Most frustrating part of AI images is how they've flooded the internet. Ironically it makes me turn away from google images and just pour through Artist profiles on Art Station instead.
I agree. To me, they're usually shitposts and shitposts at that. I legit hate how unregulated it is to the point where I see it in searches when I want to see something normal.
When i look at Ai-generated images and stuff like that; like ai-writing or ai-voicea acting or Deepfake-ai, i can't look at any of that and find it interesting, i feel digusted and feel like I'm gonna throw-up and I'm strongly against ai. "I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself" - Hayao Miyazaki
@makingthestorybetter The truth is AI could never create art or understand it, as art is a human emotion put onto paper, a computer, canvas or music and AI could never understand emotion
Yeah, just like blockchain was supposed to 'die,' yet now it's used for concert tickets, supply chains, and even by governments like Australia for traceability. Oh, and NFTs? They're powering digital IDs in South Korea and soon likely worldwide. But sure, keep enjoying those clickbait headlines while the rest of us move forward.
I'm numb to it for the most part anymore. I'll still block it and actively fight it, but it's not done anything new and no one is doing anything about it. If anything my focus is fighting having to do any of it myself (for work obligations) and just defending the act of creation so one day some generation may actually enjoy creating, rather than it being an existential conflict.
has anyone else noticedwith AI images all the people have a certain look. the females have tons of makeup and the males all look like super models, even if their really young its really weird.
i even tried generating an original character once a year ago, i just got images of the animal it was based on no matter how much detail i typed in. Just proves ai can't form it's own ideas or originality, it has to source it if it even can 🤣
Yes, nowadays I can spot the average AI image at a glance and then it just takes a few seconds to find mistakes due to AI. People using it because they didn't bother doing it themselves are also too lazy to check the details and quality of the end result. The shading has a distinct style that's really easy to spot and really hard to avoid when generating.
Love seeing companies getting flooded with negative comments for using AI in their marketing and then deleting them all after. Not only are they never gonna make AI a thing, it's not a great look for their company. Another excellent vid Sean!
Nah, they're just going to hide Its use. I found a IG reel that shows a lidl's product with AI generated art on It and many more confirmed to have found AI art in many more products (and unfortunely, most of the people who fall for AI art are from the previous generations)
I'm so glad that Ai content is starting to get more and more unpopular. Like I seen that Coke made an Ai Christmas ad and I was pleased to see that that ad got controversies and negative attention. Sure there are some defenders but the reception is mostly negative and I am glad that is. I am thinking of boycotting companies that made Ai generated ads. Hopefully to discourage it even more.
@@TheArtMentor I defiantly saw AI "video" whatever it's that coke ad or trash on the internet. It's a joke. Looks like a warped poorly made PowerPoint. Haven't seen the movie and don't plan on it as honestly I don't want to support these greedy tech bros financially. I am glad Ai images and video is getting the controversy and backlash they rightfully deserve. Especially from non artists and other creatives. Like they say. Cheating is bad and your not gonna go far cheating. Ai generation is cheating.
Personally I am not worried about AI that much, especially with the AI hate and the fact that Nightshade and Glaze exists, while also a ton of detection tools are being made to spot AI, using anything AI generated will be a huge risk for an artist's reputation, because once someone discovers AI in your art, you are cooked and a majority of your audience wont respect you anymore, look what happened to all of these artists recently that got cancelled because people found it was ai generated.
@Lucas-xn5bn I'm sorta glad about this. Sure I may find the Coke ad to be absolutely revolting and makes me sick every time it's on. Unskippable UA-cam ad or on tv. Im always glad there's still a ton of real artists and people supporting real art. Also im also glad detection tools and filters are getting better
here's an idea: make an army of bots that use a popular ai generated prompts and puts the result back in with a grainy filter. the bots will continually put in bad images until the algorithm needs a reboot. fully automate the bot process to be self sufficient if possible.
I was listening to a discussion about Genndy Tartakovsky's evolution in cinematography, and a thought immediately came to mind while watching your video: AI can’t evolve a style like a human can. A human takes years, even decades, to transform and evolve their style into something new. I’m not talking about technical improvement; I’m talking about a level of mastery that’s too abstract for a machine to understand. 18:00 Exactly! People are obsessed with technical art skills, but that’s not what defines an artist. Once we break through the technical barrier, we realize that. I’m a veteran artist, and it took me a long journey to get there (That’s why you often see many veteran artists simplifying their styles-it takes a high level of refinement to do so). I just hope newcomers won’t give up because of AI and that they’ll come to understand this one day too.
Seriously though, Genndy’s work is makes me intrigued every time I watch his shows. I’d also add other shows like Disney XD’s Motorcity and Nickelodeon’s Rise of the tmnt, the fluidity in the action scenes is pure human work, but even simplistic stuff like Sonic X or SpongeBob, or your average low budget shows or comic or whatever, it may not be as fluid, the art can be simple, heck it could even have a bunch of errors, but just because it’s not eye candy, it still has soul, and you can always tell what has a human working with their machines and what they have, rather than just letting the machine do all the work for them.
The main problem with AI is that it can use your name and copycat your style dot by dot, in other words, stealing your Identity. I still agree with what you've said.
It seems they're already working about that: for example, UA-cam made this option when making a video that clarifies that you altered the video with AI, but If you still make content with AI without declare It's use, UA-cam will punish you to the point that you could loose the monetization on the channel
As an illustrator, I lost a client to AI! It was a person with which I was working for almost 3 years, and also trusted him a lot. Well without telling me anything he started using AI for his new book. So it was a stab in the back, very painful.. he left me with nothing suddenly (no commissions). So that’s the thing… He’s an author, and decided to generate the images himself… and why?? Just because it’s free! The artistic view, accurate designs etc, didn’t matter anything to him after all. And that’s where some artists can suffer.
Man, so sorry to hear that. I've also lost some clients to AI. But you know what? I've also found newer and higher paying clients in their absence. Sometimes one door closes to open up another! So what are you doing to get new clients since you lost this one that clearly doesn't value your art?
What I've notice about the rise of gen-Ai images is that now clients are now coming with a "brief" made of midjourney images. While it sometimes it clarifies expectations for a project, more often than not, it muddies the water. Turning what should be a quick meeting to understand their needs into a longer conversation trying to make sense of what they want from a group of random, disconnected images. Or they want you to "copy" the style on one AI image they generated across a series of new ones. I think this may be way of things for a while. Stay strong out there fellow artists.
Yeah I've seen some of that as well, but then again, it's not that much different from clients sending you a heap of other random references, is it? I've been equally dealing with that for years lol
I get this often too. I think they rush to AI expecting to churn out all the images only to find they lack 'soul'. Also they can't put an illustrator's name on the book and in children's picture books the illustrator is at least as important as the author.
The power of art is, and always has been the context around a piece. Whether that is one concept or an entire universe of worldbuilding. AI can't do that and integrate it fully, think about ramifications and come up with unique consequences which manifest themselves in the design. AI will never show you a dull blade on a character if not requested.
Well said. Especially the parts about how some artists only "solve simple problems," and AI image generation being too expensive to remain free. When AI first came to the seen, I predicted that all the artist who only draw generic anime girls would be the first/main ones to be replaced, and I was right. An artist needs to have more to offer if they want to stand out above the rest. Now, I'm just waiting for these AI corporations to start charging large subscription fees to their user base. It seems like these companies are waiting for AI bros to get addicted to using their products and start art business before charging them large sums of money.
