He's real but

[Rocky2022]

Is this dye?

 

[Sue E.]

I sincerely hope thats AI or a filter because that is beyond cruel to do this to a beardie!!!

 

[xp29]

Is this dye? View attachment 100618

I've seen similar pictures before. I hope they are fake.

 

[Hazel_Basil10]

Is this dye? View attachment 100618

As much as I want to say that this is fake I do see a splotch of the blue on the person's hand.... That is just cruel

 

[Sue E.]

As much as I want to say that this is fake I do see a splotch of the blue on the person's hand.... That is just cruel

People like that should not have animals! They can paint themselves blue for likes and clicks, not a poor innocent living animal!

 

[hdochow]

As much as I want to say that this is fake I do see a splotch of the blue on the person's hand.... That is just cruel

i noticed that too

 

[xp29]

As much as I want to say that this is fake I do see a splotch of the blue on the person's hand.... That is just cruel

I hadn't noticed that but i see it now.

 

[ChileanTaco]

As much as I want to say that this is fake I do see a splotch of the blue on the person's hand.... That is just cruel

I see it, and I still think: filter. If not using them carefully, other parts of the image could get colored in.

(Looking at that image, the blue spot looks too uniform for real paint/dye. Also the shadows and body posture don't look right - that dragon isn't sitting on that hand at all. The lower left corner, where the "tattoo" is - the hand is blurred over the background but not like it would look on a photo just from movement. Then, around the spikes: really badly cut out, see left part of the beard.
So I'd say: Edited, and either done with AI and not further processed afterwards, or without AI and rather being a beginner. Why I think so: Did a lot of image editing also before it became common to do it simply with AI, and briefly thought about doing it as a career but then decided to rather do it as a hobby.)

If real: awful! (And if it's posted like "I dyed my dragon", even if fake - I think so -, it might motivate others to really dye their dragon.)

 

[Rocky2022]

Ugh I didn't notice that.
This is crazy. It was a video on YouTube so the dragon was moving in it's hand. I really can't understand who would dye, paint a beardie.
Are people that bored, stupid and cruel?!

 

[ChileanTaco]

@Rocky2022
Can I get the link to the video? Filters can for sure be applied to videos.

 

[Rocky2022]

@Rocky2022
Can I get the link to the video? Filters can for sure be applied to videos.

I'll see if I can find it , brb.

 

[Rocky2022]

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I couldn't find the original video but here's a short from Instagram

 

[Rocky2022]

In that video when he turns the arm, there's a big smear of blue. Just click on the previous post... it's a link

 

[ChileanTaco]

In that video when he turns the arm, there's a big smear of blue. Just click on the previous post... it's a link

That's a filter, as the color on the hand/arm appears and disappears (and not only by a real smear not visible as the arm turns, but nor visible where it still should be). It is likely a filter that simply replaces certain colors and the skin color on the arm is pretty close to that.
Look at the left side, above the darker part of the tattoo: first, there is normal skin color. Then, after turning a bit, exactly that part gets a blue color.

So I'm very sure: No dragon was actually dyed. Still would not show off my dragon like that as their natural color is just beautiful, and I would not want to make people coming up with the idea to really dye a pet.

 

[xp29]

That's a filter, as the color on the hand/arm appears and disappears (and not only by a real smear not visible as the arm turns, but nor visible where it still should be). It is likely a filter that simply replaces certain colors and the skin color on the arm is pretty close to that.
Look at the left side, above the darker part of the tattoo: first, there is normal skin color. Then, after turning a bit, exactly that part gets a blue color.

So I'm very sure: No dragon was actually dyed. Still would not show off my dragon like that as their natural color is just beautiful, and I would not want to make people coming up with the idea to really dye a pet.

If I ever catch someone dying a beardie, they will be blue.... black and blue