#kaijuborn

[l-a-l-o-u]

do you support ai art?

that's a tough one to answer. sorry in advance for the wall of text.

when i first started seeing ai-generated images, they were very abstract things. we all remember the gandalf and saruman prancing on the beach pictures. they were almost like impressionism, and they had a very ethereal and innocent look about them. a lot of us loved those pictures and saw something that a lot of human minds couldn't create, something new and worth something. i love looking at art that looks like nothing i've seen before, it always makes me feel wonder in a new type of way. ai-generated art was a good thing.

then the ai-generated pictures got much more precise, and suddenly we realized they were being fed hundreds of artists' pieces without permission, recreating something similar and calling it their own. people became horrified, and i was too! we heard about people losing their job as background artists on animated productions to use ai-generated images instead. we saw testimonies of heartbroken artists who had their lovingly created art stolen and taken advantage of. we saw people being accused of making ai-generated art when theirs was completely genuine. ai-generated art became a bad thing.

i've worked in the animation industry. right now, i work at an animation school, specifically for 2D animation. i care a lot about the future of my friends in the industry (and mine, if i go back to it), and about all the students i help throughout the years. i want them to find jobs, and that was already hard for a lot of them before the ai-generated images poked their heads into our world.

i'm not very good at explaining nuanced point of view (this is also my second language) but i'll do my best. i think that ai-generated art is a lot of things at once. it's dangerous to artists' livelihoods, but it can be a useful tool. it's a fascinating technological breakthrough, but it's being used unethically by some people. i think the tools themselves are kind of a neutral thing, it really depends on what we do with it.

every time i see ai-generated art i eye it suspiciously, and i wonder "was this made ethically?" and "is this hurting someone?". but a lot of it also makes me think "wow, cool concept, that inspires me to create". that last thought has to count for something, right? i'm an artist myself, and i spend a lot more time looking at art than making art - it's what fuels me. i like to imagine a future where we can incorporate ai-generation tools into production pipelines in a useful way while keeping human employees involved. i see it as a powerful brainstorming tool. it can be a starting point, something that a human artist can take and bring to the next level. it can be something to put on the moodboard. something to lower the workload, which is a good thing, imo. i've worked in video games, i've made short films, and let me tell you, ai-generated art could've been useful to cut down a bit of pre-production time to focus on some other steps i wanted to put more time into. there just needs to be a structure to how it's used.

like i said before, i work in a school. the language teachers are all very worried about ChatGPT and company enabling cheating; people are constantly talking about it at my workplace. i won't get into text ais (one thing at a time today) but the situation is similar in many ways. we had a conference a few months ago about it, given by a special committee that's been monitoring ai technology for years now and looking for solutions on how to deal with it. they strongly suggest to work alongside AIs, not outlaw it - we need to adapt to it, and control how it's used. teach people how to use it responsibly, create resources and guidelines, stay up to date with this constantly evolving technology and advocate for regulation. and that lines up pretty well with my view of it at the moment.

here's my current point of view: ai-generated art by itself is not unethical, but it can easily be. i think images generated by ai, if shared publicly, NEED a disclaimer to point out that they were ai-generated. they should ONLY be fed images that are either public domain, or have obtained permission from their original author. there should also be a list of images that fed the ai that's available somewhere. cite your sources! we were able to establish that for literature, so we can do it for ai, i think.

oh and for the record, i think it's completely stupid to replace any creative position with an ai. that's just greedy bullshit. ai-generated content is great and all, but it'll never have soul! it can't replace a person with lived experiences, opinions and feelings. that's the entire fucking point of art!!

the situation is constantly evolving. i'm at the point where i'm cautious of it, but trying to let it into my life under certain conditions. i'm cautiously sharing ai pictures on my blog; sometimes i change my mind and delete them. i tell my coworkers to consider ways to incorporate them into schoolwork, but to think it over carefully. i'm not interested in generating images myself at the moment because i want to see what happens next, and i'd rather be further removed from it until i can be more solid in my opinion, but i'm sure i'll try it out eventually.

anyway, to anybody interested in the topic, i recommend two things: be open-minded, but be careful. and listen to a lot of different opinions! this is the kind of thing that's very complicated and nuanced (i still have a lot more to say about it, i didn't even get into the whole philosophy of art, but im already freaking out at how much i wrote on the Discourse Site) so i suggest looking at it from many different angles to form your own opinion. that's what i'm doing! my opinion isn't finished forming yet, we'll see what happens next.

[lady-arryn]

trick or treat!!

Trick!!

[yokaikobold]

Sketch to knock off rust

[exalok]

Clench

(link here)

There's something Daud has noticed about the arcane bond.