Also have you read that OpenAI has tossed around the idea of raising their subscription rates to $2000? It's not hard to imagine when they're losing billions annually
Additionally, it's only getting more and more homogeneous. AI is scraping from its own generated images. The only thing I used AI for was when I had a very interesting dream. If I had gotten up and tried to draw the thing from my dream, it would have faded from my mind by the time I got to my computer and in the process of drawing. So I described the creature from the dream to ChatGPT while half asleep, and was able to actually get something pretty close. Then, with that mental image cemented in my mind, I went back to sleep. I woke up, remembered typing that up, looked at the images... got reminded of the creature and the dream it was from, then sat down and drew it. And of course, my drawing was much better, had better anatomy and composition and better blending of the features that I remembered from the dream. AI image generation can be a useful tool if used correctly, but I am not threatened by it at all. Funny thing? I have actually been doing better since this whole AI thing started! It seems like people want custom art that looks the way they want it more than ever! I was never threatened or scared from the start. I mess with AI image generation sometimes just because it's a novelty, and because I am curious about how it's growing. And it's gotten more and more and more samey-samey and worse and worse at anything that has a semblance of creativity. I honestly miss the earlier days of AI when it was surreal and really interesting to look at, now it's just boring.
Yes, AI is what finally pushed me to start drawing because I realized it's the only way to get exactly what I want. The problem with AI generation is that it fully takes over an important part of the creation process and replaces any control with a random number, and so if you actually want something specific it turns into a virtual slot machine where you don't even know beforehand if you can win without lowering your standards.
As an artist who has been practicing art for years I see people using Ai as lazy. They are feeding into a system that exploits artists in order to create uninspiring things. I tried using Ai to generate a few images but it felt wrong to me. I dont get how people who prompt by texting into a box have so much pride in themselves for generating something especially those who havent made art a day in their lives. What I have a problem with when it comes to ai is how it has the strong potential to devalue an artists work in the average regular everyday person who doesnt make art since they see how abundant art is since it could be generated so easily.
One of the worst thing about AI is that people are accusing ACTUAL artists of AI. I've seen it happen a bunch of times and it deeply affects the artist themselves.
I had a chat with a friend who thinks AI is real art. I disagreed obviously. I told him I could go on my phone or PC and order a pizza and with a few clicks I can have a custom pizza that I "created" and it will be brought to me. AI artist would take that pizza and go around telling everyone that they're a chef.
Could you say which artists? I only kinda know about ergojosh and adam duff lucidpixul I'm thinking about adding jazza to this type of artists you are talking about... But on one hand, he did more analitic look, but on the other hand - some points in his last video... Ugh
Thanks for saying so! It's a weird time for content creators, isn't it? I'm just not afraid to draw that line and defend it rather than try to be neutral and let AI discourage artists
On art sites I visit, I can spot the image gen images from a mile away, probably everyone can by now. They are just incredibly boring and all have that look to them.
there are a handful of people I've seen on DA that actually do some inpainting on top of their AI stuff and it looks nice. But for the most part it's low quality trash, yes.
This is so true… At this point I can speed scroll on pinterest and spot all of them. It’s just so boring and uncreative to the point it’s even easier to spot it from far away, which used to be the opposite way around TT
Also two more things: Characters are “drawn” pretty much the exact same way to show outfits or close-ups with such subtle differences that a real artist would have just copy pasted. And the inconsistencies and completely melted details too
As an artist im tempted to create AI that can make a virus to sent to these AI bro's who want to act like thieves & pretend to be artists by stealing people's hard work
Animator here, so tired of the youtubers spamming out morph videos of super hero's or 50s Panavision trailers. Often proclaiming they are the future of film. I can tell you with certainty they are not the future of films, and the level of staging and choreographing that goes into animated productions, is staggering. The generative AI is non interactive, I cant change camera lens, I cant move props, I cant swap out lights, its such a scam.
Oh god those fake YT videos are so obnoxious, aren't they? I see those thumbnails almost every day. I imagine the retention is awful bc people have to know it's all fake trailers
To understand the gulf between art and AI-generated imagery, we only need to look at why we, as humans, are drawn to images in the first place. Ever since the caveman days, art has been used to tell stories and to express ourselves. It's been true of every major art movement throughout history. The old European church frescos, to tell the stories of the bible to people who couldn't read. Realism, to tell the stories of the real world in an authentic manner. Impressionism, seeing the world through a new pair of eyes by painting with light. Cubism, true depiction of an object by painting it from all angles at once. And those are just a few examples among many. Ai art? "Uh, it looks kinda pretty, so it's art, bro". Art is a mode of expression and, most importantly, communication. AI art is, in the wise words of an art teacher of mine, nothing but a visual fart. It gives off a stink and the moment it's gone, everyone's forgotten it.
You raise an interesting point regarding the different playing fields of artists and Ai creators and I can agree with it to some extent. However, there are some popular artists who have started utilizing AI as part of their process, and most people following them or hiring them have no idea about it. It creates an unrealistic expectation of skill as well as the speed in which artworks can be created. This creates an unfair "advantage" to the artists utilizing AI and raises the level of competition in the industry. AI is still a big issue - and sometimes the threat comes from inside the art community itself.
Can we, however, come to an understanding about those integrating AI in a process? They aren't in industry, they're getting extremely disrespectfully low rates, or if they are in an industry then they're so senior it doesn't matter. That's the real unreasonable expectation
@@TheArtMentor Unfortunately that is not the case. There are big names in the industry doing this, there are smaller up and coming names doing it, and I’m sure there will be a lot of people doing it in the future too. Peter Mohrbacher did it for a while and I can never look at his art the same again knowing that. Not sure why you’re so quick to disregard the concern.
That’s exactly the point I raised in my last response. The ones who aren’t known will not be known or respected for their AI inclusion, and the current landscape of freelance work demonstrates the appalling low rates that will force them to quit within two years like more freelancers do. And yes, it’s tragic to see champs like the one you mentioned using AI, but they’re so large it doesn’t matter for them. They have all the real hard skills, so using AI doesn’t bring them anything new but a potential new toy. The real issue is the misperception it introduces where it deludes younger artists into thinking AI will help transform them into their hero artists. But it won’t and never will
@@TheArtMentor My point is, there are people of all skill levels and popularity who are using AI as part of their process and getting away with it with no one knowing, giving them an unfair advantage. They’re not quitting or having a hard time finding work - often it’s quite the opposite, their work suddenly looks more impressive resulting in more work and popularity. It obviously doesn’t help them develop into better artists, but it helps them making a seemingly faster, better looking end product. There’s no loss of respect because it’s not done openly and instead the ones suffering from it are artists who are still trying to make it into the industry with their own skills.
My "why" is to upon demand accurately produce the constantly bursting images and stories in my head, as well for people who never learned to draw for any reason. At least it is more satisfying to deliver than it is stressful to improve.
Yeah my parents more or less said the same too. Ironically, they don't support you until you start to make it work, so how about focusing on getting there and then expecting their support?
@@TheArtMentor thats not support, if they come to you after you already made t they are being complacent because if you somehow fall they will say "i told you so." keep that energy out of your life.
