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I used to spend a week on a single background painting for a game project, now I can generate a dozen in an afternoon.
About a year ago, I was painting a forest scene for a client in Seattle, and it took me five full days of sketching and layering. Last week, I used a new AI tool to create a whole set of moody cityscapes in about three hours. Part of me feels this is just smart efficiency, but another part wonders if I'm losing the problem-solving that made my old work unique. Has anyone else felt this shift in their creative process, and how do you balance it?
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the_paul5mo ago
Honestly that sounds like the art version of ordering takeout instead of cooking from scratch lol. Sure you get fed faster, but you miss the whole messy process that makes the meal yours. Maybe use the AI stuff for the boring parts and save the real brain power for the bits that actually matter to you?
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rileygarcia5mo ago
Yeah that's a solid way to look at it. Let the robot do the grunt work so you can focus on the fun stuff.
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jakewhite5mo ago
My entire life is a series of shortcuts that sound good in theory but then leave me feeling like a fraud. I use a grocery delivery app and then wonder why my kitchen feels like a hotel room. Letting a robot do the grunt work is smart, but sometimes the grunt work is where you accidentally figure stuff out.
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laura_chen414mo ago
Do you think you actually want the grunt work or you just miss how it made you feel?
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