If you like anime and want to make fan art, pencils are cheap. You can make stuff in FOSS programs like GIMP or that other one people talk about (Krita? some bullshit software name like that). People brute-force it and even draw with a mouse if they have to. I feel like we probably got a lot of anime and manga artists this way, starting as fans, developing a fascination with the medium and learning to use it themselves, etc.

This is the kind of thing I always hated most about generative AI, the potential to rob people of their creative spirit, and Iran is doing a tremendous service to humanity to the extent that they can be credited with shutting this down.

[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 4 days ago

That takes effort. Most of these chuds have never had to persevere in their lives, why take the time to improve at something when its haaaaaard.

I was kinda like that, too. And I'm still working to improve how I react to frustration. I remember my first week of track practice in high school thinking it was against the geneva conventions because kids were throwing up during the workouts. Then at the end of the season, even though the workouts were more difficult than the beginning, we all got used to it.

After I graduated I found out enough parents complained to the school that the coach was forced to only doing the workouts we did on off-days, basically light jogs lol.

Coach went from creating professional football / baseball players (who ran during their off-seasons) and an Olympian, to babysitting whiny kids.

I know it's an anecdote, but a lot of people in this country have faced so little adversity that the first time they encounter it they scream about it, in my opinion, of course.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

As a kid I would just draw constantly and then throw out my drawings when I filled a bin that I tossed em into. I never considered trying to do a finished piece that I wanna keep until my parenrs suggested it, they also kept the doodles I was tossing out that they likes the most to point out I should keep my good stuff. The end result of art is a bonus to me. Whether it's drawing, models, other arts n crafts, or music, even digital shit like photoshop or when I used to mess around with flash, I have never really been primarily concerned with results aside from a period where I was convinced I should be, and stuff like playing in bands with other people does require a more results based attitude, you cant all just be doing your own thing. But for stuff I do by myself, my main motivation is just that I find it fun. I can use tools to make my imagination manifest and that's good enough. AI people simply arent doing art. Theyre doing a Google image search thst always gives them what they searched for

[–] Des@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago

goddess i wish i had time to learn more hobby skills. i'm genuinely interested in almost everything and can develop baseline aptitudes in all kinds of stuff

too bad riding this thing to collapse because some socialism where i only have to work 20 hrs a week and can "work" the other 20 on stuff like that would have been delightful