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I thought AI art was just a gimmick until my friend showed me her process
We were at a cafe in Austin and she pulled up her tablet to show me a piece she made with Midjourney and Photoshop. She said, 'It's not about typing a prompt and getting a final image. I generate 50-60 base images, then composite and paint over them for hours.' Seeing her use it as a starting point, not an end point, completely changed my view. It's a new kind of digital brush. Has anyone else had their mind changed by seeing how someone actually uses these tools in their real workflow?
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scott.miles4d ago
Honestly had the same take at first... thought it was just a cheap shortcut. Then I watched a guy in my online art group stream his work. He'd make these weird, broken AI generations on purpose, just to get a cool texture or a strange shape he liked. He'd then take that one little piece and paint a whole new scene around it in Procreate. It wasn't about the AI making the art. It was about him using it to find a spark he wouldn't have thought of on his own. Totally flipped a switch for me.
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Ever see a sculptor use a jackhammer to find the shape in the stone?
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