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honestlyvan · 1 year ago

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Thinking about image model generated art and gifmaking is giving me some weird vibrations about how there really is some weird association of the virtuesvirtues of a medium with the virtues of the people working in it. Gifmaking being associated with KPop fans doesn't make the concept of frame interpolation racist, and someone marketing themselves as a cheaper alternative to some other artist doesn't make the concept of generative art inherently class antagonistic.

It's somehow reminiscent of CJ the X's distinction between "stupid art" and "evil art", how a medium that has a low skill floor can produce things that are very stupid and easy to perceive as low-effort but how that's not the same as them having something wrong with them. If you look at my animation tag, most of it is motion graphics done with AfterEffects, and while it's probably wrong to call it a low skill floor program the way an AI art generator is... there is still a world where instead of programmatically telling shapes to whizz by on a screen, a different Van would have drawn those same animations frame by frame, producing exactly the same animation.

And I don't think the fact that I did them programmatically somehow invalidates the artistic intent that went into them, y'know? I could open AE right now and produce a 250x250 looping gif of clouds and while I know how to do that quick, to make it look good and to make me like it, I would have to spend time considering how the various elements, colours, timings and whatever the particle system/noise generator I use spits out fit together. I would have to fiddle with seeds and levels and timings to make it look good. I would have to spend a long time just staring and thinking about what I'm making before I could make it good.

I don't know enough about generative art tools to know how much fiddling goes into them once they're taught and ready to go, but I do know enough about deep learning to know it's a haphazard, frustrating process that you as the artist have only limited control over, which is why it doesn't appeal to me. But I have made gifs in the past, and I know how that process requires an eye for consistency and composition, framing and colour that a lot of other visual artists don't have because they're not working with time as one of the creative dimensions.

And like... who am I, from my high horse as someone in possession of these skills, to tell someone who is still developing these skills or who has a different aesthetic concept of what is good than me, what they're making is low-effort. That's not my judgement to make. I didn't make it. Only the artist themselves can say if somehing was low-effort or not. I don't see why I should have so little faith in other artists to assume they have no interest in putting in any effort.

#van stuff #and if someone only wants to use their artistic drive to make things #with as little energy as they can #that's a valid artistic goal too #why do writers sometimes do drabbles?#why do incredible visual artists post loving renderings of memes?#why do people meme on their own work?#Everyone has art in them #sometimes we have art that exceeds our creative stamina #and sometimes we have art that uses only a fraction of our power #and I think comparing the two is #like #... like you sound kind of fascist. You sound like people to this day being mad about the Fountain #Nobody is expected to like any art #God knows most AI stuff does literally nothing for me other than provoke a deep discomfort #something trying that hard to mimic reality just sets off my unreality sensors #but whether we like something #and whether effort went into it #and whether something is comparatively better than some other thing #are three different conversations

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madscientistenthusiast · 10 months ago

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Personally I think that Azula should have been redeemed simply so that she can become Zuko's horrible little advisor who whispers evil little plans to him so that he can do the exact opposite

#the only reason she gets this job is bc he doesnt trust her anywhere else in the palace #its like enrichment for manipulative girls #also so that he can set her on asshole deligates like a rabid little lapdog #she just has mean fuckin pomeranian energy that thing bites then lights you on fire w flames so hot theyre cold #i think their sibling dynamic could be sooo fucking funny its insane #azula #azula atla #atla #avatar the last airbender #zuko #atla zuko #firelord zuko #DISCLAIMER I AM YET TO READ THE COMICS SO IDK WHAT HAPPENS TO HER IN THEM #also long overdue for a rewatch of the show its insane #fire hazard siblings

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chloesimaginationthings · 10 months ago

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FNAF movie Mike is suspicious of Lefty…

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scurvyboy · 1 month ago

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he forgor

#fiddlestan nation come get your food #amathyst and sadie steven universe reference i guess #they do have “can i be myself this time” energy #gravity falls #fiddleford mcgucket #fiddleford hadron mcgucket #stan pines #stanley pines #ford pines #stanford pines #fiddlestan #fiddauthor #a little bit #because he needs his adultery roleplay #myart #i just like when they're fucked up

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foolsocracy · 10 months ago

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gotta add another noir variant to the gang

