How responsible is an artist if one of their works is so vivid it comes to life, and performs nefarious deeds?

How responsible is an artist if one of their works is so vivid it comes to life, and performs nefarious deeds?

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OP: is the artist aware of their talent's results? I'm imagining a FF6 scenario where Relm's painting comes to life and they have to fight it.

This would be the first time it happened for them.

or, even worse:

They made a wide array of things, and then some time later, they started coming to life.

>They made a wide array of things, and then some time later, they started coming to life.
Now THIS is a plot hook! Imagine a bunch of fantastical monsters (moreso than your typical medieval fantasy simulator) suddenly appearing and the only thing they seem to have in common is that they each appeared in the vicinity of an extremely wealthy individual's residence. Lots of opportunities for red herrings with lycanthropes, evil noble schemes, etc. until someone with an artistic background realizes where they've seen one of the monsters before. After that, they not only have to track down where all the artist's paintings ended up (possibly traveling to several foreign nations in the process), but they might also have to convince some snooty nobles to let them destroy their expensive paintings from that artist as a precautionary measure even if they haven't come alive yet!

Or you could, if you wanted, cram them all into a single estate, and trap the players in it, for a real haunted house arc.

That's not taking into account whether the party would all be on the same page about destroying the paintings. Depending on the fame and beauty of the paintings there's an argument to be made that, as cultural artifacts, they're more valuable than most peoples lives.

I really like this idea. I have a player in my campaign whose quest involves finding beautiful art to emulate. I think I'll use this idea when I get the chance.

There's always that one elf.

If this is the first time it's happened, and the artist had no way to expect that this would happen, then I'd say they're not culpable at all.

If it happens again, things are different. Knowing your painting would come to life, and not creating responsibly, would mean that you're directly responsible for everything your creation does.