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a year ago
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Good afternoon, dear friends and subscribers!
First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for your constant support. However, I must confess that I am feeling quite exhausted right now. Due to recent tragic events in my life, I am experiencing increased emotional vulnerability. This is not an attempt to gain sympathy or any other kind of attention, but rather an attempt to explain my sudden decision to start journaling.
Either way, I'm tired. Being an artist in today's world can be challenging, as many people find it difficult to compete with artificial intelligence (AI). While neural networks are learning from artists, various art platforms are also joining the fight against AI by banning publications and taking other measures. Some are even collaborating with AI, such as some companies in the gaming industry.
I am also deeply saddened by this, but I don't give up and keep striving to improve my skills. In some aspects I'm still under-experienced, but in others I'm already excelling. (Which has also led to one problem, more on that later). I've been painting for a considerable amount of time now, and art education is closely related to that. This is how I create almost all of my work, “from the general to the particular”, which eventually led to a dissonance I didn't expect - I was accused of using artificial intelligence. I would have moved past the aggressive behavior of the accuser, but it's a sore subject for me. I genuinely don't understand where or how my work resembles that of a neural network smeared on top, as he tells me. So already a friend is teasing me with “you drew badly - you got scolded, you're learning to draw - you got scolded, but you learned to draw - you're a neural network!”. But besides fun, it really stresses me out. I use processing of my own drawings and backgrounds to achieve a certain effect (vintage and so on), I put noise and so on. suddenly I'm poked that some stars are AI. Which is not hatin' for the sake of hatin'?
Me having to prove to a random person that I draw myself is absurd. But if I have to, I'm ready. Such is our modern world. But now for the first time I'm thinking about what to do with drawing videos, I don't know exactly how to do that, haha, I'll figure it out :) I also partially save processes and sketches of my works. And now the question on the agenda is: am I a neural network or is the neural network me? (I mean, AI progresses and learns from live artists)
But if you have any questions for me, we can always discuss it.
Good luck, peace and quiet, everyone. This is not a time for cyberbullying for self-satisfaction.
First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for your constant support. However, I must confess that I am feeling quite exhausted right now. Due to recent tragic events in my life, I am experiencing increased emotional vulnerability. This is not an attempt to gain sympathy or any other kind of attention, but rather an attempt to explain my sudden decision to start journaling.
Either way, I'm tired. Being an artist in today's world can be challenging, as many people find it difficult to compete with artificial intelligence (AI). While neural networks are learning from artists, various art platforms are also joining the fight against AI by banning publications and taking other measures. Some are even collaborating with AI, such as some companies in the gaming industry.
I am also deeply saddened by this, but I don't give up and keep striving to improve my skills. In some aspects I'm still under-experienced, but in others I'm already excelling. (Which has also led to one problem, more on that later). I've been painting for a considerable amount of time now, and art education is closely related to that. This is how I create almost all of my work, “from the general to the particular”, which eventually led to a dissonance I didn't expect - I was accused of using artificial intelligence. I would have moved past the aggressive behavior of the accuser, but it's a sore subject for me. I genuinely don't understand where or how my work resembles that of a neural network smeared on top, as he tells me. So already a friend is teasing me with “you drew badly - you got scolded, you're learning to draw - you got scolded, but you learned to draw - you're a neural network!”. But besides fun, it really stresses me out. I use processing of my own drawings and backgrounds to achieve a certain effect (vintage and so on), I put noise and so on. suddenly I'm poked that some stars are AI. Which is not hatin' for the sake of hatin'?
Me having to prove to a random person that I draw myself is absurd. But if I have to, I'm ready. Such is our modern world. But now for the first time I'm thinking about what to do with drawing videos, I don't know exactly how to do that, haha, I'll figure it out :) I also partially save processes and sketches of my works. And now the question on the agenda is: am I a neural network or is the neural network me? (I mean, AI progresses and learns from live artists)
But if you have any questions for me, we can always discuss it.
Good luck, peace and quiet, everyone. This is not a time for cyberbullying for self-satisfaction.
so yeah.
Your art is incredible and it is -very- clear to me that it is not AI generated. There are some artists I have seen here on furaffinity where I truly have to look close and decided if it has been AI generated. Understandably, as a fellow artist though not nearly as talented, I find the fact that this is something I have to question at times incredibly upsetting. Human creativity was not meant to be mimicked. It's an insult to our entire race to take such a special gift and twist into something that is mostly just used for profit and content that hurts real artists. It is a very scary time that we live in, which so much of what makes us human, can be recreated and presented in a heartbeat.
To be accused of such, must have been an awful feeling. I'm sorry. Although it is not my place to say, I hope you have reconsidered your friendship with that person who would "tease" you in such an emotionally harmful way, or at the very least, you were brave enough to put your foot down and tell them to knock that off and that it's really not funny.
I wish you better days soon, and hope that if any of this message sticks, it's that not everyone looks at your creations and simply assumes it is AI. Please don't let it hinder your drive to continue creating in the future, but also make sure to take care of yourself. It's okay to take breaks to process things like this. It's not some silly slight or something to be brushed under the rug and ignored.
I mean, it was very touching. I think you are a wonderful artist, you use bold colors in your work and know how to use them, it's admirable. As for me - I will reconsider some of the techniques I use in my work, like filters and applying textures to emphasize background details. Perhaps it's due to my lack of experience and knowledge of how to convey an idea through other methods x), but I've started to phase it out in recent works.
Besides, it's hard for me to take offense at this person (there were probably more people who had questions for me but were shy to ask them, unlike this one daredevil) because AI interference in the sphere of artists' creativity has become a worldwide problem, competing with artificial intelligence against the will bothers many artists.
Yes, you're absolutely right, I've been suffering from burnout for a while now and now I'm feeling frazzled, so I've decided to take more time to relax.
I also wish you the very best! Thank you very much for your support.
If you would ever like to chat a little more or even just to vent, I noticed you have both discord and telegram listed in your contacts on your day page. I could send a friend request to your preferred client, just let me know. Don't feel pressure to add me either, only a suggestion! I hope you have a wonderful day!!
And I bet this is your goal as well. To master your craft, even if your skill level is already really high in my opinion.
Sure, for a hobbyist like me it's easy to say when there is no money involved, but I think you will always find your customers because there will always be people out there caring for the craft. Some people tend to value stuff that is made with effort.
We as humans are living beings. We think, we feel, we hope and are afraid. We are conscious after all.
When we make art, we don't do it solely because it 'looks pretty' but because we have something to tell from one living being to another and this is what I value the most.
I don't think that all of this exploitation and injustice that comes with these generators will go on for all eternity. It has risen so absurdly fast that it is just a matter of time until it gets too close to the sun and falls like Icarus. At least this is what I guess. The evil may be mighty but it does not remain for eternity.