#the goober ever #see guys I can draw spiderverse art….#spiderverse #across the spiderverse #peni parker #peter porker #peter benjamin parker #peter b parker #gwen stacy #miles morales #my art #noirverse #a little bit #I always say to myself: thank god Pete didn’t have fog lake in the 1930s to kill himself to #cant decide of gwen and Pete would be besties forever or if their angsty emo energies create the frienemies of the millennium #itsv #atsv

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ittybittyremy · 21 days ago

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"While all this is happening, Orym has gone full shell shock mode. He's not talking anymore. He's going to go slump down onto a rock and is listening to all the debating at this point and he doesn't know what to do. He's been so sure for so long, and doesn't know what to do. Going in feels so wrong to him. But he hears the logic that it's only a matter of time before someone or something, a day from now, a year from now, six months from now. And just let's them figure it out, because he's took all his energy to make it to this point."

- Liam, C3E118

#some people heard “he hears the logic” and ran away with that #this is not orym changing his mind #this is orym not knowing what to do #i interpreted “hearing the logic” as understanding the logic #just because he gets the reasoning doesn't automatically mean he agrees with the idea #i can sum it up as “i get that someone will go in eventually but idk if that means we have to go in because it feels like a bad idea”#at least that's how i saw it #i could be wrong #he has no energy to think and will let the rest of bh do the thinking #and orym will follow along #similarly to a soldier #reminds me of episode 39 when he said that he “wasn't paid to think”#i haven't even talked about orym being shell shocked yet #it makes sense of course he's shell shocked #in his shoes #i can picture this little soldier with a thousand yard stare #also i love that liam used that specific term #because while everyone uses the term #it originates from wwi to describe soldiers #orym of the air ashari #orym #c3e118 #critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers

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walnutcookie · 1 month ago

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pretending to love yourself, in hopes it will make others love you

#glisten dandys world #dw glisten #my art #ask to tag #i drew this at midnight so its a little fucke dup LOL #i did not have the energy to draw him consisent #watch how hard i can project onto this twink

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bacchuschucklefuck · 8 months ago

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they tried to rebrand as The Criminals but riz is literally the city council's treasurer and also turns out people in their late 20s don't really name their friend groups. so now they're The Intrepid Heroes

#fantasy high #figueroth faeth #kristen applebees #adaine abernant #gorgug thistlespring #fabian seacaster #riz gukgak #yes this is sorta from the same thing Ive been doing for future!riz lol. that riz is the same design basically #just the above board sona #u can kiiinda tell which of the bad kids I have a very clear vision for their future design and which I kinda wing it for lol #kristen's tank top is white and the coat is galaxy tie dye btw. I didnt have the energy to express that in ink but thats the ult version #adaine I truly imagine to grow up to be the perpetual t shirt and jeans person but she carries her sword everywhere #gorgugs truth is that shes just hot she can wear anything. but I do give him the skirt hike bc I love him #I really like skirt hike... such a fun thing to put in designs. if ur garment has no variance in how it falls or drapes u can do it urself #this is also a little bit of an exercise in how much of an accessory I can freehand from memory #fig's bass I straight up did not fact check for. just rawdogging it memory only. same with fandrangor and adaine's crocs #I did write in my funny little document that gorgug takes up baking and is good at it bc I think itd be good for him #to do basically chemistry and math that also feeds people #out of them... kristen and riz would be Good good at it. but riz would get way too stressed abt the recipe and kristen bakes by #eyeballing the texture. fabian likes decorating but refuses to get anywhere near the heat of an oven. adaine isnt good at it first try #and is like well my effort goes to other things actually. fig Loves baking and Nobody lets her into the kitchen #idk why this manifests so clear in my head. must be bc of recent foccacia events #living in the subtropics is hell for baking nobody try it ok? I tell u

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peace-hunter · 1 month ago

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"can megatron see the ghosts?" sometimes :)

haunted au

#i talk a lot <3 #tfone #transformers one #maccadams #optimus prime #megatron #tf primes #megatronus prime #solus prime #prima prime #onyx prime #vector prime #my art #haunted au #they're totally bluffing my the way. they cannot actually do anything and this is a last resort.#no they aren't incredibly pissed off about this they're totally normal about the fact they can only stand and watch #as their little brother is almost killed in front of them they're not hanging by a thread what are you talking about #'why are there only five of them?' good question #the watsonian explanation is that manifesting like this takes a tremendous amount of energy and five of them doing it at the same time #is already pushing it. normally it wouldn't be worth the strain this puts on both them and optimus but desperate times and all that #the doylist explanation is that i'm tired and this already took way more time than it should have :( it's actually embarrassing ://#and fitting thirteen bots in one shot is so fucking hard OTL

