• Psythik@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      15 days ago

      I wish I had even 1% of this talent, but my brain is perpetually starved of dopamine so I never have the drive pursue my hobbies. So I’m forced to get my dopamine from artificial sources. But then that eventually stops working too, which makes things even worse.

      • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        15 days ago

        Man I really feel this

        I like this quote from Ira Glass, which sometimes helps:

        Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer

        There’s more, but this is the core bit. It helps me because when I’m spiraling I can at least remember, yeah, my tastes are killer. My tastes kick ass

          • SirSamuel@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            14 days ago

            {{{{hugggs}}}}

            to accomplish a goal everyone needs two things, the desire, and the circumstances. Desire is internal, but circumstances are usually out of our control. It sounds like your circumstances are challenging. You might not be able to do what you wish you could, but you’re still beautiful. I didn’t know you, but I bet your tastes are killer

      • untorquer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        I was experiencing moderate executive dysfunction from extreme anxiety last year. I started drawing but maybe did a small doodle at a time(<15min). I just kept the sketchbook and supplies in the one special place i kept clear of my chaotic clutter(even if that just meant pushing stuff around the desk). I think i picked it up once a week on average. A year on and I’ve done about a hundred sketches. I guess i decided that out of everything in life, that’s what i valued putting miserable little bits of energy into.

        Don’t know if that’s possible for you but every time you pick up that hobby you get a little better at it and that skill is never lost. So you know… Progress is progress ig.

  • jutty@blendit.bsd.cafeEnglish
    12·
    15 days ago

    in this thread, as a twist on the more common meme “is this AI” or the more accusatory variant “this is AI”, we doubt human intelligence instead

    I’m disheartened by comments stating “whats the point?” just because it’s hyper realistic. I do prefer less realistic art too, but the amount of dedication it must’ve taken this person to develop these skills and then the work on each painting, it speaks volumes beyond just being a replacement for a picture… You’d hang it on a wall and tell every visitor “this is a painting” and then each and every one of them would go NOOO

  • fckreddit@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    15 days ago

    It’s just amazing what people are capable of achieving. This painting is remarkable.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    15 days ago

    This is cool and all but I like REAL art…

    You know like when a guy climbs a ladder with a balloon, jumps off and belly flops onto the balloon fill with paint and then the canvas sort of rips in the corner. Then you have a biggish blob of paint on the floor and the crowd goes wild for your artistic ability and pure genius. Then you turn around and sell your pure art for millions of dollars worth seconds of your time.

    That’s the REAL art

  • Ymer@feddit.dkEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    Cela n’est pas une peinture

    It’s a digital image (of a painting of a dog)

  • Linktank@lemmy.todayEnglish
    4·
    15 days ago

    I don’t see the point once you reach photo realistic unless you’re portraying things that cannot exist in reality. Just take a picture bro.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    14 days ago

    For me it’s the fur, especially in the dog’s right side. It’s too muddy and undefined.

    Even the most single-toned animal will have more detail in it’s fur regardless of lighting.

    This is my dog waiting for me to get my ass out of bed to get her breakfast.

    I don’t need to zoom in to see individual hairs.

  • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    15 days ago

    Good lord, people, you can tell it’s a painting if you zoom in. “Is this butterfly AI?” on everything was bad enough!