Candybooru

I don't think this person is using AI, but they are clearly heavily referencing something, which becomes evident when you look at their rapid improvement. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, though! Copying is how human beings learn! It's how we all learned how to draw! The lines in this image are shaky at points, they overlap and they don't fully connect and their thickness constantly fluctuates. AI does not do that. There could be an argument to be made that this is a drawing referencing an AI generated image, but it could also just as well be them referencing artwork made by another artist, as (and I mean no offense to the artist, it's a lovely piece by a beginner!) it's an incredibly generic anime stock pose/face you could find on basically any piece of promotional artwork, on any anime, ever. Additionally, the other pieces in this artist's gallery all seem to be heavily referencing panels in the comic you yourself drew, or, to be honest, it feels like they just referenced Undertale fanart or something, lol. Children improve their art rapidly if they are actively referencing a lot of art, their brains are like sponges, so I don't think them getting this much better over the 9 months they've been posting is totally out of the question.

Now, I want to state that me disagreeing with you doesn't mean I dislike you or anything Taeshi, your comic has been an important part of my life for 13 years! I just think we should offer budding young artists a chance to prove themselves before we write them off as using AI

Happy Halloween Maishul

Background isnt done by me jsyk....just added some filters and stuff over a free BG asset on my art program i got super lucky that they had one that matched nice enough with what i was doing!!

omg i can see sayori as lucy and natsuki as daisy!! not sure abt yuri…

^ I like those. Yuri can be James... That's the only other main character I can think of who's crushed on Mike lol

I really like this art! Good job!

OMG I got a comment from Sun!!! Thank you so much! We miss you~

I made this cause i was looking thru my saved messages and had saved a little note with a pic of emo kids kissing in the ballpit that said "draw Augustus and Rachel like this". Thought it was a good time to do it!!

CUTE CUTE CUTE!!

"Only you."

My thought process during making this:
Been really enjoying seeing michaelfurd getting uno reversed by the narrative. I wanted to show how he's finally got what he wished for, and how that has evolved into a curse. The love he once wanted is now a burden, her full support now a weight on his shoulders. Constantly reminding him of the actions he has done to get to this point. Sandy is reaching for his scarf and trying to pull it off, an attempt to make him let go of the girl's whos eyes were an inspiration. Mike is also gripping onto the scarf, being unwilling to let it go, and might be retightening it around his neck as a result too. I made sure to make the scarf color have an intense contrast to everything else, symbolizing how everything in his life has dulled and darkened now that hes made his choice.

Ima be honest and say i dont remember exactly why i included the bit of red/pink thats seen around his hand. I think it had something to do with Lucy and his emotions seeping through, but I also really like everyones interpretation of it being blood. Both from how tight he is holding on and coincidentally the hand that scratched his knee when Sandy dropped the bomb on him.

Finally, I made sure to have one of Mike's arm pinned by Sandy, to show how he feels trapped in this relationship. Feeling unable to get out of this situation. Sandy's other hand is seen grabbing onto his hand that holds his scarf, another attempt to make him let go and accept the relationship he's in now. But I made sure to have this arm/hand be loose around Mike, its not pinning him like the other one. He is totally free to pull away here. He could in fact push Sandy away if he wanted to because as much as she's wrapped around him, he still has enough freedom to get out of this situation. And thats the biggest symbolism I tried depicting, that as much as this reads like Sandy having total control of this scene, Mike still has this freedom available to him. He could if he wanted to, but he's not. He'd rather keep pushing and pulling. Mike got what he asked for, and Sandy has what she wants! Everyone wins!!!! The end.

I said a lot but EVERYONE IS FREE TO INTERPRET IT AS THEY WANT TOO, that's always fun.

This is so great. I've watched the movie too many times by now so this fills me with ideas.