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in which daud has some downtime from starting a gang and decides to do something with it. his penis suffers

[graedari]

Hello! I don't know if you remember but a while ago I asked for your permission to write something for the marked!Jess AU! Well, I finally got around to posting the first chapter over on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56387449/chapters/143273230 I know it's not the same as your AU, but I hope you enjoy it anyway :)

YESS!!! HI KAIJIU!!! I HAVE A BOOKMARK ON YOUR FIC FOR READING LATER!!! IM SO SORRY I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING!!! IM SO EXCITED TO READ IT BUT I HAVEN'T HAD DOWNTIME TO READ YET!!!

I saw when you tagged me and I have it sitting in my drafts as well to properly tag and scream about when I have a chance to read it!! I'm mega excited!!!

Marked Jessamine AU's will always be super dope and I'm excited to see what you do with it!! (Please feel free to like pop in in like 3 weeks if I still haven't read it! I promise its in my list but I'm crunching on a few projects and haven't had time for fun stuff TTutTT)

[lupines-slash-recs]

Rec: What's Written in the Stars by kaijuborn

Title: What’s Written in the Stars Author: kaijuborn Canon: Overwatch Pairing: Lúcio Correia dos Santos/Genji Shimada Rating: Teen [PG] Word Count: 9,336 Summary: Genji wasn’t sure what he had been expecting when he heard the famous musician would join the

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[hiaennyddei]

My gift to @kaijuborn for the @dishonoredgiftexchange! The prompt was Daud/Corvo, so I went for Academy Daud meeting fresh-and-awkward Royal Protector Corvo

[tildytwo]

When the Knife of Dunwall comes forward with damning information, Corvo and Jessamine find themselves growing closer to him.

HI, @kaijuborn! I'm your @dishonoredgiftexchange Fugue Feast creator this year! You asked for Daud/Corvo/Jessamine, and I tried to figure out a way to get these three together. Hope you enjoy!

[endrae]

kaijuborn replied:

I would absolutely love to see the rest of these drawings if you're comfortable sharing them!!

You know what, I heard the era of cringe is over so do enjoy these un-archived (at least for a while) pieces or relics  I’m p sure there was a 2nd post as well but couldn’t find it - maybe I’ve permanently deleted it or it never existed who knows 

[wontyoureadtome]

Part 1 of “A Faithful Companion” by Kaijuborn ( author blog @kaijuborn)

Author Summary:

“Hanzo is a wanderer, always on the move after leaving his home and his duties. However, when winter comes and he finds himself in an abandoned town, he decides to stay for a while. A large, three-legged wolf accompanies him, though the animal appears to be more than what first meets the eye. ”

Fic Rating: Teen  Length: 17:25

Ship: McHanzo

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A Faithful Companion Tag

Here we have the 3rd and final part of @sarcasticskeptic‘s podfic prize!

Its been a lot of fun (tricking people into messaging me), we might have to do it again when we hit 200 followers!

[l-a-l-o-u]

hey! the picture with a village that goes in a spiral was made with AI, if you want to tag it as such

thanks for letting me know!

[talk-of-tyria]

@kaijuborn That’s a good point! I’ve never actually encountered that dialogue personally, but from some of the context clues (“What are you doing so far from the tree so late at night?”) and the rarity of it, my suspicion is that it’s another one that occurs once every Tyrian day, i.e. every two real time hours. 

(Side note, not all ambient dialogue that mentions a certain time of day is at that time of day, sometimes to amusing result. It just often is.)

I’ve missed dialogue for that reason before, like the Wardens’ dawn/dusk dialogues, because they’re in such a particular place at such a particular time.  My general rule is to wait 5-10 minutes to hear dialogue, and if I don’t, I move on; if I do, I stay until I hear all dialogues repeat at least once. It’s thorough, but stuff still slips by sometimes!

Thanks for reminding me to investigate this particular exchange. When I find it, I’ll let you know if it beats any records. :)

[yokaikobold]

Concept art I've been doing for a DND thing.

Her name's Monica

[oprez]

Hello? I think you're the mushroom head I met in Timberline falls today after legendary ley line anomaly? :D Is it you?

Same head!! Awww, this is so sweet! Yes, yes it is me xD Nice to meet you on tumblr too!

[graedari]

your marked heart au has my entire heart rn... (pun intended). do you know if anyone's written fic of it?

Hello lovely!

I don't currently have any writing for my specific AU of Marked Heart yet! I do plan on possibly undertaking the task of writing for it but I have to iron-out the concrete timeline and details in it before I'd feel good writing my ideas out. However!

@kaijuborn did writing a piece inspired by my art but took their own liberties with the idea of a Marked Jessamine idea! (which is one of my favorite AUs to explore!) You can check out their fic here!

In the meantime please enjoy a small doodle of Daud and Jessamine in the AU bc their dynamic is everything to me <3

[frodofeels]

kaijuborn replied to your post: I literally just got stung on the bum by a mozzie...

what the hell is a mozzie

it’s a mosquito

but also I’m interested to know what you thought it was