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the-rainbow-of-doom · 1 year ago

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(This post was sponsored by a 1+ hour commute)

#I'm so frustrated how little time and energy i have after a day is done #i didn't win the fight against depression to have lofe ruined by THAT now #lacking time and energy to go on job hunt.. it's all very small steps only #a part time job would be marvellous but what flat can be paid with that #maybe also my anxiety is stopping me from getting a new job. what if i get fired. what if it's horrible there. ahh.. i need more courage #mine capitalism #anti-capitalism #work

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textsofdanville · 6 months ago

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Stacy couldn't bear to keep this a secret from Candace but Candace knows well enough to not throw stones at glass houses.

#phineas and ferb #candace flynn #stacy hirano #I have to wonder if stacy finds herself to be the normal one amongst her friends #or if she's been friends with Candace for so long she forgets how weird she can be sometimes #I think this is why Candace and Jeremy work so well together too #Jeremy puts on a front that he's normal and chill but he can be a bit weird sometimes too #his weird matches Candace's #and they are both totally okay with each other's eccentricities #also I like the idea that Stacy puts so much energy into protecting Perry's secret identity that she has to tell these little secrets...#to Candace to keep from going insane #danville texts #jeremy johnson

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doctorsiren · 2 months ago

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Also I must know, is Fiddleford in the Monster Hunter Pines AU at all? I ask because I love him. He seems like the kinda guy who would have loved to stay in the lab and make cool adventure gadgets. That man was destined to be The Guy In The Chair.

I am obsessed with the idea of the Stan Twins and Fiddleford being a weird little trio it delights me.

Okay okay okay okay so my main issue with having Fiddleford there is the whole Emma May situation. We all know how highly Stanley thinks of family, and I don’t think he’d be too keen on this science guy abandoning his wife to help them out, so he makes Stanford make Fiddleford make Emma May come along and she actually turns out to have skill in hunting and such, so she gets to join the twins and gets to use the crossbow :)

This is also because the original concept for this AU was made on the idea that Stanford and Stanley make up much sooner (because them fighting makes me sad ☹️☹️☹️) and I don’t like the idea of Fiddleford still abandoning his wife (and in canon, his son, who doesn’t exist in this AU because uhh its earlier in the timeline) and I thought she deserved to come along 😁

Stanford and Emma May bond over Fiddleford, Stanley and Emma May bond over being good with weapons and not getting what their respective nerds are saying, and Fiddleford and Stanley can bond over Stanford I suppose HAHA

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voiider · 10 months ago

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I need codependent Danny/Jason as a little treat (for me) and I love the idea of them having some sort of instant connection the moment they meet (bc ghost stuff idk)

Danny who's been dropped in Gotham with no way home (alt universe??) and he's been here for 36 hours and having a Very bad time senses a liminal being and immediately latches onto them heedless of the fact that his new best friend is shooting at some seedy guys in an alley and goes off about how stressed he is and how he can't make it back to the ghost zone and what a bad day he's been having (and it's important to note Danny is a littol ghost boy literally hanging off of Jason's neck as he floats aimlessly) and Jason is like "who are you??" And Danny is like "oh sorry I'm Danny lol" and then just continues lamenting his woes

And honestly ? This might as well happen. Nothing about this Danny guy(is he human?) gives Jason a bad vibe and tbh he's never felt more calm and level headed before so he just keeps up his usual Red Hood patrol and doesn't even think about it when he heads back to a safehouse and feeds Danny dinner (breakfast) before crashing for half the day

The only thing I actually need is Jason meeting up with the bats for some sort of Intel meeting and they're like "uhhh who's that" and Jason is like "that's Danny." And does not elaborate (very ".... What do you have there?" "A smoothie" vibes)

And it takes them a while to realize that these two have known each other for less than 12 hours and are literally attached at the hip