Ran into an old art school classmate at a coffee shop who now uses Midjourney for her commissions

She showed me some of her AI pieces on her phone and said she hasn't picked up a paintbrush in 6 months. I asked why and she just shrugged and said 'clients don't care about process, they just want the final image fast.' It was over by the register at a Starbucks in Portland last Tuesday. Has anyone else run into friends who switched over completely?

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harperp248d ago

The "fast fashion for pictures" line really stuck with me. It feels like everything is moving that way now, not just art. People want quick results for everything from dinner to furniture, and the old "slow and careful" thing gets left behind.

leewood8d ago

Respectfully, I see it differently. Clients might take the fast route now, but they don't know what they're missing until someone shows them the depth of a real painting.

charles_coleman8d ago

Read a pretty interesting take on this recently from an old illustrators forum I still browse. Guy was saying that AI art is basically just fast fashion for pictures where people want quick decoration but not anything that sticks with you. Made me think about how those Midjourney images are going to age compared to stuff made by hand. Your classmate might be making money now but there is something hollow about trading years of skill development for a text prompt. The real test will be in five years when nobody remembers that AI lake scene but a real painting still hangs on someones wall.

ruby6594d ago

wait hold on, an OLD illustrators forum? i thought those places were all dead or just spam now, didnt realize people were still posting stuff there