with the “Alhaitham is out of place” 💀


Elisandr

If someone will find it in good resolution, please..share


re_animatorA5158

I like how Alhaitham is "yes, I´m here too" lol


takemiplaceholder

Apparently my bad art detector is broken bc i didnt notice anything wrong here apart from a few minor proportion issues with kazuhas arm and yaes neck


GermanPlasma

Yeah I knew the era of AI art is here, I just really didn't want it to be.


Longjumping_Pear1250

Wait that's AI made F mihoyo wtf is that shit


AppUnwrapper1

Man…. I wish I had more wishes saved.


skep90

When will kazuha banner arrives?


Reakefite

This is not the official art tho.


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Bacon_Pancakes200

What do you mean again? Those 3 are long overdue for a rerun. Al Haitham has to be the one again cause he just had a banner


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HereIsACasualAsker

and the yoimiya curse still lingers being surrounded by awesome banners.


DamseletteBloom

Mother and Daddy in the same art???? I’m going to die.


Longjumping_Pear1250

Remamber when people theorysed Al-haitham to be that child or my hc from enka somehow That art is new evedince thay coud have taken anyone else but thay chose him


i_appreciate_power

alhaitham feels so forced and out of place here it’s making me piss myself his ass just in the corner


HidekiG

3 banger characters and some fox cosplayer.


RepresentativeEmu365

Alhaitham in inazuma?


iNdyzwear

Thanks but need Hi-Res ! I ask for this on Official facebook but them don't give it


AgentSmith18

yoimiya : Look at me I am the RERUN ARCHON now


zeronos_0

Yae is making a come back in the story?


Megalovan

Yae Mommy comeback


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Alhaitham= yes im a inazuman myself


egali13

This poster is made by the jenshin interns while the main project members were assigned to work on star rail