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Netherzapdos1 year ago

I'll always prefer human-made art over AI-generated because human art has stories behind them. Behind a human-made art piece is someone who gave their effort to it, whether it be a long time veteran or someone who's still learning the ropes. As someone myself who just became a pixel artist last year, I know very well the journey it took to get me here. So when it comes to games, I'll always appreciate devs who either make their own art or procure an artist - especially in this time when AI-generated art is becoming prevalent, human-made art feels much more special compared to when AI generation was non-existent.

However, you do have a valid point in that AI allows you to produce highly detailed art pieces, and the convenience it offers with just a few word prompts. I've used AI myself to produce references when I'm having a hard time visualizing scenes. Though another issue with AI currently is the 'ethical' aspects of it which most people don't agree with, but that's another topic. 

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redonihunter1 year ago

I assume you prefer something like this: pixel art > drawn on paper > drawn on a tablet > made in photoshop > custom made with 3d modelling > 3d engine screenshots > photos > made with ai > stock assets

Oh, and common misconception, ai art is still made by humans, they just use very advanced tools and most importantly, different skill sets. It is not unlike a DJ "making music" with combining samples or just having a playlist, in contrast to an accoustic guitar singer songwriter.

I tried using an AI out of curiosity. I lack the skill for that. I might make a single picture, but re-using a character is already beyond my ability. Doing a random background would be rather easy with it. And maybe, if I put much effort in it, and were an artist, I could train the system to use my own drawings to apply to poses or something like that.

Did you notice, that the guy in the picture has two ears on the left side of his head? ;-)

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mrmop441 year ago

My preference is pixel art, I love pixel art but I am no good at it and getting AI to generate pixel it is a complete none starter for me. 

I agree, AI models are trained on images created by humans so they are in effect imitating thousands of different artists which is why you can end up with images with two ears, actually I think its meant to be some kind of elf ear but just doesn't look good. This is another thing, I regenerated that image yesterday using the same parameters and its changed, the original has a normal human ear. I think its because the software itself has changed over the last few months.

I think there will be jobs for humans that are specifically involved in generating AI content because its so difficult to use, especially if you are anyone artists trying to generate art content.

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Netherzapdos1 year ago(+1)

I agree with that, AI isn't a 1:1 copy of someone else's work, it's definitely an 'inspiration' of a reference, much like how majority of artists always get inspiration either from references or other people's work. Sometime down the road an artist will always be inspired by something and they make a version of it, and AI generation is the very definition of that, just at a very extreme level. 

I don't see any issues with someone using AI as the backbone of their assets, if it's what's helpful to them then the better. From what I've observed what makes AI-assisted development hard to implement is the potential backlash coming your way. You'll get so many people bashing you for using "stolen" content and not so naturally-looking details.

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redonihunter1 year ago(+1)

Very true. Even for things that are not really "AI". Or there is no backlash for things that are AI, but are not called that way. To my knowledge, there are filler filters and tools in photoshop that are AI.

Also you could train some AI with your own samples. Or the AI could be trained with "ethical" obtained material. I think the hate stems from the fact that now AI do things previously thought to be a human only task. But much of "art" is just manual skill and imitation with random inspiration. The current main argument against AI with the copyright and "stealing" will fall apart one way or another. At the latest, when they create AI that genereates Art procedurally and not with a database of things to imitate - some of those are so bad, that you can have signatures of the imitated artists surface.

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