Just to be clear guys :D Point of the video is very clear, We are not "Copy pasting" any of these designs, we just used AI to get inspired and see how ours compare to the Ai generated image, this is by no means "Stealing" someone else's style or art.

I hate AI "art" with a passion but I find it hilarious how some people are completely misinterpreting what this video is doing. Literally all he did was use a reference and then put hours of real work into creating a great 3D model, how is that bad? If the argument is how the AI generated reference is done with images shared without consent, I mean nobody ever consents to having their content used as a reference for anything else either, if it's on the internet it's gonna be used for references no matter what. While I'm still not a fan of using AI tools at all, this is about the best way to go about it, you're still actually creating stuff and putting in the work, not just being lazy and calling the plain AI generated image your "art".

This is fantastic, and I want to encourage you to stay motivated and keep creating amazing content. Keep up the good work and don't give up! You've got this!

excellent! :O) keep up the great work

Your modeling skills are amazing!

nioce one mate

Ay man ignore the twitards. Great work on the 3d models ai is great for references

uh.. pureref is free though?

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You know I understand why someone might see this and be like "ew gross AI" because generative AI is pretty gross when it's used a crutch for actual skill. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with using AI to find some inspiration for designs because occasionally it comes up with something interesting. But do be aware that there's a none-0 chance that a design made a machine learning algorithm might either be exactly similar (or very close) to an existing one. So if you're going to do this, you just have to treat it like using real images for inspiration/reference (and not trying to make exactly what the machine has made for you, which is what PixelicaCG has done) I personally tend to stay away from AI anything though, I've tried incorporating it into my workflow and stopped using it when the novelty wore off. I was spending more time rolling the dice for a good computer made picture vs. just concepting something the old fashioned way (plus... you're not actually improving or learning anything by prompting, you're just typing sentences and hoping something you like pops up. When you could be doing research on your subject that might lead to the inspiration you're looking for like how do grenades work, who invented the grenade, what did the first grenade look like, why are grenades designed this way, etc...). But yeah I think that using something AI made on your mood board for a project isn't nearly the same as lazy "artists" using it to make temporally inconsistent, loosey-goosey kitschy art (and kitshy in the boring way, like landscape painting print you buy in the housewares section at walmart). Like the majority of this video is him showing you how he made the grenade using his actual skills as a 3d artist, this is not a clickbait video about how "AI is going to change/democratize x/y/z FOREVER". I just don't get why you would need AI to come up with those grenade designs because it kept making the most generic sci-fi grenade imaginable.

Looks like you've just cut out the entire first 1m40s? The video goes straight from title card to "Now that we have our reference image..." Was that in response to feedback, or just an editing error and everyone below is responding to nothing but the title?

Yo i am the 1.

The thing is, THIS is what AI was SUPPOSED to have been. A TOOL to help actual artists get random inspiration for a scene, props, clothes/armor design, etc. But because of how it was developed and the absolute trash types of people behind how it was trained and how they try to punch down on actual artist's skills, it's now viewed in a negative and toxic light, and the people pushing and supporting it who are being just as toxic are perpetuating this current "Real art vs Al" war, to the point where proven artists are accused of their work being Al generated. Which is honestly a major insult to the skill that they have grown over their years. "But artist reference each others work, and they even tell beginners to reference their work. So why not Al?" Artists allow each other to reference our work so that we can help the human individual improve their skill, to help train their muscle memory and get them to be able to create with their own appendages or lack there of. Training AI on artist's art does NOT teach the individual using the program how to make their own art. If the generator leaves, so does their ability to "create", even though they aren't the one making the image.

I am Zero

So basically, if you can't come up with something, just have AI combine a ton of images and be creative for you? BTW those AI images were generated after being trained on real artist images.

Using technology that steals from artist copyrighted work without consent 😔😭

This is sad to see.

oh god please no, not another great artist falling for the ai scam! It was said you would destroy the ai-bro's, not join them! Bring creativity to art, not leave it to an algorithm!

Hell naw man. What a shame :/

Mmm theft, gross, unsubscribed