Sharing my thoughts about Ai art.
I think AI image generation is a great idea for use as references or inspiration to create something real. It's great for art block or a source of creative muse, definitely.
Let's say you have this wonderful idea to paint a scenario of, let's see.... tiny people riding dragon sized seabirds over a vast ocean. But, you have trouble getting that idea onto paper or your canvas, or you can't quite pinpoint ideas for your composition... well, the AI can better serve its purpose by giving you building blocks to your concept, even down to the comp or color/mood scheme you're looking for. Now you have 5 different alternate depictions of your prompt and you can choose to combine them or pick them apart to your liking. It gives you Ideas. It gives you a sense of vision.
From whatever images it created, you can use them as the start to your foundation of the scene. It's helpful for thumbnailing your early concepts/sketches of a painting and I think that is what AI should be used for.
HOWEVER,
I am sick and tired of seeing Deviantart's homepage flooded with revolting AI generated images. DeviantArt is meant for posting artwork created by YOU, NOT by a machine, an "artificial intelligence" which by no means is intelligent to begin with. It defeats the purpose of DeviantArt. I want to appreciate real art, I want to scroll through dA seeing wonderful works of art created by real artists who spent hundreds of hours of labor and research into their pieces. I do not want to see the laziness and waste that Ai is; smeared like shit all over their website. It ain't just dA though, its everywhere else.
Just an FYI, image generators source their data from a universal collection of existing images, including art, that it used to create "AI art". It is essentially taking bits of YOUR hard work and piecing it together in a collage of monstrosity that is neither impressive or appealing to the eye. Some outright copy an existing image. This isn't something to be proud of or marvel at. It is disgraceful and outrageous, INSULTING to true artists. I am VERY disappointed in what Deviantart has become over my long 11 year membership.
AI art is basically ripping off existing work, and people are monetizing it. How disgusting.
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