Pixiv betrayal of 3D artist is unforgivable...They don't want us 3D artist anymore
So basically, Pixiv have admitted that they have decided to back stab 3D artist regardless of the content.... After lying to their own community all this time they went all out and chose to kick all 3D Photo-realistic artist from the platform. And while they will only just half ass their way through the policy just like they did with the loli stuff.. Only the 3D artist were targeted because they knew that if they outright terminated all of it, they would have been hated even more and not just by 3D artist, but the 2D artist as well who are now the only artist allowed to exist there. Look I'm not trying to force the people of Pixiv to do what they don't want to do, I'm not even trying to force anything on them.... I just wish they had of honored their word.
After reading their updated TOS this morning it just doesn't matter to them anymore whether or not the character is young looking or older, if it's 3D and "photo-real" made in Blender, Daz, etc they don't want it there, the character can be 60+ like the women were in the image that got me suspended yesterday, and they'll still terminate you. These changes really started with all the AI garbage, followed by Pixiv just not knowing how to run their own goddamn platform.
Why take it out on everyone else just because you can't determine what's real and what's fictional? It's not that hard to see that my art isn't even all that realistic to begin with. I was never that good at passing my art off as real nor would I want to. A lot of 3D artist not even the professionals over on art station are really doing this. Only certain artist can achieve that kind of detail to where you can't tell if it's a real image, AI, or a 3D image. But 99% of the 3D artist you encounter aren't creating art that looks too close to reality. Again it's very rare to see art like that anywhere, even the AI art is quite obvious that it's generated by a program.
I didn't know until today that they had a new policy this month regarding "photo-realism" which is a new policy they came up with at the last minute this month. So their message to anyone using 3D "we're terminating you." Either way, they'll get away with it even if it hurts their reputation a little.... There's plenty of 2D artist that they can exploit and use that will keep using the platform and supporting them no matter how underhanded they are with this new policy.... As long as they aren't the ones getting fucked over, lied to, and deceived they don't give a shit what happens to the rest of us.
With that said it was futile contacting them about this now that I know that they are kicking all 3D artist off the platform if their art is "photo-realistic." It's such a shit thing to do, but it can't be helped that they would keep us around long enough and back stab without remorse after they realized they can just use all their 2D artist and stay afloat by allowing them more rights and freedoms than those of us who create our content through 3D programs... That's the one thing I hate about these platforms, first they allow you to join and then later down the road no matter how many years it's been...Eventually they will stab you in the back....And they're all guilty of doing this.
...Below is the policy change...
Greetings from pixiv.
The pixiv Guidelines were revised on April 10th, 2024.
■ pixiv Guidelines
■ Revision Details
Guidelines on prohibited post content for Illustrations, Manga, Ugoira, and Other Images have been changed as follows.
[Before Revision]
・Real-life photographs or photo-realistic images that can be interpreted as sexual content.
[After Revision]
・Real-life photographs or photo-realistic images.
pixiv
prohibits the posting of images that are real-life photographs or
photo-realistic images, regardless of whether they can be interpreted as
sexual content.
No changes have been made to how
the prohibited posts are handled, However, a revision has been made to
the guidelines to word it more accurately.
Thank you for your continued patronage with pixiv.
