Fuck AI

the basic problem is to have all artists who are available for commissioning announce it in one place and in a consistent way.

so it's impossible.

Looks like we found a potential use for AI that is not only ethical, but actually useful to.

Honestly Im willing to bet you could do something like this right now. I'm going to ask chat gpt for something similar.

The only downside is that I think SEO will matter even more when going through an AI which is already a bane on online artists.

I was in a similar boat until I found some uncommon style I liked. I still haven't commissioned anyone yet, but that's mostly because I can't seem to find any agreed upon terminology for all but the most mainstream of art styles, let alone anyone that is consistently good

Others have mentioned gifts and roleplaying games, but also businesses need art. Clip art, logos, decorative stuff. There’s always something delightful about finding small stores that do window murals, or novelty gas stations, or just stores that take some extra considerations for aesthetic.

Eg - part of Buccee’s is that beaver logo. It would not be the same at all without that logo and the beaver statues.

Try playing D&D, and you'll want to commission art.

I usually make my own art, but I did commission a unique piece as an anniversary gift once. It was in a style that I can't replicate, featured my and my partner's silhouettes, and was created by a friend.

Otherwise, I don't care much for decorations that aren't practical. I'm more of a "useful clutter" type than a "useless decor" type. Ever since I was a kid, I was confused by the concept of playful-looking decorations that you can't play with, like those silver ball things that my grandma decorated her garden with (what do you mean, "I'm not allowed to throw them"?) That feeling never went away. So as an adult, most "decorations" I own today have other uses, including various "stim toys" that I encourage guests to pick up and play with.

Math, fot the most part, isn't a reflection of human psyche valued for the human connection and a shared soul.
It can be in a lot of places, but usually isn't.

I can guarantee you can buy art for less than food if you really want to.

But your problem isn't with elitism, it's with capitalism that prevented you from learning a basic human skill.

Who exactly do you think is selling commissions? It's not the wealthy conspiring to keep down the working man, it is the working man. It's starving artists who are one bad life event away from financial ruin. If you want art and can't afford $50 (sometimes much less), then maybe go without it. You don't exactly need it to live.

Art should ~~not~~ be enjoyed by everyone, not just the wealthy, but devaluing the skilled labour and creativity of artists isn't how we get to that. My beef with generative AI isn't just the impacts on artists, but also the fact that these systems are reinforcing the same upwards flow of wealth to the ultra-rich. That is to say that AI enriches those who are profiting from depriving many of basic enrichment.

Whilst I disagree with the sentiment of your comment, I appreciate your acknowledgement of access to art as "basic enrichment". That much we can agree on.

Edit: struck through a mistake

don’t have time to learn how to draw

You know, it’s not hard if you don’t think art = anime girls or hyper realism. That’s what it seems like all AI bros think art is, though, so that’s why we so often hear this strange non sequitur.

I like how you characterize broke people who can make things as “elitists” against the venture capitalist fantasy that works on plagiarism, and will be yanked from your hands once they stop pretending it can be profitable.

Survival takes priority over enrichment. There's nothing elitist about survival.

What's the end game here for the poor person who is too busy to have hobbies? They should work more to afford Generative AI art? Make it make sense.

In all seriousness though, I wouldn't pay money to look at pretty pictures. If I wanted an image but AI didn't exist, I wouldn't commission anyone. The image that I want just simply wouldn't exist.

There are literally millions of pieces of art everywhere that are free or basically free to view and in many cases use for whatever your heart desires. This is about not getting exactly the piece of art you want to see created and as it turns out there is another alternative open to those without the money to pay artists.

It's not better to keep artists work reserve to anybody who can pay for it as opposed to just stealing their work?

Wouldn't that be called White Drywall?

motion animation, musical art, nft’s, or any other bullshit without inherent value

If you think that music and cartoons have no inherent value, I guess it would make sense that you’d settle for AI slop. No accounting for taste.

I’m guessing you don’t ascribe to the labor theory of value?

Alright dork