Janique says - "AI shouldn't be messing with this stuff because this is what us artists do."
Jules Pew says - "The AI art is based on images scraped from the internet, albeit a rather large database, but there could be some legal copyright ramifications that might be raised. Just because AI produced it, doesn't mean it's actually original. Anyone who relies on it, might find themselves in dangerous waters."
My father - a boxing coach - used to tell me - everyday ... "You've got to roll with the punches. And don't forget to 'stick and move.'
Which brings me to Ai, today's artist and the prior observations ...
as artists get over Ai's punch to one's solar plexus (otherwise known as a body shot) ... there are always loopholes and opportunities - to wit ~
yes - there could be copyright issues if one solely relies on Ai to generate images via 'prompts'... (text to img) - which scrape the net of other's images.
But Ai also has the ability to take one's original work and re-work that - right before your eyes... in seconds. (img to img)
As an example - let me share a Thomas Kincade story ~
Kincade painted many themes. The one theme that took off was his little country cottages. People just could not get enough of them.
Over time Kincade reached a point where he detested those little country cottages - because they really taxed his imagination.
Suppose you - like Kincade has found a theme that your buying list wants over and over.
Ai to the rescue. Now you can take your original - run it through innumerable permutations with Ai - and paint your way to the bank.
The point I'm making is - the graphic artist and or illustrator may find Ai invading their turf rather quickly.
But the fine artist - one who is committed to making and selling original work, building a clientele, and selling new pieces to past buyers -
may find that Ai is a god-send when it comes to churning out new ideas - based on past best-selling original work.
Many artists may chafe at the idea of re-working past work. However - if one has a head for business - and one wants to paint for a living -
rather than working a job to support one's painting - then Ai just might be a timely tool to churning out new twists on an old original idea.
like so ... one of my original auto paintings -
and re-worked ...
Best regards ~