Charline B.R.
Belgium
I'm aiming at drawing old fashion European graphic novel, as a hobby
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Charline B.R.
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11mo
added comment inArt Goals for 2024
Ok I'm game, I can list some goals...
1- find time or arrange schedule to be able to draw every day or at least several days a week
2- advance in Proko human anatomy course
3- finish at least 1 comics script properly (meaning focus and not get lost in endless world building)
4- finish the 4 page comic made long ago for test purpose
5- resume watercolor "irl" versus digital test for colouring
6- ...finish the unfinished illustrations started 2 years ago...
Well, all really depend on point 1, wish my little one will start to do full night at some point, that would greatly help :')
Gannon Beck
11mo
It's tough now, but once your kids are old enough to learn to flat, the comic book page production goes way up;)
Charline B.R.
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11mo
Very nice ! Looking forward your next pieces !
Watercolor definitely is worth it, but a bit... "counter intuitive" to use at first, but as soon as you start mastering it it's so rewarding... godspeed :)
Charline B.R.
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1yr
That's a nice way of "keeping the fire" indeed ! Wish success to the study group :D
Sadly for me it's 1AM so...
We do a few calls during the week--Tusedays, Wednesday (sometimes) and Fridays--at 3am before work. That should be 9am your time. Not sure if that would work for you, but you're welcome to join.
You know, guys, by reading your comments, I can’t help but get thoughts popping all over.
I’m comparing the AI phenomenon with the invention of photography back in the late 1800s. Until then, only artists could make images, and they had literally no other way but to go through the hard path of dedicating their entire lives to learn, practice and hone their craft.
But once it was possible for basically anyone to record an image within seconds through the click of a button, what was the point of painting anyway? This is the premise that triggered modern art and launched visual languages to unprecedent levels. Although representational painting was out of museums, it eventually found a new fruitful territory in the entertainment industry. And artists eventually found, in photography, a handy tool to help them do their work.
Now, with AI, it feels like another historical roadblock. It gets me thinking: what exactly does it mean to be creative? What’s the difference between a human and AI when it comes to being creative? ChatGPT tells me that AI “can generate outputs that mimic creative elements", but it "struggles to generate truly original and unique work” and "lacks the intuitive leaps and inspiration that come naturally to humans". It says that the difference lies in the fact that humans have intuition, a personal bias, subjective experiences, emotional judgements and unique perspectives based on their particular life histories.
Is this the time to embrace, strengthen and value our singular selves? Not just be creative, but be creative in such a way that only I (and you, and anyone individually) can be? Embrace each one’s originality with all their unique sets of biases, limitations, judgements, flaws and insights?
Maybe.
There is a real threat AI is bringing upon artists (and several other jobs) on a macro, social level in our “money-must-come-first” economy.
But is AI enough to alienate humans from making art altogether? I truly doubt it. I believe art in the core of our species existence. Whether by rejecting AI or by integrating it somehow, I think humans will always want to make and experience art.
Photography is a good comparison but I would rather think of the printing invention. Until that every book was hand copied by monks during weeks if not months, and each were piece of art, rare, beautiful... If we compare these with today books, well... our standard soft cover book doesn't fare well :'D
BUT this invention allowed the birth of literature, journalism, history, even computing to an extend... Sure the industrialization of creating a book made the books themselves less interesting (in comparison), but what they carry inside on the other hand had become the main subject.
Your point with "what" is creativity is actually what we must focus on. The point of art is to carry a message, the technique around is a way to convey it, the more the technique works the better (bad technique steal the viewer attention away from the message).
I think that social media pushed a bit too much the "technical perfection" trend, most artist display very beautiful piece but I must ask : how many of these piece has make an impression on us ? I can binge watch instagram or pinterest without remembering anything... Maybe internet isn't really the place for art actually, maybe art is going to go back to physical piece and that is for the best.
AI won't create by itself, but it can help. Currently we think of generative tool that exist, rather we must think about the technology behind. It's an enhanced robot that can learn, which mean it can become a personal assistant for everyone, tailored to every specifics needs. It won't do the heavy lifting if you don't want it to do it. See Proko test with AI to shorten the video production : it's a very good example, AI remove the annoying part of the process that actually don't have creativity value, helping gain time and concentrate on real creation.
I'm very thrilled with what it will offer, and I can see it like that : ditch washing machine, vacuum cleaner, dishwasher and think about how your house is all hand-tended with care and it's so much better. Sure there are benefit of doing thing by hands, but we have only so much life time and we need to choose were the effort is put. AI will be our art tools to focus on the right parts, I am sure of it :)
Charline B.R.
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1yr
I tried ChatGPT and the infamous image generators like Midjourney and StableDiffusion. I must say I definitely see how they are going to become powerfull tools in all graphic or video industry, including video games. I saw Photoshop rise and become a standard, then ZBrush and 3dCoat, next physical rendering engine, and now this... what a time to be alive !
ChatGPT I tried to make it generate some scripts based on small scenarii I wrote just to see how it would compare to mine. It was with the free version, and the poor thing kept confusing some action but still, very impressive on the level of language articulation. Stories and plot twists were still very common and unsurprising though.
Then I discussed broadly with it about tragedy, writing, stereotype and plot twist. It was more interesting as it pointed some reference to look at and it definitely helped me.
Also I finally found "someone" that know about sci-fi fantasy, a not very know genre :'). I don't care if it's an enhanced robot.
I definitely will come back for more ressources like this.
Then the image generators. Here I wanted to test how it behave and while super impressive in render ability, it's how this is going to turn brainstorm and various tidy tasks into no brainer that blowed my mind.
I used them both to generate random references, also to investigate various ambiant or color super fast, then tested render in different medium... The end result pushed me to buy watercolors again, something I didn't touch since 2006 :). I'm very bad at colors and my environment are dull, this help greatly, I feel a little like a DA that can make important decision ahead of starting production.
Now if I had some free time I would train a few to help me spot perspective mistake and common composition mistake (tangent, repetition, similar scale...), also I would train one to write with my handwriting all dialog text so I just have to ink on top, and probably have another one trained on various texture to fill blank where it's needed.
But I bet these tools are going to exist before I get my evenings back hehe.
Charline B.R.
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1yr
Ahahah, I can relate to all of them ! That does change a life so much :) Enjoy this time, it's precious. And thanks for sharing them, it's lively and lovely !
Charline B.R.
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2yr
Awww so full of life and joy ! That are the best advices !
your awesome ... sos un genio acabo de ver el video de creative block and i said thank so much....
Pali Espinosa
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2yr
it seems that the 3D hands aren't working in the second notes, i get this message:
That could come from your browser being incompatible, 3d viewers are very dependant on what you run.
What are you using currently ?
Charline B.R.
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2yr
Modelism, even if it's not really an "art" class... as in "trying to rebuild an object from scratch and understanding it". Meaning you do have to "tear down" something for real or get a functional plan, then assemble all pieces it into one.
I always though it would be useless and only "seeing" the external would be enough until we were tasked with re-creating functional objects starting from cardboard.
It just force you to think in very different terms and make your intelligence assemble everything like in a puzzle, memorize and assimilate much much better.
It also teach patience which is a great skill to develop :)
Charline B.R.
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3yr
Oh crap, I'm never seeing my dentist the same again :'D
Wonderful line flow and courbe dynamics !
