Eventually

I miss when image gen was new and vague, when prompts spat out a surreal dreamlike idea of what you asked for. Because that vagueness was actually inspiring! Instead of just an already completed “polished” picture that exists to be looked at and forgotten, inspiring and motivating no one.

The fact that the weird amalgamation of the key words I put in was an image that made me think, and piece together and come up with something new, was really fun! And this is one of my favorite original pieces! And it sucks that image gen has evolved into the complete opposite!

I (foolishly) had a nostalgia for that inspiration a while ago and (naively) went back to the same site and entered those three words again (while being confused about a bunch of settings I don’t remember existing) and just got… what looked like a normal photograph. And was disappointed and uninspired. Image gen has simply advanced too far. Now it’s boring and complex. Now there’s no inspiration to draw from. Nothing interesting.

“Just use a better prompt” some people might say. I don’t want to! I want something vague. I want to look at an aesthetic mess and brainstorm what all I can make out of it, and then draw it! Myself! With my own hand! Because that’s what art is about!!