I remember distinctly the moment you're talking about. I love Kim Jung-Gi, I have a massive print of his on my wall. When I saw that person promote their AI I think it's the closest I've come to wanting to beat somebody with a branch. Same thing happened to Kevin Conroy when he passed away.
It's just so frustrating. Realizing all the talks KJG did, all the demonstrations, public drawings, etc. failed to reach these people. Failed to inspire them to pick up the pen, failed to get them to try, failed to reach their spirit. They missed the ENTIRE point of his career, so obsessed with the end result they'd rather not even try to get there. Just trying to skip to the very end to have lines on a paper. They say they want to create but have no desire to actually create the thing, they just want a product they can hawk or praise they can steal.
Well said Ely, and I'm glad to hear from someone else who was as outraged as myself!! People just don't understand how harmful it is to rob yourself of the pleasure of the journey, because that's the journey of self-growth!!
Is it over the top that I go to therapy because of AI? Propably, but few days ago I had a nightmare that someone took my face to wear it as a mask, because this is pretty much how the situation feels like for me, even if you take the monetary part out of the picture. My feathers are more then a bit ruffled, "Weltschmerz" is the word that feels more appropriate for me.
I just hope that there will be a place for us somehow, somewhere in the future. Even if I dont see it in the industry any longer.
Honestly, not over the top at all. It's quite literally an existential threat to artists! There has to be a way forward... but I don't know it yet. We'll see how things break down tho!!
The chaos and anxiety of the industry and AI just put me on antidepressants/anti-anxiety meds (still trying to find a therapist), so you're definitely not alone!
It's blows a fuse for me when I see people call these images "Art". It's not art at all and merely an image replication the style of someone elses art. So these pictures generated by A.I are meerly images to me instead of art.
I remember distinctly the moment you're talking about. I love Kim Jung-Gi, I have a massive print of his on my wall. When I saw that person promote their AI I think it's the closest I've come to wanting to beat somebody with a branch. Same thing happened to Kevin Conroy when he passed away.
It's just so frustrating. Realizing all the talks KJG did, all the demonstrations, public drawings, etc. failed to reach these people. Failed to inspire them to pick up the pen, failed to get them to try, failed to reach their spirit. They missed the ENTIRE point of his career, so obsessed with the end result they'd rather not even try to get there. Just trying to skip to the very end to have lines on a paper. They say they want to create but have no desire to actually create the thing, they just want a product they can hawk or praise they can steal.
Well said Ely, and I'm glad to hear from someone else who was as outraged as myself!! People just don't understand how harmful it is to rob yourself of the pleasure of the journey, because that's the journey of self-growth!!
Is it over the top that I go to therapy because of AI? Propably, but few days ago I had a nightmare that someone took my face to wear it as a mask, because this is pretty much how the situation feels like for me, even if you take the monetary part out of the picture. My feathers are more then a bit ruffled, "Weltschmerz" is the word that feels more appropriate for me.
I just hope that there will be a place for us somehow, somewhere in the future. Even if I dont see it in the industry any longer.
Honestly, not over the top at all. It's quite literally an existential threat to artists! There has to be a way forward... but I don't know it yet. We'll see how things break down tho!!
The chaos and anxiety of the industry and AI just put me on antidepressants/anti-anxiety meds (still trying to find a therapist), so you're definitely not alone!
Ugh I'm so sorry to hear that Audre!! Indeed, these are realllly stressful times. We need to stick together during this period...
It's blows a fuse for me when I see people call these images "Art". It's not art at all and merely an image replication the style of someone elses art. So these pictures generated by A.I are meerly images to me instead of art.