Why Does All AI Art Look Like That?

Way back in the 1990s, I went to Art School. It was challenging, fun, and informative and among many of the memories I have from the time, one stands out with regard to the ongoing discussion about AI-generated art. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:480/0*BiHbi5JvEqaOehwv" style="height:640px; width:640px" /> Life Drawing was one of the first classes all first-semester students had to take. This is the class where you spend 2 hours a day meticulously studying a bowl of fruit or box and pole, or a naked person in a curious pose. These life-drawing models would be set up and lit by harsh lamps to cast dramatic shadows, so we could observe and learn how light and atmosphere effects surface texture and creates the composition. It’s a challenging class because it is A) extremely technical and B) extremely boring. It didn’t matter what your interest or major was — painting, sculpture, photography, interior design, Fashion (or, like me), sequential art — no one likes drawing sweaty naked dudes sitting on a box for two hours. But it is important because this is how you learn the fundamentals of all art, regardless of medium. One student in particular, had trouble in life drawing. He was, like me, interested in sequential art. He wanted to draw comics for Marvel and didn’t really get why he needed to spend four hours a week drawing the sweaty naked dude sitting on a box instead. <a href="https://medium.com/@keithkisser/why-does-all-ai-art-look-like-that-f74e2a9e1c87">Read More</a>