I'll be honest, on my dark days I don't know if I can be this optimistic about the whole AI thing, but this is also very much the video I needed to see right now so thanks for making it.
Yeah I really hope ai gets left in the dust im just beginning to learn 3d Animating and I don't want to be over shunned by someone who put in a sentence into an robot and called it their own :/
The key to all art is the creative vision of the creator and more rarely the creators. Even in photography, the artistic sensibilities of the photographer observing the scene causes them to create art using a camera. AI can copy and generate something derivative but it can't create something unique and new or creatively reinterpret something. Also, my passion is photography, I am an avid amatuer photographer who got into photography for the artistic possibilities of photography. To me the joy is going out and finding a scene that I have strong enough reaction to that I take a photo, it's the journey of discovery not the final image itself that is important.
I noticed that artists who outright started using it became vilified as a whole. For obvious reasons since it was a definitive downgrade and ruination. So it makes me wonder why they initially got into art in the first place. 🤔 The whole "I can finally get my thing out" reminds me of a parody by Doobus Goobus of where someone says "It's a passion project I've had in my mind since I was a baby; this is what my life has been leading up to *man*!"
It does bring up the question of vanity layers of interests in art versus deeper, sustained interests, doesn't it? I've spoken about that in some previous videos and plan to more as well
This is making me feel a bit better. I was in the camp of using AI to see ideas come to life, i tried it but got extremely disappointed. It never looked the way I imagined it being. I've never had belief in myself that i could ever be able to produce skilled drawings that looked good enough for myself. My paradigm started to shift after i tried to make a story rich video game and realized i couldn't because of the just all that goes into making a game, i started thinking about graphic novels or manga and the potential to tell stories that feel like games, and now I want pursue that. I want to tell stories so badly that I have to try to draw AI will never create what i want 😢
I hear more and more stories like this all the time, and let me just say, I'm proud of you for realizing this and instead investing into your own creativity. What's your game about?
@@TheArtMentor it was going to be a story rich JRPG that takes inspiration from Avatar and Final Fantasy, I really wanted the world to be massive and throw in a lot of world building, games like these costs millions of dollars to produce, if I instead adapt it into a written and drawn form the only limitations I'd have is my own creativity, so I must continue getting better at drawifn so I can see it fully realized!
For now and for quite some time from what I can tell Artist don't really have much to worry about from AI users. I say this from a perspective of a person whom uses AI. AI has several limitations that makes it very difficult to get the output you really want it struggles in getting the exact poses, and view points you want. Not to mention the more complex the scene gets the more impossible it becomes to get the exact output your trying to get. Then of course proper consistency in creations is near impossible. I envy human artists and their capabilities knowing I'm stuck with AI and not able to get what I want and could if I had the talent and capabilities artists have.
AI bros who put "reposting/reproduction is prohibited" in their bios don't realize their slop doesn't have and can't have any copyright protection. Nothing is legally stopping artists from being allowed to draw an AI bro's AI generated OC doing unsavory things. 😂😂😂
I was interested in your comments about complex art that AI cannot do. Several of my freelance jobs are illustrated fantasy maps.. I'm guessing that I would have to write a book length prompt for AI to generate anything remotely close to the specific details my work required.
and even when you wrote that book, AI still can't get it right. I have a whole video in the description about what AI can't do, and still holds true to this day. Have you seen that one yet as well?
Damn I just made a video about why AI art is not a threat, didn't know a solid video about this already existed since so many people are doomerist about it.
Ai can't really put down most of the stuff I imagine on paper anyhow. Good luck getting it to make a flying girl using suplex on a rock, if no one has done it before, or you don't have the right words
Ai art already seems like a bubble bursting and it doesn't really impact my wish to create art. What still stings slightly is the profound betrayal of artists by things like deviantart or adobe who survived on artists for so long.
Why do you think I'm not addressing freelancers or those working in companies when the majority of this video cites specific things those artists can do to help them?
yeah .. I see it in my city, there was a place(pub) where Artist was suppose to sit. But actually it was always some scam, and after the AI , "AI-Artists" got gigs that painters should have had. But.. Anyways. what hapand with it? They are not creators. The event sucked . Nobody wanted to go there. the environment becomes so cold, emphty. that it falls apart of it self. And the artist. Actually. Thank God I/them don't have to hang around those heavy people ..
Companies using AI is like... They think it's "impressive technology" and it'll make things cheaper for them. These are companies that have more then enough to spend on decent advertising. It's not impressive to show that they're willing to promote low quality, unmemorable garbage. GOOD, older commercials become memorable and funny if done right... Hell, some are really thoughtful and funny.
The people who use AI only in their process are never going to create anything great. They are still waiting for the technology to get even easier for them to use.
Are the AI art tools that useless? If so why companies are cutting jobs / reducing designers teams? maybe they over hired during covid and now they are using AI as excuse? Are there really cost savings on getting rid , let’s say, half of designer team and expect the rest to use AI tools to maintain the job pace? All look like decisions were made based on quarterly reports, but not in the long term. Are there any numbers around that show how companies are performing after follow the AI trend for 6M? can any other reader shared some links? It will be good to present numbers. A friend shared this video after we had a conversation about his future and AI.
Thanks for watching, and please tell your friend thanks from me for sharing this with you! So the interesting thing is that data is not that widely available, but qualitatively speaking, there's a lot. It's less about numbers and more about reactions from general audiences. Have you tried Googling how the average person views AI images? It's getting worse every month for example.
I keep saying it these people make generic art that ai is already doing they wont and frankly cant solve thier own creative issues begging other people for their brushes trying to gain access to other people's processes to mindlessly imitate and will defend that behavior and will perish on that hill make similar arguments like ai bros i actually like the presence of ai because now these people no longer have a choice either they get real creative or they will drown in the digital sea of generic art that bluntly speaking rightfully where they belong no hug boxing, no participation awards, no respectfully disagreeing no laziness or simply drown
honestly, those issues with unspecific and generic art existed before ai, didn't they? This could and can be everyone's gentle push to really look deep into themselves and find what they enjoy and what is special
Coming back to this to report that AI bros are now getting lazier because now they are too lazy to write prompts. 😂😂😂 Now there is an AI being developed where you upload a reference image and it will spit out prompts.
HAHA I dont think you uderstand the problem here, good sir. After 15 years in the industry I was forced to freelance. Over the last year, clients started to require me to "just fix this after AI" or "just edit this AI upscaled set of assets" or "Do this but use AI, cause we dont have the budget" etc. And slowly they just stopped calling. I was reaching out to new clients started to really look for job hard... aaaaand nothing. I now work as a security guard for peanuts art career over at 40 years old, familly and bills to pay ... This is what AI means for people like me. Clients wanted to save money and so they did...I was thrown out of the race, any race.
