#artistic issues

I think what baffles me the most in the whole generative AI debate is that the problems people find so unacceptable are problems that have long been present in our society. It is like the straw that broke the camels back except people refuse the adress the rest of the junk piled up on the camel.

Environmental issues: This is a big one and it is true that AI is horrid for the environment and is pushing us faster into a ecologial collapse. But if we were to bury AI today and never use it again we would still be heading steadily towards it. Capitalism has never given time or thought to the world we life in, all that matters is making the share holders more money. This is an issue that has been long standing and something that a lot of indigenous cultures especially have highlighted and tried to fight against. AI or not, we do not take care of the environment, we perfer short term rewards from mass production over long term ones like having a freaking planet that is livable.

AI as theft: Generative AI uses mass amounts of data to reproduce and regurgitate old art as new. I will not go into my opinions on trademark and copy right here but I think it is important to mention I, as an artist, do not like having to deal with it. Trademark and copy right only makes sense in a financial structure where we all have to fight and squabble over crumbs. But that is the system we live in so let us assume that it is a good thing that one person can claim to have their own art style, though in the not so far away past communities would share an art style... None the less, if disney wanted to steal the style or short story from a humble online creative, they could, and have. Legally a person cannot stand up to the legal power and financial backing of a corporation. There are so many cases of big wigs stealing the story or style of the little guy. The one that comes to mind first for me is Euphoria. The cinematography was inspired by Petra Collins, who was brieftly hired to work on the show but then before it really took off was fired and replaced with Eddy Chen.

I just genuinly believe that AI highlights issues that creatives have been faced with for generations now. Yes it is gettig worse, like everything else, but removing AI would not be removing these issues.

if it's hard to explain, maybe I can just see the layers and I try to figure it out? sorry if this is weird :(

OK, let's start with the pants.

I actually just painted them freehand. I didn't add any textures. The leather is just leather.

For the twill fabric, I used a brush with some noise. Then I added dotted and slanted lines (the direction of the brush stroke is important) to indicate the longitude and latitude of the fabric.

I didn't actually do much with the rest of the design. I was focused on the overall effect, so there weren't many details. The only difference between the different materials was the degree of reflectivity.

Only the jacket was created using a leather texture.

Honestly they are "irrational" but I think they look good anyway LOL (This is another one of my HomeStuck fan art)

My Two Cents on Art. Keep the Change

I’ll try to keep this short. Or not.

Two major genres of the written arts are poetry and prose fiction. Duh! so far. I refer to them only to make a point.

The General Stuff

Okay. I’ll first generalize aspects of art and then throw in my two cents.

Both genres start with a narrator persona. This is the individual that communicates a story or shows us an experience. One genre form spans an amount…

Professional presentation of art is super important, it's important when hanging art in a gallery, it's important when presenting your portfolio, and yes, it's even important online.

When art is not displayed professionally, and even worse displayed in a manner that is displeasing to the eye it is distracting to anyone looking at your work and may cause them to not want to give it a second look.  This can and will hurt you.

Borders are one thing that really help to create a professional presentation.  Without borders you are subjecting yourself to tangents and giving the viewer no room to breath.  And if you weren't lucky enough to create something that matches the color scheme of where your art is being presented, then you are also giving yourself a host of color theory issues as well.

Neutral borders (often black, white, or shades of grey) solve these problems.  They give the art room to breath and the viewer a chance to see the art as it is truly meant to be seen.

So, long time ago, I drew comics. Silly little strips for my own amusement. Nothing too worthy, but it kept me amused until I met a guy. This guy is trying to get into the professional comic world, and dragged me with him.

I'm thankful for this guy because my art style improved a lot thanks to him and encouraged me to do longer comics, but...

I do not longer enjoy them.

Everytime I sit in front of a piece of paper is more like a puzzle I must solve to amuse the audience with my story and create something totally new. I NEED to tell a story never told before, or one in a completely different way. But I only can copy things I've seen before... I'm not being original, I CAN'T be original! Even thought I read, listened and watched lots of stories like the ones I want to tell

The other day the guy asked WHY I want to make comics. I couldn't anwser him because I don't know.

He always comes up with ideas I wish I had. Every time I discuss one of my plots he always tells me that it's too silly or that it's too complicated for me to handle.

And I've got another issue with my drawings. I'm glad I improved over the years, but everytime I see a piece of fantastic digital art I think