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01: A girl labeled ‘Artists’ is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says “We don’t really wanna MAKE A.I. art.”
02: A guy labeled ‘Art Enjoyers’ holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says “We don’t really wanna SEE A.I. art.”
03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says “Um … I-Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask?” She is labeled ‘Shareholders’.
04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. ‘Artist Enjoyers’ Guy is now in front of her yelling “AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!” while ‘Artists’ Girl is in front of her yelling “WE’RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!”
Turns out, I’ve been producing paintings for around 3 years and digital art for around 2 years, and I’ve gotta say, it’s rarely about getting the product out there, it’s the journey, the iterations you make, the the inspiration you have, the feedback you get, the materials/programs you use, etc.
If you’ve ever created artistic pieces for more than just the small amount of paintings you’d produce in primary and high school, you’d realise that actually finishing the piece is only an implied goal, not an “i need to get this done by tomorrow or else my boss will fire me” situation.
Oh yes. From the artists perspective a piece is rarely finished. There always seems more to add or change. I very much respect artists who can create minimal pieces that still seem finished.
Using AI within these iterations does not seem to be cheating to me, but many people in this thread seem to disagree.
But from a viewer perspective they can only imagine the work that has gone into a piece. The end result is usually all they have.