if you've got the time and energy, would you mind sharing your thoughts on programs that turn photographs into pixel art? thank you!
honestly people have been using methods to posterize images into pixel art for a while. it has been an issue in the pixel art community before genAI was even a thing. mostly ppl would downscale/posterize a photo to βdelegitimizeβ pixel art by showing how easy it is to βachieveβ lol.
but generally itβs easy to tell when an image has been made that way, mostly because of colors blurring way too much, turning into color mud with no contrast and nothing being βreadableβ (ie trees donβt look like trees just green blobs etc)
i personally do not have an issue with it if someone is doing it for personal usage or having fun. theres also no real program that CAN just turn a photograph into pixel art, generally they use a photoshop technique etc so at least theyβre having some creative input? as long as their not using copyrighted photos etc
but the issue will always be disclosing it, if youβre trying to pass off downscaled photos/AI images as your own art thatβs morally wrong and very disingenuous.
Where's my Lawrusso fic where Daniel keeps saying stuffβ’ in Italian to Johnny (term of endearment/some random thoughts like "i really want to kiss you now") and ofc Johnny's be like DA F DID YOU JUST CALL ME IF YOU WANT TO INSULT ME DO IT IN ENGLISH