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I compared AI art to a traditional commission and the difference was brutal
Last month I needed a portrait for my D&D character, a tiefling warlock with this specific purple smoke effect around her horns. I used Midjourney and got something flashy in 2 minutes, but the hands were a mess and the horns looked wrong. Then I paid a real artist on Instagram $60 and waited 5 days. She nailed the smoke effect perfectly and even added this little detail I mentioned about the character's scar. The AI version was cheap and fast but it had zero soul. The human version had tiny mistakes that made it feel alive, like brush texture you can almost feel. Has anyone else here tried both and felt the same letdown with AI?
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emery1010d ago
Oh man that D&D portrait story hits me right in the feels because my friend Lauren went through almost the same thing last year. She wanted a picture of her wood elf ranger with this specific pet fox she had in the campaign and tried an AI generator first. The fox came out looking like a weird coyote with too many teeth and the elf's bow was bending the wrong way. She finally paid an artist on Tumblr like $55 and waited a week and the artist actually messaged her back asking if the fox had a name or any personality traits. The finished piece had the fox looking curious with its head tilted and the artist added little leaves tangled in the elf's hair cause she mentioned they traveled through a forest. Lauren absolutely lost it when she saw it and now it's her phone wallpaper and she shows it to everyone at game night. The AI stuff she tried first is just deleted somewhere in her trash folder like it never mattered.
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tessaperry10d ago
My buddy Chris spent $45 on a commission for a portrait of his half-orc barbarian and the artist added a tiny patch of moss growing on his shoulder armor cause Chris mentioned he liked nature details. The AI version he tried first had this generic evil vibe but zero personality, like the character was a template. Chris still has that $45 portrait framed on his desk three years later. The AI stuff he generated is just sitting in a folder somewhere on his laptop. It's crazy how a little weird detail someone actually thought about can make a picture feel like it matters.
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