#Not bestiary

[chaoskirin]

What AI Art is NOT

I keep seeing people refuting points from REAL ACTUAL ARTISTS using these talking points. So here’s a sort of FAQ of what I’ve seen.

Q: Isn’t AI Art is just a tool?

A: Tools include grids, perspective lines, rulers, apps like Sketch Up which place assets that are pre-designed and cannot be altered, et cetera. Tools are NOT: apps that draw the whole picture for you. If AI datasets were tools, then artists would also be tools. Artists aren’t tools. 

Q: AI Art isn’t stealing art. It’s just like a collage. 

A: I really want you to think about what a collage is versus the kind of art an AI dataset spits out. Are those things the same? Collages are derivative and generally fall under parody law, so long as the person creating them isn’t taking credit for the parts of the collage they didn’t photograph or draw. You cannot sell a collage of other peoples’ work without express written permission from those people. The elements of a collage are each separate and identifiable as such.

AI art is not a collage. The elements of an AI art piece are not separate and identifiable. They are combined into one single piece, where each piece cannot specifically be traced. AI art does not fit the definition of a derivative or parody work. 

Q: If someone puts their art on the internet, it’s fair game. 

A: Copyright law specifically disagrees with you on this point. 

Q: If it’s not a collage and one can’t see the pieces of the art, doesn’t that make it an original work, and therefore, it’s not theft? 

A: AI isn’t generating a new image. It’s taking pieces from many originals and “claiming” to make a new original piece. However, AI cannot generate these things without knowing what they are (IE skimming tags and allowing users to tell the AI what’s in the picture) Without the input of original artists, an AI would not be able to create anything, which is why most datasets include millions of pieces of art “scraped” (AKA stolen) from the internet. Currently, these pieces AI makes are being sold, and the owners of the datasets are charging for their use. This means that people who did not actually create the art are being paid, whereas the original artists are not. 

Q: AI art can’t replace real artists. You’re fearmongering. 

A: AI art has already replaced real artists. Shortly after Kim Jung Ji died, someone fed all his artwork into a dataset and “created” several new pieces that were almost identical to his style. Cosmopolitan magazine released a cover “drawn” by an AI and blatantly stated on the cover “and it only took 20 seconds to make.” A magazine article in The Atlantic used AI art to generate a photo of Alex Jones surrounded by papers. Someone submitted AI generated art to an art contest and won. Several anecdotal stories (not verified, but reliable) on Twitter state that small companies have fired their graphic designers or cut their work force. Commissioned artists have reported dropping sales numbers. 

Corporations (and most people) will ALWAYS favor a cheaper option. If it’s good enough, it’s usable. The Cosmo magazine cover and the article header image were TERRIBLE, and they still went to print. Everyone should know by now that corporations will ALWAYS screw people over when they’re able to. If AI art becomes acceptable and commonplace, in-house artists will be replaced. This isn’t theoretical. It is already happening. 

Q: It’s going to happen anyway. You can either embrace it or reject it. (Yes, this is real. Someone actually said this to me.) 

A: Yes... Exactly. I’m rejecting it. Without laws to protect artists, I will fight AI art whenever and wherever I can. It might be fun and convenient for you, a non-artist, but it is terrifying and heartbreaking for artists. Websites like Deviantart and Clip Studio Paint who said “well it’s going to happen anyway” should have been the first line of defense against the creep of AI art, but they failed. It can only take over if people let it. Stop letting it.

#AI art #not bestiary

[chaoskirin2]

Arin loses at monopoly.

(I might color this one)

#game grumps #arin hanson #dan avidan #jacksepticeye #sean mcloughlin #ck's art #ck's fanart #not bestiary

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Helmingham herbal and bestiary.

Place oforigin/Published: Helmingham, Suffolk

Date: ca. 1500

#history #museum #archeology #16th century #bestiary #book #manuscript #Suffolk #ca. 1500

[tokyozilla]

Junjur kite - Bestiary log piece

close up shot more info on them are available on my patreon :3

#tokyozilla #art #digital art #character art #artists on tumblr #creature art #creature design #bestiary

[vcreatures]

A two for one post today.

Dragon posts for Smaugust.

The Maple Leaf Drake is a small to medium sized woodland dragon that populates temperate forests across the globe. Their unique body morphology allows them to hide, almost seamlessly, amongst vast maple forests. This physiological adaptation also extends to seasonal color changes throughout the year. They will live their lives hidden amongst the leaves, using their long proboscis bill to pierce through the bark of Maple Trees to extract the sweet sap, which makes up the majority of it’s diet. 

