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Rogue Courier development news and AI (Patreon)

Published:
2023-01-22 05:26:53
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2023-01

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So, here's the latest. We've been having difficulties on two of the platforms. Android and Mac. While we already put android build on hold, Mac released an update that labels our file as "damaged". Thing is we cannot fix the Mac build right away. We have to put it on hold as well to make way for RC's next update. For now, Mac users can use Wine / PlayOnMac 

https://wiki.winehq.org/Download

https://www.playonmac.com/en/ 

It's a temporary solution, but if Mac keeps expanding it's shenanigans, this may end up becoming permanent. 

So we are now putting android and mac builds on hold so we can focus on completing ACT4. It's already on testing phase and I don't want to delay it any further. It's supposed to be out last december but the RNG Goddesss just keeps giving us obstacle after obstacle and we got delayed. Our main focus now is to get the next update stable. 

Now as for AI, I posted a poll about it and the results we're pretty close to what I expected. What I realized is I did not clarify what I wanted to use AI for. Mainly, I want to use it for advertising. Second, is improving details of RC, game assets, items, props, chest, etc, and backgrounds. I am a one man studio and you need to understand that AI is a blessing for an independent content creator like me. It's pretty much neccessary to use it to just to keep up with the workload. Slap me with good money that it can afford to hire a team to assist me with everything I need, then I will take consideration whether I use AI tool or not.  Lastly, occasional standalone AI art. And this one may cause issues to some.

Thing is, I believe some of you are misinformed about AI image generation. It's not just typing some text and vwhalah. Details on this is better explained in a video. But my point is, it requires work. Infact it's a new type of work. If we go way way back, to call your self an artist, one had to learn to currate plants and rocks, grind and blend them before they can start to paint.  Artists pays very close attention on the right amounts of materials to mix just to produce the desired color. Majority of us skipped all of this. 

Today it's digital, everything is there, all you need is click. And that is taken for granted. Some artists Deify themselves that they want to take credit on something they have no direct involvement on the creative process. All they do is clicking as well. All they talk about is the work and processes to be called artists, when they themselves didn't learn the old work and process. We too skipped everything and took shortcuts. I doubt any of these artist with loud voices who are demonizing AI art are producing their own paints. Maybe none of us deserve to be called artist. Dead people of the past won't call us artists if they can speak.

Now that I have speaked openly about my interest in AI, people will develop doubts if I used the tool or not, even if I say I didn't. Even tho standalone artwork is not my main focus, I still want to do it occasionally because it's the future of art. It's the next step and it's not going away. Sadly, not everyone is onboard with this so I am hesistant to post any standalone art, made with AI tool or not. I am not in a position to swagger yet. Best and easiest I can do is segregate my work, which will probably make me hate myself. I may need to create a new identity dedicated for AI content in the internet.

I don't know what the future has in store for us, but AI tools is here and it needs to be explored. 

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Anonymous

And you're welcome to explore it. I know I am. It's super fun to make art that I otherwise would have no hope of making. However, I can never say--and never will say--that the AI art I've made is a result of my own skill as an artist. The fact is, despite working on touch-ups for hours upon hours, and feeling like the image is my work, 95% of the legwork was generated by AI. It would be a lie to say I made it, just like it would be a lie to put a frozen dinner in the microwave and say I'm a cook. There's a difference between pencils/paint/pixels, and having someone (or something) draw for you. I once wanted to buy a tablet because I thought it would improve my pictures. My pencil drawings sucked, and all the digital stuff I saw online looked really bright and neat. But I quickly realized that changing my medium would not magically turn me into a better artist. My unpracticed hand and my artistic sense were still the same. Many artistic skills are transferable from medium to medium, so a practiced artist could still draw better with a turd than I could with a tablet. It is the artist that makes the art, not the tools. So I can't jump on the bandwagon that an AI is simply a new type of pencil, any more than I can commission an artist to draw for me and claim their art as mine. Speaking of new tools, here's a funny thing: when everyone has them, they quickly stop being special. I made some really cool sexy AI art, and I would love to share it. But few people would be impressed because anyone could have made it unless you really knew how to work the AI in some way. Bear that in mind. I absolutely cannot deny that AI art and AI artists are in a field of their own, and it's pretty cool. If AI art wasn't stepping on the toes of traditional artists (which now includes digital artists), the debacle might not be as intense. Traditional artists might even support it. So I think the crux of the whole thing is actually really simple regardless of what arguments are made: If it benefits you, you are for it. If it hurts you, you are against it.

UNDRESS_ME

Ok, your thoughts about Al are clear. Perhaps in the near future you will show us your work using Al.

Dakzky
>>100204385

We're all hurt by it. More competition and less attention on our works. But It's a paradigm shift. It only hurts if one refuse to accept change. I lost my traditional animation job in the 2k years when studios eventually stopped using paper. Digital work did stepped on our toes back then. It was depressing but I had to re-invent my self. The same thing is happening now. Artists who make a stink about AI art just got too comfortable. Which I find naive, when one think we will not be challenged by tech. Perhaps I just happened to be more matured about the issue compared to other artists, or they just think way too high of themselves.