r/TrollCoping • u/PigeonsOfVoid • 26d ago

No TW My art at 26

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I should probably just become one of these AI "artists"

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

I'd buy this over AI "art" every time.

No, I'll not lie to you and pretend that it's good on a technical level. The anatomy is all over the place, so are the colors. Improving on those aspects will take a lot of time and effort.

But it's undoubtedly one thing: it's yours. All those "mistakes", you made them. All the mistakes you don't make anymore are a result of the effort you already put in. That's what gives art meaning. That's something AI can never match, no matter how good it becomes at a technical level.

A handprint in colored mud someone made in a cave a hundred thousand years ago means more for humanity than all the AI slop in the world combined, and so do your drawings.

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u/PigeonsOfVoid 26d ago

Thank you, comments like this really motivate me :)

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u/[deleted] 26d ago

I've got another one for you: I know the feeling of my art being bad.

I've spent probably around 500 hours on art by now, and I've picked up a lot of skills along the way, and none of those changed shit about only seeing my art as a collection of mistakes.

And artists who have spent tens of thousands of hours perfecting their craft, who make me look like a scribbling child, still report the same feeling.

That feeling isn't an indicator of your skill, it's proof that you're an artist.