I disagree with people calling it "tool". This is not something you spend years of training to learn all the intricates like you do with oil paints and brush, with maya/blender/zbrush, with illustrator/affiniy designer etc. etc. See my example image above with the blackbird and the earthworm. Yes you do. The skill that you…
Its the speed at which its evolving that unsettles me. Like I'd seen this compilation of baby and toon versions of marvel characters and the AI was able to capture subtleties of personality in the variations. Credit: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=metzae&set=a.557890323008966 I think knowing fundamentals comes…
Well interestingly enough, it could probably be argued that the "it's just a tool" line of reasoning had more weight earlier on, when the tool sucked at anatomy. But now that the results are indistinguishable from photos of real people, the reconstruction of the Afghan girl (no doubt thanks to huge weight of the original…
I think it really comes down to the end use case. So far, seeing these images provides a good reference point for inspiration, or even concept art for 3D art creation. Don't know how they would be directly used to create something consistent, not to mention that MJ or stable diffusion can't generate a character art sheet…
Hi there ! To be clear, on "Yes i know, it's the kind of question that you don't want to answer" (in regards to the It'S jUsT a ToOl point) : my position is not that of not wanting to answer because the topic bothers me or because I don't see the argument as winnable ; I am simply not too interested by it this specific…
This will obviously have an impact on artists - so of course some of the people involved will be artists, just doing their best to do what they've always done. And while I appreciate and respect Pior glancing over this portion - I'm gonna disagree with your last bit. Like Pior said, it's subjective, but this is not like…
Heya - I don't think anyone in this thread implied this. As far as I am concerned my point is that it will without a doubt make some creative work environments very toxic, very fast. To sum up my above points I can see this happening in two ways : 1 - Loudmouth "idea people" (either high up in the executive ranks or from…
FWIW, here's where things are at the moment a little more than a month later : writers are developping full-on comic books using MJ for illustrations. https://campfirenyc.com/comics/ "The Lesson" and "Exodus" are probably the most visually striking. Of course the images probably took a lot of attempts to land just right in…