I thought AI art was just a gimmick until I saw a piece win a local contest

My friend in Phoenix entered a digital art contest last month with a piece she made using Midjourney and some serious Photoshop work, and it actually won. I always figured it was just pressing a button, but seeing her process of hundreds of prompts and hours of manual editing totally flipped my view. Has anyone else had their mind changed on AI art after seeing a specific project?

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maxl934d agoTop Commenter

My cousin in Austin spent like 40 hours on a single AI image for a book cover. The final thing had maybe 5% of the original output left after all her edits. It's a whole different skill set.

paige_robinson244d ago

Sounds like she basically painted the whole thing herself at that point... The AI just gave her a really expensive rough sketch. All that work for five percent is kind of funny.

rodriguez.mia4d ago

Ever wonder if AI art is just hitting a button? This story totally changed my mind. It's like using a weird, random photo as a starting point for a painting. You might keep one cool cloud shape or a bit of color, but you're basically redrawing everything else to make it work. That 40 hours is all the real skill, fixing wonky hands and making it actually fit the story. The AI part is just the first five minutes.