{"id":55743,"date":"2026-01-14T13:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55743"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:01:18","slug":"japan-gets-new-pixiv-like-social-media-platform-for-artists-that-strictly-bans-ai-generated-images-creators-can-authenticate-work-as-hand-drawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/japan-gets-new-pixiv-like-social-media-platform-for-artists-that-strictly-bans-ai-generated-images-creators-can-authenticate-work-as-hand-drawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan gets new\u00a0Pixiv-like\u00a0social media platform for artists\u00a0that\u00a0strictly\u00a0bans\u00a0AI-generated\u00a0images.\u00a0Creators can authenticate work as hand-drawn\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TEGAKI<\/strong>, a new Japanese social media platform aimed at artists, officially <a href=\"https:\/\/tegaki.art\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a> on January 13. The creative platform works similarly to Pixiv\u00a0\u2013 letting users upload and view illustrations\u00a0and manga\u00a0\u2013\u00a0but\u00a0what&#8217;s\u00a0different about it is\u00a0that it\u00a0seeks\u00a0to host hand-drawn art exclusively, with a\u00a0complete prohibition of\u00a0AI-generated\u00a0or AI-assisted\u00a0images.\u00a0This policy has earned the platform a lot of attention in Japan, attracting\u00a0over\u00a05,000 registered users on launch day.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u672c\u65e5\u3001\u6b63\u5f0f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3011<br>\u6628\u65e5\u306f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u524d\u306b\u3082\u95a2\u308f\u3089\u305a\u3001\u5927\u304d\u306a\u53cd\u97ff\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br>\u624b\u63cf\u304d\u5c02\u7528\u30a4\u30e9\u30b9\u30c8SNS\u300cTEGAKI\u300d<br><br>\u3059\u3067\u306b100\u540d\u3092\u8d85\u3048\u308b\u30af\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30bf\u30fc\u306b<br>\u3054\u767b\u9332\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u304a\u554f\u3044\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3082\u591a\u6570\u3002<br>\u9806\u6b21\u5bfe\u5fdc\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u306e\u3067<br>\u4eca\u3057\u3070\u3089\u304f\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002\ud83d\ude47\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oRMK1bXoRI\">pic.twitter.com\/oRMK1bXoRI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TEGAKI \u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@tegaki_art) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tegaki_art\/status\/2010860594044580271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed by independent engineer and artist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ma_tochichi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tochi<\/a>,&nbsp;Tegaki&nbsp;is meant to be&nbsp;a safe haven&nbsp;for creators and&nbsp;fans&nbsp;who want to&nbsp;appreciate&nbsp;human-made art (whether traditional or digital).&nbsp;For the most part, it&nbsp;works the same&nbsp;as&nbsp;any&nbsp;standard creative platform&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;with a home screen&nbsp;that&nbsp;showcases&nbsp;new and popular posts, a keyword and tagging system,&nbsp;likes, and bookmarks.&nbsp;It also comes with an integrated commission system that uses&nbsp;Stripe for&nbsp;payments,&nbsp;so users can buy artwork directly on the platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given its&nbsp;strict no AI-art&nbsp;policy,&nbsp;Tegaki&nbsp;comes with an authentication system which lets creators submit timelapse videos and working files to certify their work as&nbsp;genuinely&nbsp;hand-drawn.&nbsp;Additionally, the platform says it has taken some measures to protect its users from unauthorized AI learning. For example,&nbsp;Tegaki&nbsp;denies access from major AI crawlers like&nbsp;GPTBot,&nbsp;CCBot, and Google-Extended, sets meta tags to deny AI learning on all pages,&nbsp;blocks any suspicious bulk access,&nbsp;and prevents&nbsp;downloading&nbsp;of images by prohibiting right-clicking and dragging.&nbsp;While aware that these measures&nbsp;aren\u2019t&nbsp;foolproof,&nbsp;Tegaki\u2019s&nbsp;providers promise to keep working on&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;users\u2019 work is protected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the platform has generated far more interest than initially anticipated, the providers (who expected to&nbsp;welcome about&nbsp;50 users at launch, not 5,000) say they\u2019re struggling to stay on top of inquiries and experiencing some technical&nbsp;issues, but&nbsp;ask users to stay tuned as they work on updates and improvements.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TEGAKI is now online, with an official&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tegaki.art\/ja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tegaki.art\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English version<\/a>&nbsp;available.&nbsp;Note that at&nbsp;the time of&nbsp;writing,&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;not&nbsp;able to access the site on PC (likely due to&nbsp;the previously mentioned technical troubles),&nbsp;but&nbsp;it&nbsp;seems to be&nbsp;working on mobile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEGAKI is a new social media platform for artists with an integrated authentication system and commissions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":55746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[67,17],"class_list":["post-55743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-ai","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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