Yeah. I noticed on Instagram that the BATMAN and Vendetta artworks have been labelled as AI generated. It’s really quite disappointing; they wouldn’t be that difficult to make via traditional means. Especially the BATMAN art.
- Take a picture of birds in the sky.
- Take a picture of the side of a building (the first two steps can be combined if you’re lucky).
- Find a public domain image online of a bat with wings outstretched.
- Cut out the pieces you want and stick them on a bit of black paper.
- Run this collage through a photocopier.
- If necessary, degrade the image further by photocopying the photocopy several times.
- Scan into the computer, crop, add text and logo, adjust contrast if required.
Art can be fun. It’s rewarding to realise something you conceived of and built entirely yourself. Why Kyo of all people doesn’t get this is bizarre.
I was in the King’s Cross area a few weeks ago. The esteemed art university Central St Martins is also around there. Outside the building, they had a ton of posters of current students’ work, which was… wait for it… all AI generated. While I haven’t been in the art world for many years, this was quite disturbing to me. This path may simply be the future for artists going forward.