I’m sorry to hear that happened, but why is that funny and why are you using your personal example to try to prove your experience is every artists’ doom? Again, so sorry about your hardship, but can I be honest? You’re proving my points in this video. You can't blame AI for what happened. AI didn’t make you give up. You did that. See? Look you’re 40, not 400, so why not pivot and rebuild? 💪 just because the last 15 years brought you to this point, why give up on the remaining 50-60 years and choose to be miserable? It's a setback for sure, but only a loss if you give up. Sounds like you have way too much experience to just lay down in the dirt and die when clearly, art really means something to you. I'd say that's worth reconfiguring your life and building a new dream, my friend
So you see how you're just caught up in the despair of your circumstance? It sucks no doubt, but when you have some time away from the situation, how about using this time to pivot into another artistic endeavor that you can start working towards? You sound like you have quite a bit of professional experience, and when you clear your mind and reconsider all of that accumulated knowledge you've gained, I have no doubt that you will discover another artistic interest that will be more rewarding and more lucrative than what you just got out of. It may take time, but you're probably not dying any time soon. It's a set back, not a death sentence dude. But, your outlook is your choice. Choose carefully👍
@@TheArtMentor Thanks I am well familiar with principles of being in control of own choices/reactions. Things are not that simple. The bank wont wait for me to reorient my self and pivot thowards new exciting art future. It wants its money and it wants it now. By grabbing a shitjob I am taking huge amounts of time away from the art. Yes I can choose to just not pay anything and eventually loose the house, I dont count things like that as much of a choice. Sometimes theres a cascade of coincidences that no amount of positive thinking can overcome. I hope you will never have to go thru that. have a good one!
Hey can I say that I totally understand what you're saying, but I also think you're mishearing me a bit? Obviously you need to pay bills and work, and I'd never advocate for quitting any job and going for art without a solid plan or practice. However, why can't you start to build your new dream and focus WHILE you work? I work a full time job too, my friend. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Perhaps this is too fresh for you right now, but I sincerely hope that when you're fed up more with the pain of working that soulless, dead end job than the pain of starting to build something new and meaningful, you have the strength to build it. It's not empty positive talk. It's realistic and manageable strategy. You can do it man, but not if you give up before trying. Take care
As in my mentorship? Yes that is a necessary component of it, since we need to build on a human level. I mean it's only me that sees it. I don't have a huge team that will sell your data lol
@TheArtMentor we need our feeds as a portfolio and advertising face. It is not just " a wonky place to tickle dopamine via imaginary thumbs up" , it is how we get our patreons and clients
Not sure why my sub count angers you or matters to your point, but sure, you can get some clients from social media. However, have you also considered it’s not viable for most artists and offers you more lurkers than actual paying supporters? I mean not every artist likes being a content creator, you know? Also, if your social media engagement determines if you’ll eat or not, I’d assert that you’re proving my point that it’s not a strong revenue stream or necessary focal point. Because it isn’t for the overwhelming majority. See that?
@@TheArtMentor your sub number says, that you are not a freelancer and you probably work in pretty safe conditions with salary and never fought with teeth and claws for the next impression online. You know ,the online with "virtual gratification" , oh wait, our client base and work source. Where ai now is posting at 100500x speed, flooding everithing with garbage, stealing the place under the sun.
Art is communication. It's about establishing connections. Even if you're not an artist. Even if you care nothing about art. We fundamentally crave that connection with other people. We don't grow attached to pretty pictures slopped together by some AI. We grow attached to characters. We get immersed in the worlds that other people build. We resonate with elements of these characters and collectively breathe life into them via our imaginations. AI can't give that to us. Why do you think so much of the most popular AI art is of established characters? Why do think fanart in general is so popular? Mario, Hatsune Miku, various anime characters... It's because those characters resonate with people. And we as artists are the ones who spend our lives learning how to do that. It's not a skill you can fake with artificial glitter and sparkles. Oh, and don't think AI Gen tech is immune to enshitification. Even if these AI companies dodge regulators and get what they want, this tech is expensive to run. Right now they're just trying to expand as much as possible, establish a firm spot in the marketplace. And that means they need to make their product as cheap and appealing as possible. But as soon as they've accomplished that goal, expect the experience of using their products to become a lot more expensive and a lot worse. Because their priority won't be on delivering the best product, it will be on recouping costs and generating profit. The same thing that happened with Uber and companies like it. Imagine being an "artist" whose ability to create is locked behind 5 minutes of unskippable ads. I'll stick with pen and paper thank you very much
Most frustrating part of AI images is how they've flooded the internet. Ironically it makes me turn away from google images and just pour through Artist profiles on Art Station instead.
I agree. To me, they're usually shitposts and shitposts at that.
I legit hate how unregulated it is to the point where I see it in searches when I want to see something normal.
When i look at Ai-generated images and stuff like that; like ai-writing or ai-voicea acting or Deepfake-ai, i can't look at any of that and find it interesting, i feel digusted and feel like I'm gonna throw-up and I'm strongly against ai.
"I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself"
- Hayao Miyazaki
@makingthestorybetter The truth is AI could never create art or understand it, as art is a human emotion put onto paper, a computer, canvas or music and AI could never understand emotion
@@Alexindiegamedev My thoughts exactly.
On google you can use the date filter to only show images posted before 2022, that should get rid of all AI images.
My hope is that AI slop is gonna fall off the way NFTs did...
Yeah, just like blockchain was supposed to 'die,' yet now it's used for concert tickets, supply chains, and even by governments like Australia for traceability. Oh, and NFTs? They're powering digital IDs in South Korea and soon likely worldwide. But sure, keep enjoying those clickbait headlines while the rest of us move forward.
I'm numb to it for the most part anymore. I'll still block it and actively fight it, but it's not done anything new and no one is doing anything about it. If anything my focus is fighting having to do any of it myself (for work obligations) and just defending the act of creation so one day some generation may actually enjoy creating, rather than it being an existential conflict.
glad to hear you feel so resilient! I'm proud of you for all of your efforts, and I can't wait to see what you become!
has anyone else noticedwith AI images all the people have a certain look. the females have tons of makeup and the males all look like super models, even if their really young its really weird.
AI is trash basically 😂
i even tried generating an original character once a year ago, i just got images of the animal it was based on no matter how much detail i typed in. Just proves ai can't form it's own ideas or originality, it has to source it if it even can 🤣
Yes, nowadays I can spot the average AI image at a glance and then it just takes a few seconds to find mistakes due to AI. People using it because they didn't bother doing it themselves are also too lazy to check the details and quality of the end result. The shading has a distinct style that's really easy to spot and really hard to avoid when generating.
Oh definitely. It's the same generic look on all figures. Every style has the same archetypes with zero deviation
Love seeing companies getting flooded with negative comments for using AI in their marketing and then deleting them all after. Not only are they never gonna make AI a thing, it's not a great look for their company. Another excellent vid Sean!
Nah, they're just going to hide Its use.
I found a IG reel that shows a lidl's product with AI generated art on It and many more confirmed to have found AI art in many more products (and unfortunely, most of the people who fall for AI art are from the previous generations)
Oh that is sweet now, isn't it? I enjoy that immensely
@@TheArtMentor oh definitely 👍
It is only negative now. General populace doesn’t care. They just consume.
@@TheArtMentorphew. Next stop, clearing out the slop.
I'm so glad that Ai content is starting to get more and more unpopular. Like I seen that Coke made an Ai Christmas ad and I was pleased to see that that ad got controversies and negative attention. Sure there are some defenders but the reception is mostly negative and I am glad that is. I am thinking of boycotting companies that made Ai generated ads. Hopefully to discourage it even more.
