i can't prove my credentials anonymously any more than you can. all i can say is i am an artist (digital and painting, no 3d), i have been working for over a decade, and i've had to do my own contracts and watch my back with companies, individual contractors and agents. i don't work in online forums or for fic mags, so i can't and won't try to speak for that, though i have worked covers, feature pages and box illustration for print magazines.

you can call me a manager of whatever you like, but this is honestly getting into the part where i said i was commenting assuming good faith and that people wanted to truly debate this topic that is very relevant to my industry. if all you want is an echo chamber and doomposting, then yeah, i'll bow out. that's not my experience so far, as a result of AI.