I’m about to leave shitjustworks because they have an AI header. I’ve had an account here on hexbear for three years, but I’ve also made an account there right before Hexbear started federating, and I’ve been using that one more. I largely stayed out of the drama between the two instances when that happened, so you may say I’m late to pick a side… But now I’ve definetly had enough of AI crap, so I’m falling back on this account.
Now, I just wanted to check how the logo was made. I don’t think it’s AI, it doesn’t look that much like it and I remember it’s been the same since before AI got that mainstream… But to check I wanted to see if the artist was credited on the banner, or the sidebar, or the lines below… But nothing. So, who’s the artist and why do I not see them credited?:
It’s definitely not AI. We’ve had that logo since the website was created in 2020 which was before public AI image generators were any good. As to who the author is, I’m willing to bet it was someone who was in the OG lifeboat discord server when /r/chapotraphouse was banned. They’re probably not around anymore under the same name.
I figured so, but it’s a shame we don’t have a name, I hope that’ll come up.
Until then Juan Guaidó will be declared interim creator of the Hexbear logo.