/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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>ridiculous to believe the status quo will be artists posting their stuff on social media that endlessly gets spammed with AI
I think in the 'near' future you won't know if people are using AI or not. It's not that obvious shitty AI "art" will be spammed, but that artists will succumb to pressure & use AI as a "tool" bc it'll be much more efficient. I don't even think AI will continue to be stigmatized as it is now but hopefully I'm wrong. Even if it continues to be stigmatized, I don't see why someone couldn't say "yeah I drew this soulful art & didn't use AI" even though they actually prompted it in a specific "soulful" style. Maybe they even made a few edits by hand but reality is they needed very little skill in fundamentals to produce that art. Maybe it's not rational for me to think this, but this is tragic.
I don't think AI usage will be glaringly obvious forever & soulful styles will prob become easier to achieve using AI. AI will be a "tool" & art will be infused with AI instead of being "AI spam".

>my suggestion is to do what you like if you enjoy it
It seems this is the only answer. I'm ok with this. I said in OP that I don't like drawing all the time bc it's hard. At the same time, I enjoy creating things & though it can be painful, I still enjoy drawing in the end. I hope drawing by hand instead of prompting will continue to give better results. My fear is one day AI will not only be more efficient but will also give better results than most people can draw. Since I like creating things & getting results more than I like the actual process, I'm afraid begs like me will take all the shortcuts possible, skip having to study fundamentals & use AI to completely skip construction & rendering phases. As said before, I feel this is tragic. I want to develop skill. Yet at the back of my mind I'm wondering if developing skill is a waste of time since in my lifetime we'll be able to skip construction & rendering phases of drawing/painting completely