As s professional artist and designer working in the digital space since the advent of "desktop publishing" in 1985, I've always been excited by and accepting of new technologies. I love diving in and discovering how these tools can fit into (or evolve) my artistic/design workflow.
As soon as the first AI Image Generation tools like Dall-e, Stable Diffusion, Adobe Firefly and MidJourney launched last year (2022) I was amazed at the early power and potential. I took the red pill and scampered down the rabbit hole.
Of course, there are many people who are not fans of this technology and we have lots to learn about it's impact. I believe our governments will need to take a hard look at our existing intellectual rights (and copyright) laws and frankly those laws might need to be rewritten to keep up with the times. Additionally, we totally support the ability for artists/photographers/writers to exclude or remove their works from AI training models or to be compensated by these companies for the use of their data.
At STUTTART when we use AI image generation to create and enhance our work (which isn't always) we only employ what we call "generic prompts". We do not ask these systems to create work in the style of a particular famous artist, illustrator or designer. Rather we explore the descriptions of styles, movement, feeling and emotions and then apply them to our work.
On each STUTTART product page you will see an "icon formula" and an explanation of how that particular piece was created. They look like this:
These pieces began as an original photograph that was then manipulated and enhanced using a variety of digital painting applications, but no AI.
These pieces began as an original photograph that was processed in an artificial intelligence image generation application to change the environment, weather, motion, etc. Numerous iterations were created, overlayed and then reworked and enhanced by hand using digital painting techniques.
These pieces began as an original "prompt" that was processed in an artificial intelligence image generation application. Numerous iterations were created, overlayed and then reworked and enhanced by hand using digital painting techniques.
We hope you appreciate our approach and transparency,
Dan Shust
STUTTART