Even worse is AI video. Have you seen the all AI movie? It's a joke and deserves it lol
@@TheArtMentor I defiantly saw AI "video" whatever it's that coke ad or trash on the internet. It's a joke. Looks like a warped poorly made PowerPoint. Haven't seen the movie and don't plan on it as honestly I don't want to support these greedy tech bros financially. I am glad Ai images and video is getting the controversy and backlash they rightfully deserve. Especially from non artists and other creatives. Like they say. Cheating is bad and your not gonna go far cheating. Ai generation is cheating.
Personally I am not worried about AI that much, especially with the AI hate and the fact that Nightshade and Glaze exists, while also a ton of detection tools are being made to spot AI, using anything AI generated will be a huge risk for an artist's reputation, because once someone discovers AI in your art, you are cooked and a majority of your audience wont respect you anymore, look what happened to all of these artists recently that got cancelled because people found it was ai generated.
@Lucas-xn5bn I'm sorta glad about this. Sure I may find the Coke ad to be absolutely revolting and makes me sick every time it's on. Unskippable UA-cam ad or on tv. Im always glad there's still a ton of real artists and people supporting real art. Also im also glad detection tools and filters are getting better
Don’t get me started on the AI Tyson ad
here's an idea: make an army of bots that use a popular ai generated prompts and puts the result back in with a grainy filter. the bots will continually put in bad images until the algorithm needs a reboot. fully automate the bot process to be self sufficient if possible.
great idea!
I was listening to a discussion about Genndy Tartakovsky's evolution in cinematography, and a thought immediately came to mind while watching your video: AI can’t evolve a style like a human can. A human takes years, even decades, to transform and evolve their style into something new. I’m not talking about technical improvement; I’m talking about a level of mastery that’s too abstract for a machine to understand.
18:00 Exactly! People are obsessed with technical art skills, but that’s not what defines an artist. Once we break through the technical barrier, we realize that. I’m a veteran artist, and it took me a long journey to get there (That’s why you often see many veteran artists simplifying their styles-it takes a high level of refinement to do so). I just hope newcomers won’t give up because of AI and that they’ll come to understand this one day too.
Seriously though, Genndy’s work is makes me intrigued every time I watch his shows.
I’d also add other shows like Disney XD’s Motorcity and Nickelodeon’s Rise of the tmnt, the fluidity in the action scenes is pure human work, but even simplistic stuff like Sonic X or SpongeBob, or your average low budget shows or comic or whatever, it may not be as fluid, the art can be simple, heck it could even have a bunch of errors, but just because it’s not eye candy, it still has soul, and you can always tell what has a human working with their machines and what they have, rather than just letting the machine do all the work for them.
@@superherochestsymbol1032 Agreed!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! We see eye to eye on many details, and together, let's keep inspiring and encouraging the newer generations!
The main problem with AI is that it can use your name and copycat your style dot by dot, in other words, stealing your Identity. I still agree with what you've said.
It seems they're already working about that: for example, UA-cam made this option when making a video that clarifies that you altered the video with AI, but If you still make content with AI without declare It's use, UA-cam will punish you to the point that you could loose the monetization on the channel
@@The_Italian_Kane Thanks for letting me know.
Definitely a huge issue!
Yep that's a great counter measure!
As an illustrator, I lost a client to AI! It was a person with which I was working for almost 3 years, and also trusted him a lot. Well without telling me anything he started using AI for his new book. So it was a stab in the back, very painful.. he left me with nothing suddenly (no commissions). So that’s the thing… He’s an author, and decided to generate the images himself… and why?? Just because it’s free! The artistic view, accurate designs etc, didn’t matter anything to him after all. And that’s where some artists can suffer.
Well, it'll definitely make his book look boring. You deserve better than that, m8
@ Thank you so much Gustavo 🥺 definitely his book looks boring… a somewhat uncanny.
If it’s of any condolence, it’ll come back to bite him once consumers see that the “illustrations” are AI generated.
Man, so sorry to hear that. I've also lost some clients to AI. But you know what? I've also found newer and higher paying clients in their absence. Sometimes one door closes to open up another! So what are you doing to get new clients since you lost this one that clearly doesn't value your art?
@@reddragonartwork Don’t feel alone. I lose client due to they glom on ai arts but at same time. I self respect and got new clients
What I've notice about the rise of gen-Ai images is that now clients are now coming with a "brief" made of midjourney images.
While it sometimes it clarifies expectations for a project, more often than not, it muddies the water. Turning what should be a quick meeting to understand their needs into a longer conversation trying to make sense of what they want from a group of random, disconnected images. Or they want you to "copy" the style on one AI image they generated across a series of new ones. I think this may be way of things for a while. Stay strong out there fellow artists.
Yeah I've seen some of that as well, but then again, it's not that much different from clients sending you a heap of other random references, is it? I've been equally dealing with that for years lol
I get this often too. I think they rush to AI expecting to churn out all the images only to find they lack 'soul'. Also they can't put an illustrator's name on the book and in children's picture books the illustrator is at least as important as the author.
The power of art is, and always has been the context around a piece. Whether that is one concept or an entire universe of worldbuilding. AI can't do that and integrate it fully, think about ramifications and come up with unique consequences which manifest themselves in the design. AI will never show you a dull blade on a character if not requested.
well said!
Well said. Especially the parts about how some artists only "solve simple problems," and AI image generation being too expensive to remain free. When AI first came to the seen, I predicted that all the artist who only draw generic anime girls would be the first/main ones to be replaced, and I was right. An artist needs to have more to offer if they want to stand out above the rest.
Now, I'm just waiting for these AI corporations to start charging large subscription fees to their user base. It seems like these companies are waiting for AI bros to get addicted to using their products and start art business before charging them large sums of money.
Also have you read that OpenAI has tossed around the idea of raising their subscription rates to $2000? It's not hard to imagine when they're losing billions annually
@@TheArtMentor Wow, that's an insanely high price. I hope they go through that idea.
Additionally, it's only getting more and more homogeneous. AI is scraping from its own generated images.
The only thing I used AI for was when I had a very interesting dream. If I had gotten up and tried to draw the thing from my dream, it would have faded from my mind by the time I got to my computer and in the process of drawing.
So I described the creature from the dream to ChatGPT while half asleep, and was able to actually get something pretty close.
Then, with that mental image cemented in my mind, I went back to sleep.
I woke up, remembered typing that up, looked at the images... got reminded of the creature and the dream it was from, then sat down and drew it. And of course, my drawing was much better, had better anatomy and composition and better blending of the features that I remembered from the dream. AI image generation can be a useful tool if used correctly, but I am not threatened by it at all.
Funny thing? I have actually been doing better since this whole AI thing started! It seems like people want custom art that looks the way they want it more than ever!
I was never threatened or scared from the start. I mess with AI image generation sometimes just because it's a novelty, and because I am curious about how it's growing. And it's gotten more and more and more samey-samey and worse and worse at anything that has a semblance of creativity.
I honestly miss the earlier days of AI when it was surreal and really interesting to look at, now it's just boring.
Yes, AI is what finally pushed me to start drawing because I realized it's the only way to get exactly what I want. The problem with AI generation is that it fully takes over an important part of the creation process and replaces any control with a random number, and so if you actually want something specific it turns into a virtual slot machine where you don't even know beforehand if you can win without lowering your standards.
so true!
