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title: 'Artist''s Rendering Process Looks...Interesting'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ey9oAnIOZ_w'
video_id: 'ey9oAnIOZ_w'
date: 2026-08-17
duration_sec: 738
channel: 'kat ''n chat'
---

# Artist's Rendering Process Looks...Interesting

> Source: [Artist's Rendering Process Looks...Interesting](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ey9oAnIOZ_w)

## Summary

This video analyzes a viral speed paint video posted on Threads, where the creator suspects the artist is using AI or tracing rather than genuine digital painting. The host dissects the rendering process, brush choices, and inconsistencies to argue that the artwork is likely fake, while cautioning against harassment.

### Key Points

- **Context and initial suspicion** [00:03] — A user posted a speed paint video on Threads, claiming it's AI-generated. The host agrees and notes the artist's page shows more obvious examples.
- **Brush stabilization and texture** [00:47] — The brush stabilization is so high that strokes lag, and the artist colors with a textured crayon/pencil brush, yet the final piece is realism-style, which wouldn't be possible with such a brush.
- **Commenter reactions** [01:43] — Commenters mock the 'magic brush' that adds shadows, and a digital artist claims it's fake because real artists work in layers, not section by section.
- **Eraser method hypothesis** [02:38] — The host suggests the artist uses an eraser method: painting over a finished image with white, then erasing to reveal the underlying art, which explains why multiple colors appear in one stroke.
- **Frequency and speed of posting** [03:45] — The artist posts almost daily, often with multiple people in a piece, which is possible but suspicious given the speed paint inconsistencies.
- **Lack of body blocking** [04:24] — The artist skips body blocking entirely, going straight to perfect lines, which is unusual and suggests tracing or a hidden layer.
- **Piecemeal rendering** [05:06] — The artist renders in chunks (e.g., half a shirt, half a neck), which is rare; real artists typically render whole areas or use layers.
- **Color inconsistencies** [06:29] — When applying skin tone, the color turns pink due to rim light from the shirt, which wouldn't happen if using a single selected color on a normal layer.
- **No blend brush usage** [07:10] — The artist never uses a blend brush, yet the final piece has smooth gradients, which is impossible with the crayon brush alone.
- **Procreate proof and collage effect** [08:45] — The artist uses Procreate, and in the BTS piece, members appear one by one like a collage, which is odd for a genuine painting process.
- **Inconsistent art processes** [09:12] — Different pieces show wildly different methods (e.g., body blocking vs. none), which is common among tracers who fake their process.
- **Final nail: AI oddities** [10:30] — The chain in the BTS piece melts into itself, a classic AI artifact, making it highly unlikely a human artist drew it.

### Conclusion

The host concludes the speed paint is likely fake, using a combination of tracing, eraser techniques, and possibly AI, and encourages viewers to share their thoughts while avoiding harassment.

