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Long time to see (again), Fur Affinity.
Hmmm, so how to begin with this... Things have happened during 2022. It's gonna be about them AI's.
Well, I guess it has been a long time coming and I feel like I have to say something.
And yes, I should have written this journal by the new years like I did over at DeviantArt.
I first found the furry community through a guy in the early 2000's when I was playing Unreal Tournament 2k4. He made skins for the game. Furry reskins for a couple of models.
He led me to DeviantArt where I have enjoyed my time finding this kind of art. I mean, it was through him who made me interested in drawing this kind of stuff.
It really wasn't the plan that I would become part of it but I found my place in the fandom. Some time later I found this place (Fur Affinity).
In a sense, I think I found more activity here and overall- I enjoy this place more.
Once again, I will never claim to be much of an artist but I do enjoy watching art.
In the early 2020's something started to pop up over at DA and we were all joking about it.
Yes, it was the early days of AI generated art.
More and more over the years you got to hear how AI started to make it onto the mainstream media and now you hear about it everywhere.
They did it. The maniacs actually automated art.
And nowhere along the way did they think about what it would mean for real artists out there.
Commissions, art trades, bases, patreon funded artists are suddenly threatened.
During this unveiling of AI generated art I was mostly driving trucks for a living, fearing that would get automated before art.
Oh boy were I wrong. And it's constantly getting better.
But the situation is so bad now over at DA that I soon won't be able to tell if an artist is indeed a blood and true human being behind the screen, dedicating themselves to their craft or an AI bro entering a prompt.
I have never felt so confused, depressed and overally just simply demoralized that something that I enjoyed have been successfully automated.
I have struggled to draw stuff and it's an enjoyable experience, but in the back of my head I feel like this have all been for nothing.
While I will not delete my gallery over at DA, I have made the decision to posting new stuff here on Fur Affnity instead due to their stance on AI art.
And yes, some would say working with layers in Photoshop may also be a way of automation in a sense but- I still have to enter all settings and values manually.
Pathing that I use for drawing my lines (in a sense vector art) helps my shaky hands when drawing (which is clearly shown on my scrap gallery I think) and I could probably not live without it.
In another news, I lost my job last year. I only had it for one month.
They never told me exactly what I did wrong and only said that "I was not good enough" so I have decided to go back to school here in 2023.
Right now I am studying to become a network technician and hope it will give me a brighter future.
Making new art will be tough as this education is a pretty intense one with a lot of home studies but trust me - I want to keep drawing!
Hmmm, so how to begin with this... Things have happened during 2022. It's gonna be about them AI's.
Well, I guess it has been a long time coming and I feel like I have to say something.
And yes, I should have written this journal by the new years like I did over at DeviantArt.
I first found the furry community through a guy in the early 2000's when I was playing Unreal Tournament 2k4. He made skins for the game. Furry reskins for a couple of models.
He led me to DeviantArt where I have enjoyed my time finding this kind of art. I mean, it was through him who made me interested in drawing this kind of stuff.
It really wasn't the plan that I would become part of it but I found my place in the fandom. Some time later I found this place (Fur Affinity).
In a sense, I think I found more activity here and overall- I enjoy this place more.
Once again, I will never claim to be much of an artist but I do enjoy watching art.
In the early 2020's something started to pop up over at DA and we were all joking about it.
Yes, it was the early days of AI generated art.
More and more over the years you got to hear how AI started to make it onto the mainstream media and now you hear about it everywhere.
They did it. The maniacs actually automated art.
And nowhere along the way did they think about what it would mean for real artists out there.
Commissions, art trades, bases, patreon funded artists are suddenly threatened.
During this unveiling of AI generated art I was mostly driving trucks for a living, fearing that would get automated before art.
Oh boy were I wrong. And it's constantly getting better.
But the situation is so bad now over at DA that I soon won't be able to tell if an artist is indeed a blood and true human being behind the screen, dedicating themselves to their craft or an AI bro entering a prompt.
I have never felt so confused, depressed and overally just simply demoralized that something that I enjoyed have been successfully automated.
I have struggled to draw stuff and it's an enjoyable experience, but in the back of my head I feel like this have all been for nothing.
While I will not delete my gallery over at DA, I have made the decision to posting new stuff here on Fur Affnity instead due to their stance on AI art.
And yes, some would say working with layers in Photoshop may also be a way of automation in a sense but- I still have to enter all settings and values manually.
Pathing that I use for drawing my lines (in a sense vector art) helps my shaky hands when drawing (which is clearly shown on my scrap gallery I think) and I could probably not live without it.
In another news, I lost my job last year. I only had it for one month.
They never told me exactly what I did wrong and only said that "I was not good enough" so I have decided to go back to school here in 2023.
Right now I am studying to become a network technician and hope it will give me a brighter future.
Making new art will be tough as this education is a pretty intense one with a lot of home studies but trust me - I want to keep drawing!