As an artist who has been practicing art for years I see people using Ai as lazy. They are feeding into a system that exploits artists in order to create uninspiring things. I tried using Ai to generate a few images but it felt wrong to me. I dont get how people who prompt by texting into a box have so much pride in themselves for generating something especially those who havent made art a day in their lives. What I have a problem with when it comes to ai is how it has the strong potential to devalue an artists work in the average regular everyday person who doesnt make art since they see how abundant art is since it could be generated so easily.
They're probably the same people who tried to get money from NFTs😂
Well said and I couldn't agree more!
One of the worst thing about AI is that people are accusing ACTUAL artists of AI. I've seen it happen a bunch of times and it deeply affects the artist themselves.
Yeah I spoke about that in my last video on this topic as well, did you see that one too?
AI bros are why I upload my worst artwork. Anything that poisons the algorithm slowly is always a good thing
thats good! dont hold back from posting stuff solely because you think they are bad or not good enough
your "bad" art is a million bajillion times better than anything AI has to offer, ever
I had a chat with a friend who thinks AI is real art. I disagreed obviously. I told him I could go on my phone or PC and order a pizza and with a few clicks I can have a custom pizza that I "created" and it will be brought to me. AI artist would take that pizza and go around telling everyone that they're a chef.
lol great and true analogy!
I really appreciate your hard line on AI. A few big artists have revealed themselves as absolute hacks lately with the "ai is a tool" thing.
Could you say which artists? I only kinda know about ergojosh and adam duff lucidpixul
I'm thinking about adding jazza to this type of artists you are talking about... But on one hand, he did more analitic look, but on the other hand - some points in his last video... Ugh
@@tygra2886 owonekko maybe
@@tygra2886 I won't watch Jazza anymore. His idiot brother brainwashed the shit out of him.
Thanks for saying so! It's a weird time for content creators, isn't it? I'm just not afraid to draw that line and defend it rather than try to be neutral and let AI discourage artists
They can't compete with us, because they're not even artists. They haven't even made the first rung of being an artist.
On art sites I visit, I can spot the image gen images from a mile away, probably everyone can by now. They are just incredibly boring and all have that look to them.
there are a handful of people I've seen on DA that actually do some inpainting on top of their AI stuff and it looks nice. But for the most part it's low quality trash, yes.
You can spot *bad* AI images from a mile away...
This is so true… At this point I can speed scroll on pinterest and spot all of them. It’s just so boring and uncreative to the point it’s even easier to spot it from far away, which used to be the opposite way around TT
Also two more things:
Characters are “drawn” pretty much the exact same way to show outfits or close-ups with such subtle differences that a real artist would have just copy pasted. And the inconsistencies and completely melted details too
you're definitely not alone on that! We're sort of training ourselves to gloss over and avoid them aren't we?
As an artist im tempted to create AI that can make a virus to sent to these AI bro's who want to act like thieves & pretend to be artists by stealing people's hard work
I would love to see you try lol 😂
Look into the program, "Nightshade", it's exactly that
@florianschneider3982 exactly that AI does not create art it just takes something already made and completely traces over it
go for it lol
Animator here, so tired of the youtubers spamming out morph videos of super hero's or 50s Panavision trailers. Often proclaiming they are the future of film. I can tell you with certainty they are not the future of films, and the level of staging and choreographing that goes into animated productions, is staggering. The generative AI is non interactive, I cant change camera lens, I cant move props, I cant swap out lights, its such a scam.
Oh god those fake YT videos are so obnoxious, aren't they? I see those thumbnails almost every day. I imagine the retention is awful bc people have to know it's all fake trailers
To understand the gulf between art and AI-generated imagery, we only need to look at why we, as humans, are drawn to images in the first place. Ever since the caveman days, art has been used to tell stories and to express ourselves. It's been true of every major art movement throughout history. The old European church frescos, to tell the stories of the bible to people who couldn't read. Realism, to tell the stories of the real world in an authentic manner. Impressionism, seeing the world through a new pair of eyes by painting with light. Cubism, true depiction of an object by painting it from all angles at once. And those are just a few examples among many. Ai art? "Uh, it looks kinda pretty, so it's art, bro". Art is a mode of expression and, most importantly, communication. AI art is, in the wise words of an art teacher of mine, nothing but a visual fart. It gives off a stink and the moment it's gone, everyone's forgotten it.
well said!
You forgot to post a link of the artist you mentioned at 18:54.
English is not my main language so I can't get it just by hearing it.
Feng Zhu
i think its feng zuu
Sure thing! His name is Feng Zhu. Check out his channel, FZD School
You raise an interesting point regarding the different playing fields of artists and Ai creators and I can agree with it to some extent. However, there are some popular artists who have started utilizing AI as part of their process, and most people following them or hiring them have no idea about it. It creates an unrealistic expectation of skill as well as the speed in which artworks can be created. This creates an unfair "advantage" to the artists utilizing AI and raises the level of competition in the industry. AI is still a big issue - and sometimes the threat comes from inside the art community itself.
Can we, however, come to an understanding about those integrating AI in a process? They aren't in industry, they're getting extremely disrespectfully low rates, or if they are in an industry then they're so senior it doesn't matter. That's the real unreasonable expectation
@@TheArtMentor Unfortunately that is not the case. There are big names in the industry doing this, there are smaller up and coming names doing it, and I’m sure there will be a lot of people doing it in the future too. Peter Mohrbacher did it for a while and I can never look at his art the same again knowing that. Not sure why you’re so quick to disregard the concern.
That’s exactly the point I raised in my last response. The ones who aren’t known will not be known or respected for their AI inclusion, and the current landscape of freelance work demonstrates the appalling low rates that will force them to quit within two years like more freelancers do. And yes, it’s tragic to see champs like the one you mentioned using AI, but they’re so large it doesn’t matter for them. They have all the real hard skills, so using AI doesn’t bring them anything new but a potential new toy. The real issue is the misperception it introduces where it deludes younger artists into thinking AI will help transform them into their hero artists. But it won’t and never will
@@TheArtMentor My point is, there are people of all skill levels and popularity who are using AI as part of their process and getting away with it with no one knowing, giving them an unfair advantage. They’re not quitting or having a hard time finding work - often it’s quite the opposite, their work suddenly looks more impressive resulting in more work and popularity. It obviously doesn’t help them develop into better artists, but it helps them making a seemingly faster, better looking end product. There’s no loss of respect because it’s not done openly and instead the ones suffering from it are artists who are still trying to make it into the industry with their own skills.
My "why" is to upon demand accurately produce the constantly bursting images and stories in my head, as well for people who never learned to draw for any reason. At least it is more satisfying to deliver than it is stressful to improve.
I told my dad I wanted to be an artist. He replied, "So... you want to be homeless.."
Yeah my parents more or less said the same too. Ironically, they don't support you until you start to make it work, so how about focusing on getting there and then expecting their support?
@@TheArtMentor thats not support, if they come to you after you already made t they are being complacent because if you somehow fall they will say "i told you so." keep that energy out of your life.
It’s a true representation of who they are, isn’t it? Definitely good to keep in mind when considering who to keep in your circle
I'll be honest, on my dark days I don't know if I can be this optimistic about the whole AI thing, but this is also very much the video I needed to see right now so thanks for making it.
I'm so happy this helped you, and I'll always be here to support your creativity! What kind of art do you enjoy making that keeps you going?
