It's been a few years since I drew this. I still stand by it.

#MastoArt #HumanArt #CreativeToots

I don't repost this drawing as often as I'd like to because whenever I do, I attract insufferable bros.

If you are an insufferable bro arguing about AI images I will block you because I'm tired of your shit

Get it as bookmark:
https://doombloomart.com/products/support-human-artists-bookmark

I have it as a large print too (42x15cm) but unlisted because I haven't figured out how to ship prints of that size to anywhere except Germany lol

Support Human Artists! Bookmark

Hall of shame HAHAHA

Hall of shame no 2

Just for the record: act patronizing = get called a dickhead + blocked
and I don't care how it makes me look in the eyes of the patronizing dickhead

Unlike you, I have the guts to call my insults directly instead of hiding them behind polite-sounding words. You acted as if I, and most other artists, are stupid. You deserved the insult and it makes me look like the bitch I am, and I am ok with that.

@doombloomart gross, both infantilising you but also fake as fuck, like AI slop trying to learn to talk politely via the most passive aggressive Nice Guy subreddit.
@BigShellEvent It's so close to the "You're absolutely right!" tone because he agrees with me several times even though he was there to pitch his "ethical" alternative without really agreeing about anything of substance with me lol
@doombloomart for real like a call centre burnt out worker aiming to get fired. I almost feel sorry for him

@doombloomart lol, what a dipshit.

I wrote a tune with a I, vi, ii, V chord progression. I must have plagiarized it. 🙄

@doombloomart oh my god 🤦 they can't be serious…
@Larymir This is never a good faith argument, but a wannabe-gotcha. I've been vocal about this AI shit and heard this exact argument a million times, but the depth of the argument never goes beyond "HAHA your art also looks similar to something"
@doombloomart Get a load of that guy and his whataboutisms amirite 🤣🤣🤣

Since you all asked nicely: the large vertical prints are available - either as a physical print shipped by me with my stamp on, *or* as a digital file so you can print it yourself because shipping costs are poopoo and nobody wants to pay them (understandably)

Physical print:
https://doombloomart.com/products/no-ai-support-human-artists-nouveau-art-print

NO AI - Support Human Artists Nouveau Art Print, 2 colorways

NO AI - Digital Artwork for Print

@doombloomart Digital download? Hell yeah. Time to fire up the fan fold continuous feed dot matrix printer. :D
@bytex64 Omg dang please tell me that's not a joke and you actually have one of those things :D
@doombloomart This is the fediverse, we don’t joke about that here. 😆
@bytex64 Omg!! :D
Was it you who actually bought it? If so thank you and I would LOVE to see it printed out from this machine!
@doombloomart Yes, that was me. :) Gimme a sec, I’ve gotta figure out how to actually do it now. 😅
@bytex64 Dw I didn't want to pressure you <3
I'm just excited at the idea because it's so cool and I never operated a printer like that :D
@elithebearded Mastodon is the only corner of the internet where I get called young :')
@doombloomart Oh I’m excited, too.
@bytex64 THIS IS SO COOL AHHH! Thank you for showing this :D <3
@doombloomart Best $12 I’ve spent in a while. 😁
@bytex64 I love it! I love how it has the perfect format for fan fold paper :D
Thank you so much! Both for supporting me and for showing this print!
@doombloomart Glad to do both. :)
@bytex64 @doombloomart that sound is pure nostalgia.
@bytex64 @doombloomart is there a vector version for pen plotting?
@th Unfortunately the artwork isn't very vector friendly or at least not made with that in mind, featuring textures and all. I suppose you could posterize&vectorize it for this purpose but I don't know if the quality would be good. I can see later if the lineart alone can be autotraced half-decently though!

@doombloomart If you ever figure it out, I'd love to buy one! Or two.

Your artwork is beautiful. <3

@EdCates Thank you for your interest! I think i could roll it but I'll have to test it because i don't know if the paper likes being rolled  I will try it when it's not 1am

@doombloomart I have gotten lots of art on paper of various weights shipped in rolled up tubes. As long as I don't inflict any damage myself, the worst it's ever needed was some time to flatten back out. Definitely worth checking out!

But you're right, not at 1:00 am. That is no time for paper rolling experiments.

@EdCates Heya! I have listed the prints now, after confirming that they can be rolled up without getting messed up!
In case you're interested. I've offered the option to actually get it shipped from me or to get the digital version to print it from a local printer to avoid the hassle.

Print
https://doombloomart.com/products/no-ai-support-human-artists-nouveau-art-print

Digital
https://doombloomart.com/products/no-ai-digital-artwork-for-print

NO AI - Support Human Artists Nouveau Art Print, 2 colorways

@doombloomart I’d buy two, but… I have noone I could gift the other to, I fear all the people around me IRL don’t deserve it as they’re insufficiently staying-off-the-slop-theft-machine 😿
@doombloomart Thank you for drawing out the fuckwits so I can block them without the displeasure of interacting with them. 

@doombloomart

Here's a project I am working to bring to life. I think you will find it relevant.

https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-web#malcolm

Visions for a New Web

( Web De-enshittification, Ethical AI, Worker-owned Co-Ops & Wealth Redistribution ) Table of Contents Introduction Identities — t...

The Moving Finger

@purrperl Hi there! I think it's admirable that you're trying to build an alternative that addresses some of the known ethical problems with current models.

