These days, there is a lot of debate about the rise of AIboth good and bad.
And while heightened awareness isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it’s had an unexpected impact on creatives.
Can you share your background as a digital artist?
What started you along this path?
I always had sketchbooks or notepads, creating characters or little worlds in those books.
After school I went to college for film and television.
In a recent Reddit post, you mentioned that your career had been ruined by AI.
Can you elaborate on this?
When did you begin noticing that AI and people’s skepticism about digital images was impacting your work?
I think about a year ago, in late 2023/early 2024.
I found or bought the props, the outfits, the locations, everything was done by hand.
I don’t use any stock images and my actual editing process on Photoshop is very manual.
I do everything meticulously like cutting out singular limbs and sewing pieces of clothing together.
So, knowing that process can now be trivialized with AI is really heartbreaking, to be honest.
Hmm tricky one, maybe a watermark or a tag to signify an AI generated image?
Do you see a way for AI and the key in of work that you do to co-exist?
Like I said, I’m a loyalist to my craft and it’s staying that way.
It’s funny that AI will probably be making the calls on what’s AI-generated and what’s not.
Work in progress