Sorry, but how do I spell that other artists name you mentioned. Captions said Fang Zuu, but I couldn’t find anything art related.
Feng Zhu!
Feng Zhu
I'm a 3D animator and I love to see all of us real artists standing together against these AI "artists", it gives me a lot of satisfaction ahahahaah!
Amen to that! Let’s remain strong 💪
Yeah I really hope ai gets left in the dust im just beginning to learn 3d Animating and I don't want to be over shunned by someone who put in a sentence into an robot and called it their own :/
The key to all art is the creative vision of the creator and more rarely the creators. Even in photography, the artistic sensibilities of the photographer observing the scene causes them to create art using a camera. AI can copy and generate something derivative but it can't create something unique and new or creatively reinterpret something.
Also, my passion is photography, I am an avid amatuer photographer who got into photography for the artistic possibilities of photography. To me the joy is going out and finding a scene that I have strong enough reaction to that I take a photo, it's the journey of discovery not the final image itself that is important.
That's fantastic! Indeed, you love sharing your mind's eye with others and capturing moments in time huh? That's outstanding, and thanks for sharing!
This exposing ai shill type of videos of yours are my greatest source of morale (spirit) boost. Thank you very much for your hard work and dedication!
So glad to hear you enjoy these! There aren't that many around out there, are there?
I think a debate between you and shadiversity is necessary.
I think it will be a very interesting debate.
Not that there would be any substance to their arguments, but that would be like sending a squirrel to fight a tiger lol
I noticed that artists who outright started using it became vilified as a whole. For obvious reasons since it was a definitive downgrade and ruination. So it makes me wonder why they initially got into art in the first place. 🤔
The whole "I can finally get my thing out" reminds me of a parody by Doobus Goobus of where someone says "It's a passion project I've had in my mind since I was a baby; this is what my life has been leading up to *man*!"
It does bring up the question of vanity layers of interests in art versus deeper, sustained interests, doesn't it? I've spoken about that in some previous videos and plan to more as well
I love your positivity and I decided to be positive just like you from now on
I appreciate the compliment! Let's hold onto our own art because we genuinely love it, right?
This is making me feel a bit better. I was in the camp of using AI to see ideas come to life, i tried it but got extremely disappointed. It never looked the way I imagined it being. I've never had belief in myself that i could ever be able to produce skilled drawings that looked good enough for myself.
My paradigm started to shift after i tried to make a story rich video game and realized i couldn't because of the just all that goes into making a game, i started thinking about graphic novels or manga and the potential to tell stories that feel like games, and now I want pursue that. I want to tell stories so badly that I have to try to draw AI will never create what i want 😢
I hear more and more stories like this all the time, and let me just say, I'm proud of you for realizing this and instead investing into your own creativity. What's your game about?
@@TheArtMentor it was going to be a story rich JRPG that takes inspiration from Avatar and Final Fantasy, I really wanted the world to be massive and throw in a lot of world building, games like these costs millions of dollars to produce, if I instead adapt it into a written and drawn form the only limitations I'd have is my own creativity, so I must continue getting better at drawifn so I can see it fully realized!
The best AI detector is my boyfriend because when he googles r34 and finds AI art, he doesn't feel aroused 😂😂😂
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ai can't replace artist.I love my art because i put my own ideas into,and thats central to human passion
Good for you! Never lose sight of that, okay? 💪
For now and for quite some time from what I can tell Artist don't really have much to worry about from AI users. I say this from a perspective of a person whom uses AI. AI has several limitations that makes it very difficult to get the output you really want it struggles in getting the exact poses, and view points you want. Not to mention the more complex the scene gets the more impossible it becomes to get the exact output your trying to get. Then of course proper consistency in creations is near impossible. I envy human artists and their capabilities knowing I'm stuck with AI and not able to get what I want and could if I had the talent and capabilities artists have.
AI bros who put "reposting/reproduction is prohibited" in their bios don't realize their slop doesn't have and can't have any copyright protection. Nothing is legally stopping artists from being allowed to draw an AI bro's AI generated OC doing unsavory things. 😂😂😂
I was interested in your comments about complex art that AI cannot do. Several of my freelance jobs are illustrated fantasy maps.. I'm guessing that I would have to write a book length prompt for AI to generate anything remotely close to the specific details my work required.
and even when you wrote that book, AI still can't get it right. I have a whole video in the description about what AI can't do, and still holds true to this day. Have you seen that one yet as well?
Oh right there is even AI 3d animated film too, make since. THANKS FOR VIDEO🎉
Damn I just made a video about why AI art is not a threat, didn't know a solid video about this already existed since so many people are doomerist about it.
That's great to hear though! We all need to see the counterpoints since there's so much negativity, isn;t there?
What the name of the artist you mentioned to check out?
Feng Zhu
Ai can't really put down most of the stuff I imagine on paper anyhow.
Good luck getting it to make a flying girl using suplex on a rock, if no one has done it before, or you don't have the right words
well said!
Ai art already seems like a bubble bursting and it doesn't really impact my wish to create art. What still stings slightly is the profound betrayal of artists by things like deviantart or adobe who survived on artists for so long.
That's a real struggle!
You are talking about creating ip. A lot of artists just get paid to draw other people’s ip.
Why do you think I'm not addressing freelancers or those working in companies when the majority of this video cites specific things those artists can do to help them?
I see, thanks. It helped me lot ❤
Glad to hear! What advice helped you the most in this video?
Friend what do say about posting on social media i need some Advice
I made a whole video on that topic! Want a link?
based
Thanks for this!
My pleasure! Did this help you?
yeah .. I see it in my city, there was a place(pub) where Artist was suppose to sit. But actually it was always some scam, and after the AI , "AI-Artists" got gigs that painters should have had. But.. Anyways. what hapand with it? They are not creators. The event sucked . Nobody wanted to go there. the environment becomes so cold, emphty. that it falls apart of it self. And the artist. Actually. Thank God I/them don't have to hang around those heavy people ..
Haha that's hilariously expected! Fun fact: people in the AI community are not authentic supporters
@TheArtMentor and supprting what? Suporting what they get back from a computer program? The whole thing is a joke
i have a feeling that this is an excuse to show this cool drawing and how they were made
Why do you think that?
@TheArtMentor because the drawing is cool af
Companies using AI is like... They think it's "impressive technology" and it'll make things cheaper for them. These are companies that have more then enough to spend on decent advertising. It's not impressive to show that they're willing to promote low quality, unmemorable garbage. GOOD, older commercials become memorable and funny if done right... Hell, some are really thoughtful and funny.
Yeah and why would lesser quality efforts be expected to bring higher quality returns? That's not how anything in life works
The people who use AI only in their process are never going to create anything great.
They are still waiting for the technology to get even easier for them to use.
Meanwhile they could just use that time to improve their skill, couldn't they? Then they wouldn't need AI
image of that persona 4 guy in a cool pose saying "we need to kill ai artist"
Well I definitely never advocated for anything that extreme 😅
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Glad to hear you think so! What helped you the most in this video?
Are the AI art tools that useless? If so why companies are cutting jobs / reducing designers teams? maybe they over hired during covid and now they are using AI as excuse? Are there really cost savings on getting rid , let’s say, half of designer team and expect the rest to use AI tools to maintain the job pace? All look like decisions were made based on quarterly reports, but not in the long term. Are there any numbers around that show how companies are performing after follow the AI trend for 6M? can any other reader shared some links? It will be good to present numbers. A friend shared this video after we had a conversation about his future and AI.