That being said, your post is pretty brief and I don't know what the goal is and who this is for, other than addressing the named issues on a technical level. I personally don't see a use for LLMs for anything but pure language problems, and for art specifrically, tools that don't aim to put out a "result" are 20000% more useful to me.

@purrperl What I'm trying to say is that the AI assistance for me as a visual artist anything of the kind (text|img) -> finished img because even if properly licensed and compensated, it's still cutting most of me out of the process. I don't want that and I'm sure many writers, musicians etc see it the same way.

On the other hand there are ML-driven tools such as: "scan the body/hand pose from an image and apply to a low poly 3D model for rough reference" which I find immensely helpful.

@doombloomart

I thoroughly agree with that, as I also enjoy the simple pleasure of applying pencil/pen/brush to paper and letting the imagination drive the exploration. That's quintessential to art.

However, as someone who has been programming computers since the early 1980s, I find LLMs immensely useful in programming, where the goal is more utilitarian than aesthetic. There is quantifiable "progress". LLMs let me get done in 1 day, what would normally take me 2 months of manual coding.

1/2

@doombloomart

Also, consider that till cameras were invented, all visual images had to be recorded by hand. Perhaps artists at the time of that invention were appalled at this witchcraft that cut them out of the process. Yet, today photography is an art form, parallel to painting. Nothing was lost, and something beautiful was gained.

I experimented with AI generated visual art a few years ago, and realized that in the age of AI, aesthetic standards themselves are changing.

2/n

@doombloomart

If one is using AI to generate "pretty" images that would have taken a conventional artist decades of diligence to master, that's not really art anymore. That's now taken for granted.

One has to use AI, and its powers, not to mimic past masters, but to imaginatively push the envelope and take art to the next level. Who knows what aesthetic dimension this new artistic tool will open to us? In a few decades, there might be a new art form, to parallel photography.

3/n

@doombloomart

So while AI has left a bad initial taste in people's mouths, let's rinse off that bitterness, and be open to possibilities. After dating a bad guy, one should not quit dating altogether. Let's give the good guys, and the ethical AIs, a chance.

Just getting this new technology ecosystem off the ground, and I am personally thrilled about the possibilities. Wait and see. Maybe they will win over the current wave of artists, disgruntled about AI generated images.

😉

4/4

@purrperl Sorry, but pretending that artists are merely disgruntled and "not open" makes you sound like a dickhead.

Artists were interested in AI imagery before they became mainstream, myself included. We thought it was cool when it was still trippy, weird, clearly different from most human's art. We spent afternoons showing each other pur Wombo Art generations. We were open, until we learned about 1. how it worked 2. how it's being used to harm us

@purrperl You can compare it to the camera, sure, but the only thing they have in common is that they generate an image at the "press of a button", but ignore the fact that photography consists of physically going somewhere, setting the scene up, waiting for the perfect moment, editing, yada yada.

I would compare it more to something like Spotify. It does attribute and compensate, yet when you ask musicians, each and every one will say it's the worst thing that ever happened to the industry.

@purrperl I also reject the narrative of "new aesthetic dimensions". It's something that is easy to say, just like how i can say that I want an eierlegende Wollmilchsau (egg-laying wool-milk-chicken as we Germans say), but what does it actually *mean* and do we really want it?

How does AI *not* mimic the past masters given how it works, especially when you claim to use public domain and consent only?

@purrperl Also i absolutely would not be thrilled to get a PR from you where you coded in one day what would take you two months.

I do agree that these systems are better in coding than in creative endeavors but I also dislike framing coding as purely utilitarian. It is still a craft that people enjoy doing, where they're happy to find an elegant solution to a problem, utilitarian or not. To me LLMs are only "good" at coding because the vast amount of software we build are slop anyways.

@doombloomart @purrperl Exactly!There is a perfect fitting video on that exact topic by "Ultralativ" on YT.

Recalling that, they argued that photography (and image editing) is one of many tools in the hands of a creative agent, whereas AI image generation takes the creative decision process (agent) out of the process.
Definetely worth a watch (in german though).

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUuwvJfQfIk

Künstliche Intelligenz: Für euch reicht’s

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@chrizzly_astrocg I love Ultralativ, always have and when i saw this video being posted a while back, I just knew it was fire
@doombloomart they truly are the definition of quality over quantity :D

@doombloomart

Well, I have not used any derogatory language towards you. So this unprovoked comment makes you look like...I don't know.

Besides, what do you have against dickheads? You literally spurted out of one. 😂

I am in the same boat as you. Did my share of experimentation with AI art.

https://deepdreamgenerator.com/u/ownlifeful

Let's not shit so close to where we eat, eh, matey? 😃

AI Art by Ashwin Dixit (@ownlifeful) | Deep Dream Generator

Check out the latest, best and most liked AI art by Ashwin Dixit on Deep Dream Generator (DDG)

@purrperl @doombloomart

Well, it wasn't meant as an insult, but rather as a reflection of how your behavior comes across to others.

I hate dickheads and don't understand what's the point you're trying to make. And it seems rather far fetched that the sperm that fertilized the egg cell someone grew from was somehow that person?

Your AI art looks interesting, but I still am free to keep my distance from it and express my disliking of AI art.

And where I shit is none of your business.

@purrperl @doombloomart I have nothing substantial to say but that I disagree.
There's no "ethical AI" and I am personally not at all thrilled about anything that comes out of AI (specifically LLMs and the likes).
Be free to use it however you want, but don't expect me or others to follow along.
@doombloomart this is gorgeous! Lovely work, thanks for reposting it ❤️