Thank you so much!!! 😍

Thank you so much!!!!

You're so welcome!🥰

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you so much!

Ahhh thank you, lovely! ❤️❤️❤️

I'm so glad!❤️❤️

Thank you! 😊

Aw no, not the bad batches! These are the worst! :((( My favourites are currently 2: Hahnemühle Collection (creates great watercolor abstractions but not great for building up layers, the paint lifts off too much) and Clairefontaine (Great layering abilty but doesn't create good abstractions) ! So no clear winner, Fabriano was the best 😭

​@@LiobaBrueckner thank you Lioba!! that helps so much, it's always hard to find the perfect paper

I don't sketch my references, I trace them! Should have made this into one of the tips too!!!

Mit den weichen luminance stiften könnte es gehen, mit ölpastellen auf jeden Fall!

@@LiobaBrueckner Vielen Dank für die schnelle Antwort! Deine Bilder sind toll ❤

The image it generates uses copyrighted images without permission. It can't think of anything on its own. It's all copyright infringement. It's bad. It is also collecting her prompts.

Thank you so much!!!

The process of developing ideas for art is different for every person. As someone who can’t distinctly and clearly create a picture in my mind, having a creative notion on which to build upon using multiple forms of art, photos, references does not make you any less of an artist. If you get this defensive of someone else’s artwork just because it’s not something you understand that is the exact opposite of what artists should do. Maybe you are fortunate in that you can creatively create every perfect image in your mind but each artist mind is different and requires different inspirations to create. I lost respect for your words through your judgment and non-understanding of somebody else ‘s creative process. Her multi use of everything to create artwork shows how versatile she is, so gatekeeping saying an artist is less than for using this new technology is just not OK. Artists have been taking others artwork and slightly or largely interpreting it in a different way Long before this. This is not stealing it’s the same concept through new eyes and inspiration from the original. this cancel culture gatekeeping mindset is very toxic and I know you mean the best for everyone but this type of judgment does not help anything. If that is how you choose to interpret art and these programs that is completely fine but you can’t expect everyone else to see art through your standard. I understand that you are looking out for the integrity of each artist and focusing on their legal patents on their art. It’s not all fair at all but instead of just demolishing the concept I think it’s more important for people to be open, use it, and improve upon the system. For instance, if tattoo artists weren’t allowed to use any type of reference whether AI, photos, or a combination of both we probably wouldn’t have some of the amazing artwork that we see today. It has changed drastically over the years and it keeps evolving and we have to adapt to the new creations and ways of creating art. If we never tried anything new after classical art then we wouldn’t have so many of the incredible pieces that exist today. I think you both could meet at a middle ground in how inspiration works. Personally I am grateful for every new stage of artistic development because it allows me to push myself further and become a better artist.

@@AleinWonderland it's not "gatekeeping" to be disappointed that an artist has no creative ideas and instead relies on a database of stolen artworks processed in a synthesizer. No matter how many buzzwords you use to, you won't hide the true issue. Stealing is not a "different approach to creativity", it's stealing.

As an artist, I totally agree with you. It's disheartening to see that even other artists are ok with using AI images, indirectly stealing other people's work. It's not a nice look

@@AleinWonderland even a tattoo artist that uses photos for reference are limited to stock or free photos, any others you are supposed to pay the fee for using it. Just because they tend to take without discriminating between those which are ok and those that are wrong does not make it legally ok. As I already said I'm not against the technology itself but the fact it was taken without permission. Also when an artist uses usually multiple references it is re imagined by their own brain ,their brain acts as a filter to reinterpret the images. When you have AI do the filtering and interpreting for you that is just laziness, you don't need a mind that can picture things to reinterpret it yourself, that's a poor excuse, for a professional artist. Now if you're only doing it for fun you're free to do what you want including direct copying, but it is never alright for someone selling their art to do this. Also there are plenty of ways to explore and stretch your abilities ,how do you think artist did this before AI? Experimentation and hard work produced amazing works beyond the classics all imagined and interpreted by their own minds, not by a program spitting out elements of others work taken without permission. Sorry if you don't like this answer but art has been evolving well before this so called development.

@@tabbi888 we can agree to disagree but I will say you write with much grace and your responses are deep and kind so I appreciate your response greatly. I think my reaction to your original post is that I really struggle with creating images in my mind so using multiple references and combining them is the only way I am able to create drawings. I see what you’re saying though, But just know that some people aren’t able to have your creativity and don’t want to be considered less of an artist for that. If you have suggestions on how to boost mental imagery and creativity definitely share them!