Foldschool Bender
I got tired of the AI creating pictures too quickly and kind of forcing me into a universe of random characters, distancing me from my own characters... I've been playing with the AI tools for 3 years, but lately it's started to annoy me, like no matter how hard you push the AI towards your own vision, it ends up feeling like a tug of war and slowly pushing it towards its own decisions, making you feel less and less creative.
I really missed the feeling of control over every little nuance of your own art when you make it yourself – when every little step requires your own decision. For me, it's especially satisfying when drawing your character's face, it's like you have a face in your head and you're actually drawing your vision instead of just describing it in a prompt.
So I thought today is the day I'd try to make something in my old drawing style. I don't think I've wasted these 3 years, but I think I've hit a wall where I have too many ideas of my own that I don't think the AI can help me with. It seems like it has too much of its own mind – of course, we can still "collab" 🤣