I mean I tend to enjoy your work but as someone who has a whole college degree in graphic design I *deeply* feel the downward spiral in creativity lately. Just try and keep your chin up and get some coffee ^_^

It's not been easy to pull myself out of the 'why do I even try' spiral some days x.x But hey, maybe I'll throw a few things up and see if it helps to at least break through the surface <3 And coffee, yes please XD

It's a lot of shoving through out of spite some days I admit XD As is the case with a lot of things these days - an ever-increasing amount of things in fact, one might say X3 Hope you enjoyed the coffee!~

AI will never have the soul and the heart, the blood, sweat, and tears that artwork from an actual person has. You can see and feel it immediately when you look at real art vs gen AI. Yes, it's making impacts on all creative endeavors, which sadly isn't being stopped until some big rich company throws a shit fit and legislation gets drawn up and passed, as it typically goes.

I can understand the lack of motivation due to gen AI and it's brain dead (and/or thieving) supporters. I felt like that for a moment, but I'm not going to let gen AI and its users beat me into the ground and destroy what I love to do and my means of expressing myself. Gen AI can get rekt. It'll never have the soul that people pour into their work or have any depth or meaning beyond stolen aesthetics.

While I don't consider AI to be art, I think it's useful only as a referencing tool. Art comes from the heart. After all, the word "heart" wouldn't be complete without art. AI is "art" that is not from a heart, and therefore it can't be considered art. Okay, that's bad logic, but you get the idea. :)