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[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I'd say it's not end stage but instead a new dawn of "pure" capitalism which is probably worse.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Typographers saw the same thing with personal computing in the latter half of the 90s. Almost over night, everyone starting printing their own documentation and comic sans became their canary in the coal mine. It was progress but progress is rarely good for everyone. There's always a give and a take.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Can someone update me wtf all this Nicole stuff is about?

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's a fun dynamic y'all got then but it does make me curious why your bf doesn't game with you. Did he grow up with a gamer dad and think games aren't cool? 😎

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

This just brought back so many memories, thanks.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you got DID. Dissociative identity disorder. I'm not shrink and this is just a random commenter that doesn't know you so take that with a grain of salt.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)

My eye doctor murdered his boss's wife and waited on the couch beside her corpse for him to get home. He got beaten the shit out of before he could kill his boss and the cops arrested him shortly after the beating.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This isn't the case. Midjourney doesn't receive any VC money since it has no investors and this ignores genned imagery made locally off your own rig.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This series started as an [adultswim] short called Scavengers. "Reign" was added afterward to make it distinct from what was effectively the pilot, which had a more minimalist approach but featured the same themes that were featured throughout the series.

Loved both. Definitely recommend the Scavengers pilot AFTER the main series Scavengers Reign though.

[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hahahahhahahaa okay just seeing this now after being Mia for a while on Lemmy. This make me so happy. Don't care if it's a downvotes that's awesome.

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[–] gnarly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That's not how it works or ever will work.

 
 

Thanks for checking out my stuff. More comics at Gnarlycomics.com

 

Thanks for checking out my stuff. More comics at Gnarlycomics.com

 

Got more comics up here. Thanks for checking out my stuff. Take care!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by gnarly@lemmy.world to c/imageai@sh.itjust.works
 

I am a former VFX artist for a few [adultswim] shows who's been using AI since Thanksgiving '21 and Midjourney since the beta release as well as open source alternatives like Stable Diffusion. You can read the comic in full here: https://www.victorgnarly.com/stories/project-four-l3zw3-sl66r

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by gnarly@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.ml
 

I'm a former VFX artist for Robot Chicken and a few other [adultswim] shows. These are a few of my initial thoughts on AI imagery after 1 year in the can. Excuse my vtubers model, as I'm not fully condemning AI I've had to hide my identity a bit after some nasty was thrown my way online. Won't stop me from making content though. Take care!

 

Hi! I am a former VFX artist for a few [adultswim] shows who has been using generative imagery for about a year now. My take is very nuanced without a cheering endorsement or condemnation of Ai imagery. If anyone has questions or comments, please post them below. Thanks for watching.

 

Now before y'all throw pitchforks at me for a number of simplifications I made here, I did so with intent so let me break them down real quick.

  1. Threads is not yet federated. The whole discussion of should or shouldn't we federate with the zucks is not the subject of this piece. Rather, it's that many of us came to Lemmy to escape much of what is on commercial social media in the first place. I found this post ironic in that sense which is why I made it.

  2. Digital pollution is a catch all for data pollution, generative spam, devaluation of digital media, link rot, algorithmic monotony and climate change caused by mining + generative tech. I really didn't want to get into the nitty gritty of the internet's zombification with this comic so that's the phrase I went with.

  3. Antithetical is a bit extreme of a statement but I do not believe that you can have artificial scarcity if generative tech exists. There will inevitably be a few cryptobros that really hate this take but oh well.

  4. I am unapologetic about my use of Ai because most of my comics are about Ai's impact on entertainment. Although I am relatively sure this crowd isn't as offended as the art communities, I had a career in Hollywood VFX before my current job as a creative consultant. And I'm old enough that Ai feels like deja vu to the emergence of digital art and then 3D which ended my first career in stopmotion effects. In short, been there done that!

Thanks for reading. More of my stuff is available at GnarlyComics.com

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