I used to think AI art was just a gimmick until a friend showed me their workflow

For a long time, I brushed off AI image tools as just making weird pictures. Then a buddy who does concept art for games in Seattle sat me down and showed me his process. He said, 'It's not about the final image, it's about the speed of iteration.' He uses it to generate 50 rough background sketches in an hour, picks the 3 best, and then paints over them. That changed my whole view. I was stuck on the idea of the AI doing the whole job, but he uses it like a super-fast brainstorming partner. It cut his initial design phase from two days to one afternoon. Now I see it as a tool for pros, not just a toy. How are other people fitting these tools into their actual creative work?

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amy85815d ago

Wait, he can make fifty sketches in an hour? That's insane. I can barely get five ideas down on paper in that time. The idea of having that many starting points to choose from is wild. It makes total sense to just use the best few as a base instead of starting from a blank page every time. That speed change is hard to even picture.

margaret_nelson1mo ago

Sounds like your friend just got lazy.

flores.jana1mo ago

My cousin Sarah did the same thing last year, honestly. She just stopped putting in any effort to make plans or even text back. It's a real bummer when people let friendships fade like that.