When people no longer have clean water to drink (and that's already the case), I highly doubt they'll be happy to see "beautiful" illustrations created by AI.
It's already too late...
I draw by hand, I clean up my hand drawings, and I don't worry about being up to date.
This was so beautiful and thoughtful. I am an author not an illustrator but I did my PhD on comics in youth mental health arguing that it’s the wobbly vulnerability of the hand drawn line that makes comics the perfect medium for communicating crisis and care. But I also know if AI had existed I would never have got the job that led to the project and then led to me hiring other writers and illustrators because we had to fight hard to convince the scientists we worked for that the mess making of comics was a good investment. They highly valued creative people it’s just that they weren’t always aware what the value was. They thought we were translators as in a word for word translation of technical language into ‘youth speak’. But we embodied the message - we translated through our felt experience, through emergent processes, through listening. We were creating a third space of encounter, and the drawings were their own language. Anyway this is what this beautiful post made me think of.
Thank you for your perspective! And for making people aware that drawings made by humans are important and valuable. It sound like a really interesting PhD and I love the idea of creating a third space encounter through drawing, that's beautiful!
P.S. I think if Photoshop had an AI feature that allows me to create seamless patterns from my illustrations (without feeding artificial intelligence with my drawings) I would use it.I like to paint beautiful elements with watercolor, I don't even mind scanning and editing, but creating a pattern takes a lot of time and nerves.Despite the fact that I have knowledge on creating patterns (I took several courses when I was at university), the limitless possibilities and my perfectionism make my brain overheat from this process. 🙈
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Signe. I am an artist and illustrator who is trying to turn her hobby into a creative career. And it's sad to see how artificial intelligence replaces the artist. Just yesterday, I saw a large advertising banner created by AI in our local shopping mall in Helsinki. I can understand your feelings, I also think that in the worst case scenario, I will find a job in an office and will create art on my free time for myself. The process of creating art has the same value for me as the end result, and therefore it will always be a part of my life, even if I cannot make a living from it. As for the useful AI features that I can mention at the moment: I use ChatGPT to correct grammatical errors in my emails and blog posts for my website. I don't create the entire text using artificial intelligence, I write the text by myself, and then I'll ask artificial intelligence to check the grammar. I am not a native English speaker and often make grammatical mistakes, so I found this feature very useful for myself, otherwise I would have the courage to write a professional text in English.
Thank you for reading and sharing, Marina! Yeah, it’s really hard not to get discouraged when you see things like that, but I think you’re right, even if AI does take our jobs, it won’t take our joy of creating – and I like to think there will always be some people who still value human made art, no matter how much AI might take over. Using chatGPT to proofread is a good idea, I’ll give that a try! 🌷
When people no longer have clean water to drink (and that's already the case), I highly doubt they'll be happy to see "beautiful" illustrations created by AI.
It's already too late...
I draw by hand, I clean up my hand drawings, and I don't worry about being up to date.
Yeah, I hope you’re right. I draw by hand, too, and I could never see myself handing off that task to AI. Thanks for sharing your perspective!<3
This was so beautiful and thoughtful. I am an author not an illustrator but I did my PhD on comics in youth mental health arguing that it’s the wobbly vulnerability of the hand drawn line that makes comics the perfect medium for communicating crisis and care. But I also know if AI had existed I would never have got the job that led to the project and then led to me hiring other writers and illustrators because we had to fight hard to convince the scientists we worked for that the mess making of comics was a good investment. They highly valued creative people it’s just that they weren’t always aware what the value was. They thought we were translators as in a word for word translation of technical language into ‘youth speak’. But we embodied the message - we translated through our felt experience, through emergent processes, through listening. We were creating a third space of encounter, and the drawings were their own language. Anyway this is what this beautiful post made me think of.
Thank you for your perspective! And for making people aware that drawings made by humans are important and valuable. It sound like a really interesting PhD and I love the idea of creating a third space encounter through drawing, that's beautiful!
Beautifully put!
Thank you!!
P.S. I think if Photoshop had an AI feature that allows me to create seamless patterns from my illustrations (without feeding artificial intelligence with my drawings) I would use it.I like to paint beautiful elements with watercolor, I don't even mind scanning and editing, but creating a pattern takes a lot of time and nerves.Despite the fact that I have knowledge on creating patterns (I took several courses when I was at university), the limitless possibilities and my perfectionism make my brain overheat from this process. 🙈
Ooo that’s a good idea!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Signe. I am an artist and illustrator who is trying to turn her hobby into a creative career. And it's sad to see how artificial intelligence replaces the artist. Just yesterday, I saw a large advertising banner created by AI in our local shopping mall in Helsinki. I can understand your feelings, I also think that in the worst case scenario, I will find a job in an office and will create art on my free time for myself. The process of creating art has the same value for me as the end result, and therefore it will always be a part of my life, even if I cannot make a living from it. As for the useful AI features that I can mention at the moment: I use ChatGPT to correct grammatical errors in my emails and blog posts for my website. I don't create the entire text using artificial intelligence, I write the text by myself, and then I'll ask artificial intelligence to check the grammar. I am not a native English speaker and often make grammatical mistakes, so I found this feature very useful for myself, otherwise I would have the courage to write a professional text in English.
Thank you for reading and sharing, Marina! Yeah, it’s really hard not to get discouraged when you see things like that, but I think you’re right, even if AI does take our jobs, it won’t take our joy of creating – and I like to think there will always be some people who still value human made art, no matter how much AI might take over. Using chatGPT to proofread is a good idea, I’ll give that a try! 🌷
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