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- Jul 13, 2022
i don't use it a lot, personally — there are times where i struggle to find faceclaims who suit the concept i want, especially if it's in an artstyle that's not particularly easy to find. in that case, it's easier to use AI art.
i see a lot of people complain that using art you find on pinterest or whatever is stealing art/harmful to the artist, especially if you can't find the artist to credit them. because of this, a lot of people i know have started using AI art instead, which is often a subject of backlash as well, and people will say "instead of doing this, learn to draw or commission actual artists for your character references" ...no?
i can draw, and i have drawn my own references before, but sometimes it's not plausible or i just don't feel like it. even if you do know how to draw, it's just so much work, and not everyone wants to or can put money into a simple hobby like roleplaying, art commissions can be expensive as hell — not that they shouldn't be, art is a lot of work, but you expect people to drop 70, 80, 100 bucks on a character reference that they might not even get to use...? pfff, be real. i support AI art over just taking references from someone's twitter or instagram or pinterest and not crediting them, cause how many of you actually do that? i see "credit to the artist" more than any actual credits... lol... that helps so much.
as for the uncanny valley aspect, i think it kind of depends on the prompts, style and generator you use. i've generated a few images myself, some as character references and some just for fun, and very few of them gave me that impression— this, this, this, this.
these two are probably the closest i got to "uncanny valley" in my opinion, but also, they were supposed to have a kind of creepy aura to them, it was intended, especially for the pink-haired girl! i think AI art is as good as you make it.
but this is really the only case where i don't mind the usage of AI art... it definitely shouldn't be passed off as your own, i don't think it should be for more than personal use, i definitely definitely definitely don't think it should be used in professional art-based settings.
anyway, i'm yammerin. i think if you're not going to use your own art, credit the artist always, but if you want to use AI art, i think that's okay.
i see a lot of people complain that using art you find on pinterest or whatever is stealing art/harmful to the artist, especially if you can't find the artist to credit them. because of this, a lot of people i know have started using AI art instead, which is often a subject of backlash as well, and people will say "instead of doing this, learn to draw or commission actual artists for your character references" ...no?
i can draw, and i have drawn my own references before, but sometimes it's not plausible or i just don't feel like it. even if you do know how to draw, it's just so much work, and not everyone wants to or can put money into a simple hobby like roleplaying, art commissions can be expensive as hell — not that they shouldn't be, art is a lot of work, but you expect people to drop 70, 80, 100 bucks on a character reference that they might not even get to use...? pfff, be real. i support AI art over just taking references from someone's twitter or instagram or pinterest and not crediting them, cause how many of you actually do that? i see "credit to the artist" more than any actual credits... lol... that helps so much.
as for the uncanny valley aspect, i think it kind of depends on the prompts, style and generator you use. i've generated a few images myself, some as character references and some just for fun, and very few of them gave me that impression— this, this, this, this.
these two are probably the closest i got to "uncanny valley" in my opinion, but also, they were supposed to have a kind of creepy aura to them, it was intended, especially for the pink-haired girl! i think AI art is as good as you make it.
but this is really the only case where i don't mind the usage of AI art... it definitely shouldn't be passed off as your own, i don't think it should be for more than personal use, i definitely definitely definitely don't think it should be used in professional art-based settings.
anyway, i'm yammerin. i think if you're not going to use your own art, credit the artist always, but if you want to use AI art, i think that's okay.
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