#and its bs to even equate artists using external references to aI data farming

[rhinedottirau]

I seriously just had to have this argument with someone so let me just say

Setting the precedent that "No artist needs to use external references" while trying to state the case for how AI is bad for using other images to generate more sets a bad precedent for artists in general and this is a statement worth nitpicking.

For one, equating an artist using a reference to get a pose better to an AI stealing pieces of an image to generate it's own is fucking WILD because that artist is still DRAWING THE THING.

And two, some artists NEED REFERENCES!!! References are GOOD! References HELP! References make what you draw feel more REAL!!!!

Expecting artists not to use them, or treating artists who don't use references as superior or better - HURTS ARTISTS!! And if you refuse to use references your art probably sucks unless you are an abstract artist tbh you are just holding yourself back and being a fucking idiot if you refuse to use references.