Verification Guide: How to Get Your "Human-Made Art" Badge

Verification Guide: How to Get Your “Human-Made Art” Badge

The Human-Made Art™ badge is ArtHelper’s way of marking work as the product of a real, named artist. This article covers how to apply, what membership costs, and what you receive once your badge is live.

The mission behind the mark: as the internet fills with AI-generated images, the badge is a public, verifiable promise that a person — with hands, a studio, and a life — made the work.

Using your welcome gift points

Every new ArtHelper account receives 200 reputation points on day one as a welcome gift. Those 200 points can be redeemed for one month of Human-Made Art badge verification at no cost.

How to redeem:

Go to www.arthelper.com/verify and click Get the Badge.
During checkout, you’ll see the option to use your 200 Rep points instead of paying the monthly fee.
Select the Rep redemption option to unlock your first month of verification for free.

Once you redeem your welcome points, the trust team will review your work just as they would for any verification application (see “How to apply” below for what that review entails).

After your free month: the welcome gift is a one-time offer. When your first month ends, you’ll need to either:

Earn more Rep through community participation and redeem points again, or
Pay the standard monthly or annual fee to keep your badge active.

For details on how to earn ongoing reputation points, see Reputation Points and Leaderboard.

How to apply

There are two ways to start verification:

Directly: go to www.arthelper.com/verify.
From the header on arthelper.com: sign in, then click Get Verified in the top header. You’ll land on the same verify page.

From there, click Get the Badge to start checkout. The trust team kicks off a two-stage review once payment is in — a detection model checks your work for generative markers, then a human reviewer looks at what it flagged.

Membership pricing

Monthly — $5.00 per month.
Annual — $59.88 per year (saves $36 vs. paying monthly).

Both plans unlock the same benefits.

What you get when your badge is live

The Human-Made badge on your profile and every artwork you upload — across every surface of ArtHelper where your art appears (feed, gallery, search, profile).
A green ring around your avatar in the community feed and across ArtHelper, so verified human artistry is visible at a glance.
Higher placement in galleries and feeds — your work surfaces ahead of unverified work in consumer-facing browsing.
Verified merch store access — buy Human-Made-branded gear and promotional materials at verified-artist pricing.
Eligibility for the artist spotlight program — selected verified artists get featured across our email, social, and homepage rotation.
An embeddable badge widget — paste a short snippet onto your personal website, Shopify, Squarespace, or anywhere HTML runs.
The Artist Genome page — a data-driven read of your personal visual signature, plus a map of artists with similar style.
Active AI-scrape blocking — automated protections applied to every image you upload.
The Verified Toolkit — your share cards, QR codes, press kit, email signature, and embed code, all in one place at arthelper.com/verify once you’re verified.

Why the mark matters

The market is flooded with millions of AI-generated images a day. A verified Human-Made badge is a premium signal: clear provenance that the work was made by a real person. Collectors, galleries, and the resale market increasingly want that proof — the badge gives it to them at a glance.

After your badge goes live

Once verified, open your Verified Toolkit to display the badge on your website, post announcement cards on social, paste an email signature, download QR codes and stickers, send the press kit, and invite other artists. The full walkthrough lives in How to Share and Display Your Human-Made Art™ Badge.

Common questions

How long does verification take?

The trust team aims to review every new submission within a few business days. You’ll hear from us by email when your badge goes live.

What if I’m not approved?

If a submission fails the human review, the trust team reaches out by email with the reason and next steps. In most cases you can re-apply.

Can I cancel?

Yes. Membership is recurring; cancel anytime from your Billing page on app.arthelper.ai. The badge stays live until the end of your current billing period.

I’m verified but the badge isn’t showing on my work yet.

Try a hard refresh of the page. If the badge still doesn’t appear within a few hours of verification going live, email Hey@arthelper.ai and we’ll take a look.

Does verification protect my old work too?

Yes — verification is per-artist, not per-piece. Every artwork you’ve uploaded (and every one you upload from now on) carries the same Human-Made mark.

Last updated: 2026-10-28