Here you fucking go
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A few days ago I saw a comment say something like "what if I poured my heart and soul into the prompt to get the AI to generate exactly what I imagined in my head?"
To that I say: "None of that emotion will be translated by the AI. It would be more artistic for you to try your best and still make something that doesn't at all resemble what you imagined, because at least you actually put yourself into it, making it actually art and not just what amounts to a corporate logo."
I think this question sidesteps something even more fundamental. Pouring your heart and soul into describing a world through words is creative writing, and obviously has artistic merit in and of itself. Why is creative writing such an apparently unworthy art form, that all of that effort would be better off tossed into the trash, and replaced by a machine generation based upon it instead?
If you genuinely have the desire and capacity to write in depth about worlds, and things that happen within them, simply posting that writing would be wonderful. Visual mediums are not the end all be all of artistic expression, or human communication in general. I write comments and express my ideas through words all the time, and I appreciate when humans do the same for me in return.
Because in this case, they're writing a prompt. Prompts for AI aren't exactly creative writing. They're basically a series of keywords or tags. Figuring out which keywords work to get the thing to generate what you want isn't really creative, either.
Yeah that's totally fair. I was trying to steelman the position of the prompting being a labor of love through intensive writing, because I felt that granting this falls flat, and seemingly treats writing as unworthy compared to a purely generated visual interpretation. I entirely grant that in reality, a prompt is about as creative as placing an order in a restaurant.
does this count?
Yep!
Why do the pencils look fake?
They are actually fineliner pens.
I haven’t used this specific brand so can’t say how good these are. But there are plenty of brands that make similar products they are available in assorted colors and tip sizes.
I have the purple Stabilo point 88 in fine (middle one in picture) on my desk. Had it for a few years, hasn't dried up or gotten empty yet. I like how the pen writes, but in general, I am not a big fan of felt tipped pens.
Definitely a solid writing tool though.
When you put too much pressure on them the tip just splits. Happened to me plenty of times when I was in elementary school. I'd rather have a regular ballpoint pen tip.
That's easy to say when you can doodle that well, fuck I ain't even gonna try much less compete.
OP didn't come out the pussy drawing Mozart.
Dunno... doodles are too clean. Napkin is suspiciously clean as well = no coffee stains, no wrinkles, no bad poetry. Looks like AI to me, or at least Photoshop.
Please don't be this cooked... Not everything is AI...
If you zoom in you can see the feathering. I would sincerely doubt this was photoshopped.
Nah, look at how the ink blots up in random spots because it's on a napkin. Not only is AI not doing that, if it's photoshop, that is real talent
AI: Here! Scrape this one too. We'll make a soulless copy.
I drew this in roughly twenty minutes with a peice of scrap paper and a broken pen held together by a hair tie, I think it counts (im not very good at doodling)
im not very good at doodling
What you posted shows the opposite.
Thanccs :3
The "than" is not in the middle and I want to burn houses because of it.
Arranging text (especially calligraphy) by hand is so difficult (for me). Best I've come up with is writing it on separate sheet of paper then measuring it and laying it out, then hope you practiced enough that you do it the same on your work piece.
