Wow...multi-layered fan art...and Zootopia was partially inspired by "The Island of Dr. Moreau"...
My point, is, that if people condemn AI because it steals art, then they should not engage in producing fan art--especially not commissioned fan art they get paid to draw or write. It's kinda hypocritical.
Full disclosure--I have written fan fiction, mostly before I knew what the stuff was ("Of course people will love my sequel to !") and I have stuck references to all sorts of things into my comic strip, like having a mad scientist character who collects working time machines, like a TARDIS and a Delorean. And I keep taking pot shots at "The Lion King."
And if folks want to help support artists with a pulse, then they should commission art from them. There are literally thousands of starving artists out there who are clamoring for work.
Wow...multi-layered fan art...and Zootopia was partially inspired by "The Island of Dr. Moreau"...
My point, is, that if people condemn AI because it steals art, then they should not engage in producing fan art--especially not commissioned fan art they get paid to draw or write. It's kinda hypocritical.
Full disclosure--I have written fan fiction, mostly before I knew what the stuff was ("Of course people will love my sequel to !") and I have stuck references to all sorts of things into my comic strip, like having a mad scientist character who collects working time machines, like a TARDIS and a Delorean. And I keep taking pot shots at "The Lion King."
And if folks want to help support artists with a pulse, then they should commission art from them. There are literally thousands of starving artists out there who are clamoring for work.