I’m old, so I can speak like a wizard, even tho I look more like a troll. But AI is just a tool. A hammer. A match. I liked what it helped me make, and that’s enough for me. You don’t have to like it. That’s your right. But you don’t have to understand it either. It isn’t yours. It’s mine. Like a child is mine. Not harsh. Just true.
It’s like painting a room. You choose the color. You imagine the light on the walls. You want the place to feel a certain way when you walk in at night. Maybe you use a brush. Maybe you use a sprayer and you’re done in forty five minutes instead of three long days. Someone can argue about the method all they want. But the room still glows the way you wanted it to. You’re the one who made the choice. The method doesn’t erase the vision. The room wouldn’t look like that without you.
Better yet. Take a piece of paper. Draw something. Anything. Stick figures. A bad joke. A strange idea. Play with it. Let it breathe. When you find something you like, hand it to a machine and say, make it sharper. Make it stranger. Make it look like anime or Lego blocks or something you’ve never seen before. Then you adjust it. You guide it. You stop when it finally feels right.
Ask yourself this. Did that thing exist before you imagined it? Before you nudged it into the world? Of course it didn’t.
The spark was yours. The shape was yours. The decision to stop was yours.
That makes you the creator. Yes, YOU. The talent isn’t in the tools, it’s in the idea.
Sit with that. Enjoy it. Let it warm ya. And let the rest of the noise burn itself out. I’m an artist and I can draw on my own and ai does very little to my stuff, but even if I couldn’t draw, I’d still be posting shit that I want to. Cuz that’s what I do. I’m a creator. Even if no one likes any of the things I create. :)
Maybe you use a brush. Maybe you use a sprayer and you’re done in forty five minutes instead of three long days.
Covering a room in one color of paint doesn’t include the same level of creative decision and input that creating comic strips does. In this case, the sprayer has so many bits of paint from all the past projects it’s seen that your walls end up a slightly muddled shade, which wouldn’t happen if you had hand-painted. Which is fine if that’s not a problem for you, but the guests will notice and may even point it out.
I’m an artist and I can draw on my own and ai does very little to my stuff, but even if I couldn’t draw, I’d still be posting shit that I want to.
If AI does very little to your stuff, why use it at all? Some of these comics have a major AI vibe, which does not make it feel like an original drawing. I’m just saying I’d love to see what they look like before you run them through, AI that’s all.
I feel like this discussion has strayed incredibly far from its origin. We’re clearly not going to see eye-to-eye on AI use. But I do wish you’ll look into the effects of those data centers, and perhaps you’ll start seeing what I’m saying.
My only real point on your comic is it’s incredibly confusing to criticise AI reliance while using AI. Or maybe I took the bait. Great username btw.
I’m old, so I can speak like a wizard, even tho I look more like a troll. But AI is just a tool. A hammer. A match. I liked what it helped me make, and that’s enough for me. You don’t have to like it. That’s your right. But you don’t have to understand it either. It isn’t yours. It’s mine. Like a child is mine. Not harsh. Just true.
It’s like painting a room. You choose the color. You imagine the light on the walls. You want the place to feel a certain way when you walk in at night. Maybe you use a brush. Maybe you use a sprayer and you’re done in forty five minutes instead of three long days. Someone can argue about the method all they want. But the room still glows the way you wanted it to. You’re the one who made the choice. The method doesn’t erase the vision. The room wouldn’t look like that without you.
Better yet. Take a piece of paper. Draw something. Anything. Stick figures. A bad joke. A strange idea. Play with it. Let it breathe. When you find something you like, hand it to a machine and say, make it sharper. Make it stranger. Make it look like anime or Lego blocks or something you’ve never seen before. Then you adjust it. You guide it. You stop when it finally feels right.
Ask yourself this. Did that thing exist before you imagined it? Before you nudged it into the world? Of course it didn’t.
The spark was yours. The shape was yours. The decision to stop was yours.
That makes you the creator. Yes, YOU. The talent isn’t in the tools, it’s in the idea.
Sit with that. Enjoy it. Let it warm ya. And let the rest of the noise burn itself out. I’m an artist and I can draw on my own and ai does very little to my stuff, but even if I couldn’t draw, I’d still be posting shit that I want to. Cuz that’s what I do. I’m a creator. Even if no one likes any of the things I create. :)
We’re all gonna make it, brah.
Covering a room in one color of paint doesn’t include the same level of creative decision and input that creating comic strips does. In this case, the sprayer has so many bits of paint from all the past projects it’s seen that your walls end up a slightly muddled shade, which wouldn’t happen if you had hand-painted. Which is fine if that’s not a problem for you, but the guests will notice and may even point it out.
If AI does very little to your stuff, why use it at all? Some of these comics have a major AI vibe, which does not make it feel like an original drawing. I’m just saying I’d love to see what they look like before you run them through, AI that’s all.
I feel like this discussion has strayed incredibly far from its origin. We’re clearly not going to see eye-to-eye on AI use. But I do wish you’ll look into the effects of those data centers, and perhaps you’ll start seeing what I’m saying.
My only real point on your comic is it’s incredibly confusing to criticise AI reliance while using AI. Or maybe I took the bait. Great username btw.
Because I want to. Because I get to. I am from the future. Maybe just not your future. :)