this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2025
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[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Oh my gog

It keeps happening

And it never stops

[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Does that mean my art has a place in the world ?

[–] VirgilMastercard@reddthat.com 7 points 21 hours ago

AI "art" is just soulless. Everything is too clean and perfect, assuming it doesn't churn out some uncanny shit.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago
[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 70 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They nailed the smile way better than the other one.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It doesn't even look like the same dog. And where are the flowers coming from? What is this supposed to be, bizzarro world?

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

I don't think that 2nd place drawing is necessarily repeating the same dog.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

The addition of the flowers gives me "tattoo of a pet that died" vibes, which makes the 2nd place drawing feel much sadder than the first place drawing.

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh man I remember the debates around this being really illuminating. Like some people really don't see how heart can outperform technique

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Here's some of mine. I might go back to making more.

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Almost ~~gutted~~ busted a lung over "gut pull". I think the shitty art enhances the humor.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 hours ago
[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago
[–] Scrappy 10 points 1 day ago

Gut pull is S tier

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

These are great

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago

i love gut pull

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 55 points 1 day ago

That art was made with meaning and soul, no mindless soulless machine can ever do that

[–] mrbubblesort@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

potato jesus ✅

[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

I mean it's much more popular now than it ever would have been otherwise. I'm going to say that even in a hundred years it's going to stand above its contemporaries.

The story is just so human.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always imagine that Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff will be looked at by people 1000 years from now the same way we look at old art with weird babies and ass trumpets.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Truly high art

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is no bad or good art.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago
[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this post is NOT free of homestuck

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

You can't escape the Homestuck

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

I'm sad that I forgot about Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, but I'm happy to see it again

[–] jaredwhite@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is actually a really good point. Culture paved the way for the sheen of hyper "detailed" AI art (many of the details fall apart on close scrutiny, but I digress) by making it seem like "amateur" art is bad while "professional" art is good. So that means if a tool comes along that supposedly makes it so you can sidestep sweating over your amateur art and go straight to pumping out the professional-looking stuff, that's a win. It's good to question this assumption.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah like hyper realism. Just print it bro (I don't like hyper realism, there is no creative part in it IMO).

There were lots of similar discussions when the camera was invented, turns out it did take the job of soullessly copying things in paint away, but got used as a tool by artists.

There is no art in AI and will never be, but as it gets better it will be used as another tool for learning etc I guess.

[–] jaredwhite@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you're driving at. It's true that the rise of photography had an effect on painting such that styles which moved away from realism became the norm for a while, but long since we've seen a shift back to realism and a continuation of detailed portraiture or landscape illustrative techniques among some artists.

My point simply is that people who lack the technique/talent to create "fine art" have come to believe their work is of no value, which I find upsetting because I'd much rather look at "bad" human-produced art than generated slop with the superficial appearance of fine technique.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

You're completely correct IMO, I was mostly blurbing about an event similar to AI. Back then you could finish a painting elsewhere thanks to a snapped photo, today people can prompt up a specific scene and train off of that one. IMO it's just tools, but you're right, some people believe they are artists just because they "prompt" up a hashed copy of the masters.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff is a stone cold classic.

The sock ruse was a........ distaction.

[–] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I got the car

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

flip it turn ways!!

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

Brutalmoose: Must go quick!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 1 day ago

i mean he's right but he probably shouldn't have chosen examples by actual artists trying their hardest to make something ugly as sin.

[–] PleaseLetMeOut@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Let me introduce you all to: Sassy the Sasquatch. Made entirely in MS Paint.

You fukkin' druggo.

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[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

AI has no chance of ever creating Tim & Eric. Shithead is also a classic example.

Who is dankey kang?

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