Blew $40 on an AI art subscription I barely used

I signed up for Midjourney last month thinking I'd crank out cool concept art for my D&D campaign. After 3 weeks, I realized I spent more time fighting with prompts than actually creating anything I liked. The results were decent for backgrounds, but for character faces it was a mess. Has anyone else wasted cash on these tools before realizing they don't replace simple sketching?

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simonk983d ago

Fighting with prompts" is the part that got me too lol. It felt like typing in a foreign language where I couldn't get the weird hands or extra fingers to go away no matter what I tried. I think these tools work better if you treat them like a random inspiration generator and not an actual replacement for drawing skills.

olivermason3d ago

Friend of mine spent three hours trying to get an AI to make a dog with five legs look right for a joke project. He gave up and just drew the fifth leg in himself with a mouse. Guess some tools just need a human cleanup crew.

robinp893d ago

Actually @simonk98 the whole "random inspiration generator" thing misses the point... these tools are already replacing tons of image work for people who know how to dial in their prompts properly. Learning to fix hands and extra fingers is just like learning any new skill, it takes practice but you can get consistent results. The real shift is happening whether artists want to admit it or not, and the ones fighting it are the ones falling behind.