artsy corner i guess

There’s a protest going on against AI art over on artstation, so I feel like now is the time for me to make a statement on this issue! 

I wholeheartedly support the ongoing protest against AI art. Why? Because my artwork is included in the datasets used to train these image generators without my consent. I get zero compensation for the use of my art, even though these image generators cost money to use, and are a commercial product. 

Musicians are not being treated the same way. Stability has a music generator that only uses royalty free music in their dataset. Their words: “Because diffusion models are prone to memorization and overfitting, releasing a model trained on copyrighted data could potentially result in legal issues.” Why is the work of visual artists being treated differently?

Many have compared image generators to human artists seeking out inspiration. Those two are not the same. My art is literally being fed into these generators through the datasets, and spat back out of a program that has no inherent sense of what is respectful to artists. As long as my art is literally integrated into the system used to create the images, it is commercial use of my art without my consent.

Until there is an ethically sourced database that compensates artists for the use of their images, I am against AI art. I also think platforms should do everything they can to prevent scraping of their content for these databases. 

My first piece for the @dincobb-big-bang 2021 event!

Do you know what happens when you’re a bounty hunter and also a handy mechanic in need of a place and the nice barista offers to give you and your kid shelter if you fix his truck? You’ll get a chance to find out very soon in @retro-jupiter ’s fic… Spoilers: it’s kinda fruity.

Second piece for the @dincobb-big-bang 2021 event!

This time a look at the clan of two :) Give me comfort.

First image is of Din and Luke almost kissing. Din is helmetless and embracing Luke, Luke has one hand on Din's back and the other in his hair.

Second image is a sketch of Grogu with his little bowl od soup. His eyes are very big.

Third image is of Luke dressed in his mother's white outfit, with a metal band circling his arm. He wields a lightsaber.

The last image is of Din in the clothes of rangers of Ithilien from Lord of the Rings.

it’s the ‘lethal warriors who put down their sword to gently check on their loved one during battle’ for me