Incredibly skittish, the Fearful Precious Red Coral Drake lives it’s life hidden amongst Red Coral. It’s long proboscis-like mouth snatching up small unsuspecting pray. 

#concept art #creature design #fantasy art #creature concept #concept design #monster #creature #dragons #speculative evolution #sea monster #sea dragon #maple tree #forest spirit #fantasy illustration #bestiary #forest dragon #dragon concept art #smaugust #smaugust 2023

[elancholia]

The "shrimp colors" meme is part of a long and storied tradition of attributing wonderfully poetic, metaphorically rich, and completely spurious properties to animals and plants. Irises grow from lightning-struck ground, the pelican revives her chicks by drawing blood from her breast with her beak, weasels conceive through the mouth and give birth through the ear canal, the eagle flies up to the sun to burn old age from his eyes, and mantis shrimp see colors we cannot imagine.

It's the kind of thing that fills medieval bestiaries, folk medical traditions, and the writings of Pliny the Elder.

#the weasel and eagle examples are also from the Aberdeen Bestiary #history #meta stuff

[sanctus-ingenium]

Collectable woodblock prints commemorating individual conquests were commonplace in the theocracy, distributed by the church as a way to announce its victories.

get a print here :>

#setting: mez #just wanted to draw something mindless & fun tonight. what's up #medieval bestiary art #fantasy worldbuilding #pantera got the final blow in with aid from the other pictured beests

[fleshwizard]

#i gave the original to my cousin for christmas !! #i kept it b&w i was afraid that the different colors wouldnt match together #illustration #monster #bestiary #creature design #Supernatural in Scotland #Scotland #folklore #Europe

[rayetherna]

And this, my friends, is a fractal horse, which was inspired by a glitch in a 3D model of a friend’s horse OC XDD The portrait “sprouted” multiple snouts and I just had to take the idea and run off with it to “brew” more monsters.

#monster #horse #multiple eyes #multiple faces #fractals #bestiary

[chimeride]

Éphéméride des Chimères, fourth Aqva.

#Éphéméride des Chimères #chimeride #compendium #aqva 4 #bestiary #monster #chimera #creature design #ink

[chaoskirin]

This is piece #1 I did for the Dan Avidan zine! I like doing these felt textures. <3

#game grumps #dan avidan #stegosaurus #dinosaur #ck's art #ck's fanart #not bestiary

[chaoskirin2]

Box your heart out, video game boy.

#game grumps #arin hanson #ck's art #ck's fanart #not bestiary

[the-hex-project]

#BAD455

#hex project #bestiary #digital art #character design #creature #green #bad455 #summoned AND adopted!!! by borderlineinsanity413 #certificate: loading #thank you so much for summoning this beautiful creature and giving them a home outside the project! #summoned

[staff]

tumblr tuesday: prancing ponies

We do love ourselves a good bit of equine-related fun on this here platform. (Context for the new folks—check out horse plinko or the unlikely hero Rich Strike). So it comes as absolutely no surprise, and with a barrow-load of delight, that we have our very own horse derby, courtesy of @aikaikaik. It's also #Junicorn, baby! And there's a lot of good unicorn art out there right now. 

Today, we honor the noble steeds and silly little trotters: a Tuesday for the ponies!

@artofmaquenda:

@theonlyturtleinexistence:

@swollenbabyfat:

@ferrymangraveyard:

@teacupchimera:

@nwmo:

@ormspryde:

@sketch-shepherd-art:

@spunchthegoblin:

#tumblr tuesday #prancing ponies #in case anyone was wondering #THE END OF ALL THINGS is the only correct choice for the derby #i will not be taking questions at this time #lgbtqia+ artists #june on tumblr #june is a month #junicorn #horseblr #bestiary #mythical creatures

[vcreatures]

Mimicry is a common evolutionary path for many “magical fauna”, including drakes. While many of the larger more impressive dragons have evolved outside of this, smaller drakes took to mimicry in vast numbers. From mimicking plants to insects mimicry is one of the major defense mechanisms for smaller dragons.  

#concept art #creature design #fantasy art #creature concept #concept design #monster #fantasy #dragons #speculative biology #dragon #conceptart #creaturedesign #creatureconcept #fantasyart #illustration #bestiary #worldbuilding #dungeonsanddragons #artistoninstagram #digitalart #monstergram #sketch #wyvern #magicthegathering #creatuanary #insect #bug #rhinocerosbeetle #stickbug #beetle

[ollyneanderthal]

drew some medieval marginalia for our discord challenge

#creature design #fantasy art #monster design #monster art #demon #imp #medieval bestiary #medieval marginalia #medieval #illlustration #ollyneanderthal art