Hot take: I think AI art actually made me a better traditional artist this week

I spent Tuesday and Wednesday generating like 40 images of a fantasy landscape in Midjourney, studying how it handled lighting and composition. Then I sat down with my watercolors and painted my own version based on what I learned from the AI outputs. Is anyone else using AI as a reference tool instead of just letting it do all the work?

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amy_craig2815d ago

40 images from an AI in TWO days is maybe overkill for some painting references.

wade25015d ago

Yeah but is 40 images really that big of a deal? @amy_craig28 , I get it might look like a lot but if you're painting a whole scene or trying to nail a specific lighting setup you could burn through those pretty quick. Idk, maybe it's just me but two days of generating a handful of references doesn't seem like overkill if you're actually using them for a project. I mean people spend way longer scrolling through Pinterest for the same thing.

the_christopher14d ago

honestly I used to think that was a lot too but you kinda changed my mind. if someone's actually working on a project and needs specific lighting or composition references 40 images over two days is nothing, that's like what I'd save off Pinterest in an hour.