Artists with a disability / chronic illness / limited supplies / obstacles to their art improvement / generally someone who does not have ‘artistic talent’ (which imo is such minor factor in an artist’s talent anyway that once one develops their skills it tends to be functionally irrelevant): *existing openly as proof of concept for art’s inclusive nature*
‘Art is inaccessible because some people were ‘born gifted with the ability to draw’ and we cant draw like them because we are too afraid to learn, so its artists’ fault for making us insecure by being good at their hobby/skill they worked hard to develop. Now we’re gonna use non-specific excuses to justify AI art by speaking over people with disabilities, because we’re embarrassed that we’re too scared to try to learn and dont want to admit that’ mfs: “erm but,, but… I- 😟🥺😡😣“
Anyway, every artist you see posting on social media started as an embarrassed newbie who struggled to improve, hated their art and wanted to quit 100s of times. That was me, for my first 3 years or so of seriously wanting to become an artist, and i’d say thats a small amount of time compared to the majority of people i know. And even after developing chronic pain so bad i can hardly hold a pencil without pain every day, i still love art, find creative ways to create it despite my struggles, and see 0 merits in ever replacing my passion with AI.
Its understandable and alright to be scared to commit, but learning how to draw is one of the skills in life that needs the most failure to become a success, and you find yourself loving not just the end result but the process — and yourself while you’re at it (trust me! Your confidence will increase a ton!) AI art only creates superficial final results with little effort — it wont fulfil you.
Its never too late to pick up the pencil.
