Art & Attribution

How we use AI art, and how an artist replaces it

Hero #1 · 2026-08-16 11:36

We would rather say this plainly than have anybody find it out.

Some of the art on this site and on our products was made with AI. Where that
is true we label it, on the product, in the open. We say that a machine made
it and we say how — which tool, and what it was given to work from. We do not
pass it off as a person's hand.

Why it is here at all: we are small, and a product with no picture does not
sell, and a picture is not the thing we are selling. AI is a starting point. It
is not the end point, and we do not think it should be anybody's end point.

Our own artist is replacing it, slowly, piece by piece. That work is ongoing
and it is not fast.

Here is the part that matters to you.

You can submit and replace the art for a share of the profits from sales.

We are still working out the details of this offer, but you are free to reach
out now — we would rather hear from you early than have you wait.

What we look for: it is yours, you can prove it is yours, it fits
the thing it is replacing, and it is at least as good as what is there —
which, given what is there, is a low bar we would love you to clear. A model
also has to print: we will test it before we put your name on it.

Post in this board or write to [email protected].

EVERYTHING WE SELL IS UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS. That is deliberate. We want
more creativity in the world, not less, and a licence that lets you take our
thing and make your own thing out of it is how that happens. Use it. Change it.
Sell what you build on it. The one thing we ask is the thing the licence asks:
say where it came from.

We would like this to be a place artists come to make things, and get paid for
making them. That is the whole intention behind the offer above.

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