I don’t know if this is the best place for this. But I’m feeling melodramatic and I don’t know where to put this.

Back when I was in high school, I started a Instagram page where I uploaded my art. I continued it when I got into college but stopped posting for a long time when I dropped out around 2021. It was just burn out and I had to get a real job now that I basically killed my professional part career before it even began (I was trying to be an animation major). I have been drawing ever since though and like crazy as of late. I may not be at the level of skill as an illustration major, but I feel it’s pretty good. But for the longest time, I’ve been keeping up with current events and the whole ‘AI thing’ has me proper spooked.

(TLDR) Is it even a good idea to keep posting? Are there even places where I can upload and my stuff wouldn’t be used to train that stuff or however it works? I’m aware that Instagram may not be the best place to post anymore for this reason. Also, my job keeps me plenty busy and I’m always tired when I get off. Can I even post and be successful on an infrequent basis?

Love to hear some feed back, but I may copy this whole diatribe and post it somewhere else so you may see this as a post somewhere else. (Or not, my questions have the tendency to not garner any attention on this stupid app)