I've been thinking about Tiny Balancing Sheep (TBS) & how my liking for them highlights one of the things I dislike about AI art (bear with me here).
I was on the lookout for an opportunity to snap myself a TBS this week. I failed (I will persevere).
But I could MAKE one really easily. I have loads of suitable photos & am a dab hand at editing.
But it would be lacking ALL the joy of finding a TBS & that's where all the value of the photo lies. It's the process.
1 /n
Obviously someone editing photos to make them into something else is different to creating an image with prompts to an AI & is a thing I am quite happy with generally. There is a human process there. But there would be no point in replicating a TBS by editing. You miss the experience at its core. A TBS by any means other than finding one in the wild is not really a TBS.
2 /n
Anyhow, appreciate I'm preaching to the converted here, but I just wanted to make the point that AI art isn't art via the medium of Tiny Balancing Sheep.
As you were.
3 /n
eclectech
Swader