Thirteen pieces of artwork from a recently published Dungeons & Dragons rulebook were replaced last week with new pieces after the original artist admitted to using AI tools on the artwork. Last week, Wizards of the Coast quietly replaced 13 images from Bigby's Presents: Glory of the Giants on its D&D Beyond digital compendium.
ComicBook.com reached out to Wizards to confirm that no other pieces of art besides the thirteen Shkipin pieces were replaced. This article will be updated with any new comment beyond the statements made in August. After discovering the use of AI on the artwork back in August, Wizards of the Coast said they were updating their artist guidelines as a result of the controversy, with explicit instructions not to use AI art generation tools. Additionally, Wizards conducted an audit of every art piece commissioned for their other announced works and said that no other AI art usage was found.
The new pieces of artwork will be used in future printings of Bigby's Presents: Glory of the Giants. It is noted that the AI-enhanced artwork will have a lasting legacy, as WizKids has produced miniatures based on the AI-enhanced artwork found in the book. Upcoming Dungeons & Dragons ReleasesWizards of the Coast is in the middle of a four month stretch of releases for Dungeons & Dragons, starting with Bigby's Presents: Glory of the Giants back in August. This month, Wizards released Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk, a new adventure that expands upon the original Starter Set adventure released back in 2014 and is the reason for Lost Mine of Phandelver's getting"pulled" from D&D Beyond.