Thanks for watching, and please tell your friend thanks from me for sharing this with you! So the interesting thing is that data is not that widely available, but qualitatively speaking, there's a lot. It's less about numbers and more about reactions from general audiences. Have you tried Googling how the average person views AI images? It's getting worse every month for example.
I keep saying it these people make generic art that ai is already doing they wont and frankly cant solve thier own creative issues begging other people for their brushes trying to gain access to other people's processes to mindlessly imitate and will defend that behavior and will perish on that hill make similar arguments like ai bros i actually like the presence of ai because now these people no longer have a choice either they get real creative or they will drown in the digital sea of generic art that bluntly speaking rightfully where they belong no hug boxing, no participation awards, no respectfully disagreeing no laziness or simply drown
honestly, those issues with unspecific and generic art existed before ai, didn't they? This could and can be everyone's gentle push to really look deep into themselves and find what they enjoy and what is special
I bet most AI creators have painfully generic stories and characters. AI will just make UA-cam an unwatchable platform.
Wait? AI comincs? There is AI comics? Oh I see
Yeah they're terrible lol go look them up
Coming back to this to report that AI bros are now getting lazier because now they are too lazy to write prompts. 😂😂😂 Now there is an AI being developed where you upload a reference image and it will spit out prompts.
Haha yes I've seen that too! Imagine nothing thinking about not having to think, right? What will they think of next...
HAHA I dont think you uderstand the problem here, good sir. After 15 years in the industry I was forced to freelance. Over the last year, clients started to require me to "just fix this after AI" or "just edit this AI upscaled set of assets" or "Do this but use AI, cause we dont have the budget" etc. And slowly they just stopped calling. I was reaching out to new clients started to really look for job hard... aaaaand nothing. I now work as a security guard for peanuts art career over at 40 years old, familly and bills to pay ... This is what AI means for people like me. Clients wanted to save money and so they did...I was thrown out of the race, any race.
I’m sorry to hear that happened, but why is that funny and why are you using your personal example to try to prove your experience is every artists’ doom? Again, so sorry about your hardship, but can I be honest? You’re proving my points in this video. You can't blame AI for what happened. AI didn’t make you give up. You did that. See? Look you’re 40, not 400, so why not pivot and rebuild? 💪 just because the last 15 years brought you to this point, why give up on the remaining 50-60 years and choose to be miserable? It's a setback for sure, but only a loss if you give up. Sounds like you have way too much experience to just lay down in the dirt and die when clearly, art really means something to you. I'd say that's worth reconfiguring your life and building a new dream, my friend
@@TheArtMentor coping mechanism. I dont have any other than personal experiences ... its frustrating.
So you see how you're just caught up in the despair of your circumstance? It sucks no doubt, but when you have some time away from the situation, how about using this time to pivot into another artistic endeavor that you can start working towards? You sound like you have quite a bit of professional experience, and when you clear your mind and reconsider all of that accumulated knowledge you've gained, I have no doubt that you will discover another artistic interest that will be more rewarding and more lucrative than what you just got out of. It may take time, but you're probably not dying any time soon.
It's a set back, not a death sentence dude. But, your outlook is your choice. Choose carefully👍
@@TheArtMentor Thanks I am well familiar with principles of being in control of own choices/reactions. Things are not that simple. The bank wont wait for me to reorient my self and pivot thowards new exciting art future. It wants its money and it wants it now. By grabbing a shitjob I am taking huge amounts of time away from the art. Yes I can choose to just not pay anything and eventually loose the house, I dont count things like that as much of a choice. Sometimes theres a cascade of coincidences that no amount of positive thinking can overcome. I hope you will never have to go thru that. have a good one!
Hey can I say that I totally understand what you're saying, but I also think you're mishearing me a bit? Obviously you need to pay bills and work, and I'd never advocate for quitting any job and going for art without a solid plan or practice. However, why can't you start to build your new dream and focus WHILE you work? I work a full time job too, my friend. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Perhaps this is too fresh for you right now, but I sincerely hope that when you're fed up more with the pain of working that soulless, dead end job than the pain of starting to build something new and meaningful, you have the strength to build it. It's not empty positive talk. It's realistic and manageable strategy. You can do it man, but not if you give up before trying. Take care
The problem with AI art is pollution. Nobody wants to see generative garbage, no matter how good it gets. Stop posting garbage
well said!
will you mentor me without taking my personal information? you and I both know I’m too valuable for that and we both would like to work together.
As in my mentorship? Yes that is a necessary component of it, since we need to build on a human level. I mean it's only me that sees it. I don't have a huge team that will sell your data lol
Because it is our commission primary rout , you guy with only 20k subs. It is not about likes, it is about will I eat tomorrow
What are you referring to exactly?
@TheArtMentor we need our feeds as a portfolio and advertising face. It is not just " a wonky place to tickle dopamine via imaginary thumbs up" , it is how we get our patreons and clients
Not sure why my sub count angers you or matters to your point, but sure, you can get some clients from social media. However, have you also considered it’s not viable for most artists and offers you more lurkers than actual paying supporters? I mean not every artist likes being a content creator, you know?
Also, if your social media engagement determines if you’ll eat or not, I’d assert that you’re proving my point that it’s not a strong revenue stream or necessary focal point. Because it isn’t for the overwhelming majority. See that?
@@TheArtMentor your sub number says, that you are not a freelancer and you probably work in pretty safe conditions with salary and never fought with teeth and claws for the next impression online. You know ,the online with "virtual gratification" , oh wait, our client base and work source. Where ai now is posting at 100500x speed, flooding everithing with garbage, stealing the place under the sun.
Art is communication. It's about establishing connections. Even if you're not an artist. Even if you care nothing about art. We fundamentally crave that connection with other people.
We don't grow attached to pretty pictures slopped together by some AI. We grow attached to characters. We get immersed in the worlds that other people build. We resonate with elements of these characters and collectively breathe life into them via our imaginations. AI can't give that to us.
Why do you think so much of the most popular AI art is of established characters? Why do think fanart in general is so popular? Mario, Hatsune Miku, various anime characters... It's because those characters resonate with people. And we as artists are the ones who spend our lives learning how to do that. It's not a skill you can fake with artificial glitter and sparkles.
Oh, and don't think AI Gen tech is immune to enshitification. Even if these AI companies dodge regulators and get what they want, this tech is expensive to run. Right now they're just trying to expand as much as possible, establish a firm spot in the marketplace. And that means they need to make their product as cheap and appealing as possible. But as soon as they've accomplished that goal, expect the experience of using their products to become a lot more expensive and a lot worse. Because their priority won't be on delivering the best product, it will be on recouping costs and generating profit.
The same thing that happened with Uber and companies like it.
Imagine being an "artist" whose ability to create is locked behind 5 minutes of unskippable ads. I'll stick with pen and paper thank you very much
well said!
What's so bad about AI art?
please feel free to watch this and the rest of my anti-AI content
AI ART IS IN PININTEREST AND GOOGLE IMAGES I HATE IT I CANT FIND A NORMAL REFERENCE WITHOUT IT BEING A AI ART SLOPP!!!
so true!