Seeing Gen AI "art" all over the place and seeing the lame stupid ass Excuses people make for using it instead of picking up a pen or pencil and teaching themselves to draw is driving me nuts.

you do NOT need the most expensive art supplies to create real art , I drew this today with a $6 sketch book from Target and a Super cheap Bic Xtra Life pen , that come in pack of 10 for $1.60 at Target.

There are artists out there that thought themselves to draw using their feet and mouths due to various disabilities and birth defects and they didn't let their disabilities stop them from creating true art.

The only thing stopping you from being a true artist is Laziness.

I did not learn to draw the way I do over night , iv been drawing for most of my life and have thought myself almost everything I know, I started with cheap printer paper and a pack of 50 cent Crayons . and now I get paid to draw art for people of their amazing characters and ideas.

I started like most, with poorly done stick figure dinosaurs , and lots of broken anatomy , but I thought myself and learned, I used references from books and movies to teach myself how to draw particular Dinosaurs I wanted to draw.

Gen AI as it stands now is nothing but problematic , from the impact it has on the environment to the ungodly energy bill hikes going on for those forced to live next to the plants , to ALL gen AI being fully trained on Art, Images, Writing and creations by TRUE artists like myself. who have are work we have sometimes put HOURS to days into , only to get ZERO credit and ZERO compensation at all from it.

also consider the Gen AI has been used to create deep fake PORN of real people and used to remove clothing off of CHILDREN!

Gen AI is a broken problematic mess and needs proper regulations