/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I want to tell you that its just another tool.
I want to tell you that human created pictures will retain their value in the future.
I want to tell you that altman and zuckerberg will beat a path to your door in the near future offering to pay top dollar for more training data.

I can't tell you any of that in good faith.

<DEMORALIZATION>
If you wanted to build a reputation/career or buy a house or start a family on the back of this gig, abandon hope its not going to do you any good here.

You are going to look back at the times when you were competing with thirdies for pocketchange on freelancing websites.
You are going to look back at the times when you purged your old problematic work from newgrounds and chased around hashtags and fandoms for clout.
You are going to look back at all those times and think of them as the good old days.

If you're sensible and you can pivot professionally to being something other than an artist you probably should.
</DEMORALIZATION>

What remains for the people who can't pivot?

What do you want to create? What needs to be created? Go create it.

What?

Are you afraid someone will try and stop you, cancel you?

As we discussed previously, there's nothing left they can take, nothing to incentivize you to stop.

You hold all the cards.

...
thread sage'd out of principle

What do you want to create? What needs to be created? Go create it.

What?

Are you afraid someone will try and stop you, cancel you?

There's nothing left they can take, nothing to incentivize you to stop.

You hold all the cards.

I want to tell you that its just another tool.
I want to tell you that human created pictures will retain their value in the future.
I want to tell you that altman and zuckerberg will beat a path to your door in the near future offering to pay top dollar for more training data.

I can't tell you any of that in good faith.

<DEMORALIZATION>
If you wanted to build a reputation/career or buy a house or start a family on the back of this gig, abandon hope its not going to do you any good here.

You are going to look back at the times when you were competing with thirdies for pocketchange on freelancing websites.
You are going to look back at the times when you purged you old problematic work from newgrounds and chased around hashtags and fandoms for clout.
You are going to look back at all those times and think of them as the good old days.

If you're sensible and you can pivot professionally to being something other than an artist you probably should.
</DEMORALIZATION>

What remains for the people who can't pivot?

What do you want to create? What needs to be created? Go create it.

What?

Are you afraid someone will try and stop you, cancel you?

As we discussed previously, there's nothing left they can take, nothing to incentivize you to stop.

You hold all the cards.

...
thread sage'd out of principle