## Transcript

people posted a video about this artist speed paint and nobody is confident that into this together cuz I thought it'd be a little funny dive. And again, don't send hate to any parties involved. So, this is posted on threads and the user
writes, "I'm like 99.99999% positive this is AI. As they color in, you look at their page, there are some more obvious ones there." So, this is Antonia. And again, don't send hate, don't bully anybody, don't contact this
person. Don't do that. And recently, the like yesterday, they have this BTS piece they made featuring all seven members. And in this video, as you can see, you can see some of the painting processes
coloring. First off, like the stabilization of the brush is so high that as they're like making brush strokes, the brush is like lagging behind. But then secondly, they're coloring everything in essentially with
like a crayon or like a pencil brush. AKA a very, very textured brush that marks. But then, if you look at the finished product of the piece, the art pieces are all done in this realism style, which is a finished product that
you don't get with the pencil brushes. Cuz if you use a pencil brush, you would see the pencil texture. So, in order to get any of these results as your final product, you would have to use some sort of airbrushing blending, a soft round
brush, you know, but not a crayon brush. Maybe for the flat color, but even then, you don't apply the flat color evenly with that. This already to me looks really suspect. And the comments agree. A commenter says, "What do you mean? I
absolutely love my totally real magic brush that already puts the shadows in for me as well." And OP says, "Drawing would be so less frustrating, but very parts when the pen hovers over the tablet and nothing happens."
Which I think this is so funny. Another person says, "As a digital artist, 100% person says, "As a digital artist, 100% fake. She's painting in existing art. Nobody paints section by section. Instead, a real artist would work in
layers." I will add, never say never. Look, there are some artists that do like to work piecemeal. Like, they'll work section by section. It's pretty rare because it's like a lot more work. For instance, like if you're going to be
color the neck in, too, cuz you're going to be using like similar colors, right? turtleneck, I don't know. But, same thing. If you're painting in the jacket, all the jacket together, not like half the jacket, leave the other half. But,
what this person is doing is, in my opinion, the eraser method. Like, the way they do it is they take a finished image, and then they go paint a bunch of try to hide everything they painted beneath it. So, I don't know. Like,
they'll get a eraser, and they'll make it a little that white layer, and they'll be like, "Oh my god, look. Watch me paint hair
in. Wow, magic." And the reason you can tell that this is the eraser technique is because when you use a brush and you apply color, you apply the color you select. I picked red. In other instances, if you're applying like a
multiply layer, it might alter multiple colors, but you only, with one brush stroke, that on normal, apply one color. And so, you can tell when they're, you know, painting, "Wow, a lot of colors would appear." Cuz they're using an
are painting anything. And other people are saying exactly that. A user says, "I already colored layer beneath, used an eraser to move the white parts, revealing the bottom layer." Now, when it comes to making a full determination,
artwork from this person. And if you go to their page, there's already some interesting tells. They have a lot of art that they post. They post really frequently. Like almost every single day, if not every other day, like a
piece with multiple people in it. Sometimes one, sometimes multiple. This one is three, right? That's not impossible. That is a speed that if you are a full-time artist, or if you're just fast, like you can paint at this
speed. That in itself is own isn't necessarily impossible, but then they have like speed paints like this. And I can't open it to the full size. It's for every single time when I click it, it gives me this error. But then if we go
back, we can watch it in the small form. And we can see they have a specific way they draw. Where as they're sketching and they line over it, they already know where everything goes. So they don't do any sort of body blocking at all. Like,
the head. Let's do a little this or that. Mark where the shoulders is. Also, every single brush stroke they apply, they know exactly where it needs to go. They don't erase anything. Now, some people could argue, oh well, some
programs don't necessarily record undo. And again, that actually makes it even more suspicious because Procreate is a program that does allow you to go and have a hidden layer beneath it that you can trace on top of and it won't reveal
the fact that you're tracing. One thing that I find odd as well is the order in which they color things in or when they render. You'll see this as they're coloring the braids in the hair, they color the root of the braid and then
and then they like blend the two together later. Not here. Like here when they start coloring. It's very like kind of piecemealy. The same way they color in the face and the same way they color in the body. Which is why to me it
reads odd. Because like sure, it's less common for artists to render piecemeal as in they render one chunk face fully rendered, hair fully rendered, body fully rendered. That's pretty rare, but what is even more rare is when an artist
leave. So as they're rendering in Jimin's shirt, they render in half the shirt and they just leave the other half and they come back to color it in and there are instances where artists are coloring ADHD, they look over, they're
like, "Man, would really like to render the hair right now." and they skip. It's not very common. And on top of all the other inconsistencies in the way they render, it's looking like a big red flag to me. So here we can see another
rendering process they have. And this again, what is so weird is that their rendering is not the brush they're using. Again, they're using this sort of crayon brush and the piece is not drawn with a crayon brush. As you see, this
looks like it's done with a soft round brush or with the airbrush for shading. this right here at the neck. I can't really slow it down, but as they're as they're applying the neck color, which is the skin tone. Why would there
the the rim light cast from the shirt, which is red. Again, if you selected skin color and you apply the skin color, it wouldn't suddenly turn pink in think is always very interesting is that we can't see what brush is being used
here. It's not being shown on the top of the Procreate UI. This is another video of them drawing where they use the same brush. Again, it's the same like pencil rendered that way. We don't ever see them use the blend brush to blend colors
out. And here is them showcasing their art process. We have half the face fully rendered in nothing else. No forehead, no hair, nothing. And then the face is rendered, which is also going to be using similar colors to the face. The
rendered. Then the head is fully rendered. Then the head and the inner shirt is rendered and then the full piece. Here's another one. Head and half the neck is rendered. And then head, half the neck and trophy plus hand. Then
head, neck, clothing, like the inner shirt and then the trophy, and then the head, neck, inner shirt, the trophy, and the outer shirt, and then background. like, "Oh, no one does this, etc." Come on.
single art piece? Again, I can understand, like, some artists, you distracted. You want to run to something else. Every single one of these art midway through rendering a body part and leaves something half rendered. Either
half the face Again, let me remind you, it's not like they applied the flat color and only shaded the bottom half of the face. No, only eyebrows and below, eyebrows to chin, have full rendering. Everything else is a sketch. For this
art piece, full face is rendered. Nothing else has any color on it. That's again, do you want me to believe you stopped rendering half of his neck? piecemeal, like, chunk by chunk, some artists do do that. It's not
artists who will render like this. You don't leave like half of something, you know? Like again, half the shirt, half the neck. You would at least render face forgot to show you, this is proof that they draw on Procreate. This is them
the BTS illustration in question. We have all seven members, and their work in progress is just one by one members appear, as if they're being collaged in. person's art process is very odd is that it's very different piece by piece.
Because again, as you can see this Jimin piece, no body blocking, nothing. They go straight into doing drawing the hair, and everything is perfect. Then we have Hudson. And they have a speed paint for this art piece, where they draw it
really differently. Now, we suddenly block in the body, block in the head, we add the lines for the eyes, the nose, the mouth, and then we sketch over it. And this is another thing that you will find with people who are tracing,
of art be traced as well? Possibly, right? Given these other pieces. And are completely allowed to change the way they draw. You are completely allowed to know, decided they want to try the grayscale method or whatever, doesn't
using generative AI, but this is something that you will find with these sort of tracers because they're like pretending or faking their art process. then they'll kind of be like, wait, but like I can't do that because people are
going to accuse me of tracing because I am. So, I'm going to like pretend to do they're not going to be very consistent with it, so they're always changing. And draw the circles, you know, for all the knuckles of the finger, and then
lazy and go back to tracing again. Whereas with people who genuinely draw, use, whether it be body blocking, some people they just take a giant gray marker and draw like a stick figure, and then they draw over that. Whichever way
power to you, but they tend to stick with it. And again, they sometimes will change, they want to experiment, but it's all in context, right? Like just person experimenting. But this person, I'm very suspicious of these speed
paints we've seen because they seem to have a magical rendering brush that none of us seem to have. And also, the final nail in the coffin is this AI-generated? Well, there are some oddities happening, like the chain here. And sorry, I'm not
familiar with K-pop, so my familiarity with BTS extends to their characters in Cookie Run Kingdom, but the chain on this guy is melting into each other. So, you're going to tell me you as a human artist drew all of the chains melting
of a hard time believing that, to be honest. So, that to me reads a bit your thoughts on this whole situation? Do you think it's legit? Do you think it's handmade? Do you think they have a magical rendering brush that allows them
to render their art pieces? Or do you think something nefarious is going on? bully anybody. I just wanted to share another example of what to me looks like a very fake version of a speed paint somebody is trying to pass off. And with
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