Discussion on AI and Creative Freedom

Why are you making AI slop?

Slop?

Who the hell said I'm making slop?

My friends think you are using AI just because it's easier.

Come here, boy, when I talk to you.

Straighten up, goddammit.

I asked you a question. Did you paint in the lighting by hand on

your last

project, or did you simulate it in Blender?

Blender.

Exactly.

And that's easier, right?

Answer me when I talk to you. That's easier, right?

Yeah.

Remember when I started with drawing, then made the jump to photography?

Yes, sir.

Then video?

Yes, sir.

Then 3D?

Yes, sir.

Then VFX?

Yes, sir.

Why you think that is?

'Cause it's easier?

Hell no, not because it's easier. Why do you think that is?

'Cause you are lazy?

Lazy?

I've literally spent nine hours straight painting skin pores on a single image

just for the hell of it, and you think I'm lazy?

You're about the biggest fool I ever saw. It's because it's fun.

I'm not claiming that's art. I'm claiming it's fun.

I've spent the last ten years chasing creative freedom, sick of wasting my

energy on other people's projects just for a paycheck, craving the space to

make something truly creative. And guess what?

That was never gonna happen in that industry, so I walked away.

And now that I'm having fun without stressing over some fucking portfolio to

impress another rich idiot, people call it slop just because it's not

industry standard. You know what? Fuck industry standards.

Every technique I picked up was just about giving myself more ways to

express myself. I didn't get into this to, to meet anyone else's

standards. People wanna call it slop? So what? I don't give a fuck.

I'll slap a cowboy hat on you if I feel like it.

Everyone's terrified, convinced the studios don't need artists

anymore.

It's the artist who doesn't need the studio.

You understand what I'm saying?

Yes, sir.

Then get the hell out of my face and go learn ComfyUI from Neko

Depikador.