Hi! If still open, you can check out my portfolio here: https://callousbun.github.io. My contact details are available there as well
If you're worried about being scammed again, I can send you the source files for some of the portfolio pieces on Discord to verify that they're my original work
Hello!
Unfortunately, this doesn't guarantee you're a proper human. The scammer did the exact same thing: establish connection and report through Discord, send portfolio pieces to authenticate work, negotiate work and price, accept money, disappear :( It took investigation to find they were likely never involved with the pieces they sent :/
It's a scary world we live in these days, supercharged by AI. You probably are a completely earnest, friendly human, but it's very difficult to prove that anymore. Even a phone / Zoom call is no longer guaranteed. If you have other authentication ideas, please feel free to reach out and convince me. I really need a quality pixel artist for this project. At the moment, I'm back to pursuing personal references again (from humans I communicate with in person). If none of those opportunities work out, I'll probably have to take a risk again. If so, I'll reach out.
I totally understand your concerns, the amount of AI stuff in applications these days is honestly scary.
I've added a link to my Twitter to my itch.io profile. It has some of my older work (even one piece from 2021, before AI). I've also added a link to my website on Twitter, where you can find my contacts. I think this should be enough to show that the art is actually mine.
I'm also fine with doing the first task with payment after it's done, and I can send you a GIF of the drawing process. At least I hope AI can't make a GIF showing the actual process of creating pixel art yet...
Anyway, feel free to message me. There's always a chance we won't even agree on the rates or payment methods 😅
It's good to know that the owner and administration are working behind the scenes to confront some of the abuses on this site:
/t/7172464/october-updates-on-indexing
This post is mostly about project indexing, but as he acknowledges:
"We get a lot of scammers and spammers uploading every day."
"Given the state of the world with AI and LLMs, this type of problem is only going to get harder. Bad actors have access to more resources and more sophisticated systems to circumvent protections. I just wanted to mention this to ask for your patience as we deal with this stuff."
