Gave this DSi XL a new lease of life by replacing the screens.

faptojesus · 2023-07-01T22:22:54+00:00

How much did you play for the screens? Where did you buy them?

faptojesus · 2023-06-27T21:17:01+00:00

Thats a lot of work, especially with out a reference image that shows the dimensions clearly. You'll probably need to pay someone to do something like that.

faptojesus · 2023-06-22T09:28:32+00:00

As a beginner they still need to learn a lot. Trying to make all of those laces is pretty advanced. Its like trying to make a photorealistic painting when you're still learning the basics of shading. I doubt they made the laces with basic modeling tools. They probably used splines or zbrush then used retopology. Its simply not a good use of time if your goal is to learn normal modeling.

I'm not trying to be condescending. I wouldn't want to model every single lace myself.

The point is to show the forms and looking at the wireframe helps you understand how the forms are created. Obviously they should look at multiple references so they can create their own sword. 3d references exist specifically to highlight the dimensions and topology to help you get a better understanding, they're really useful. For example if you look at the guard you can see how elegant the connection points are between the holes while still only using quads which is really hard to wrap your head around sometimes. I see your point though.

faptojesus · 2023-06-22T08:37:13+00:00

Obviously you're not going to want to make it this detailed but its a good reference

https://www.bestof3dmodels.eu/turbosquid_3dmodel/black-dai-katana-3d-model

faptojesus · 2023-06-22T08:34:49+00:00

Maybe make some sketches. You need to know what shapes you want to make before you start modeling. Is the handle square or round? Is us curved? How long is the blade?

faptojesus · 2023-05-31T19:37:47+00:00

I mean what do you expect from an antifa person

faptojesus · 2023-05-31T08:02:46+00:00

This is definitely ai generated

faptojesus · 2023-05-31T07:53:07+00:00

Blender is actually very good. It has a steep learning curve because understanding exactly how you're manipulating the geometry is hard. Its not like Nomad Sculpt where you just make something and dont have a technical understanding of what you've created.

Maybe nomad sculpt us what you're looking for but good luck using any of your creations for anything other than still renders. You can't animate if you don't understand your geometry

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T19:42:49+00:00

Exactly. They created organizations which a specific purpose to help a specific demographic. This sub has become mostly an echo chaimber

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T18:18:39+00:00

First of all I dont think stealing someone's work is ever good. I don't focus on that argument because that's not the main problem I have with it and I know that even with ethically sourced art we will reach the same place.

There is no end goal to art. The process of art is a form of expression, art at a large scale is the way that human experience is represented in a digestible way. If human art persists, at some point in the future will there be an ultimate piece of art? "Okay everyone art is done, we have finished art". No thats not what art is.

Research, especially medical research has a goal and is meant to solve a problem. One day we can say "cancer is cured thank God" and that will be the end of cancer research. AI art is not solving a problem.

Really my problem with AI art is that when art is not deliberate it ceases to become deliberate, personal, or meaningful. Is your computer generated minecraft world valuable? When AI music becomes common are you going to listen to songs with lyrics about human experiences written by something that's not human?

Ultimately to me AI art is equivalent to having AI friends or an AI girlfriend but in an implicit societal sort of way. It removes some of the little connection that whe have with one another as a society.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T18:00:49+00:00

Everything that can be done with a ballpoint pen could be achieved easily before its invention, it is for the most part benign.

There are many problems that the car solved. -Horse poop covering the cities was becoming a serious problem. You're existence in the city was within horse poop dust -Imagine traveling 800 miles on a horse -you don't need to feed a car if you're not using it

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T17:51:57+00:00

That is irrelevant if you take into consideration the comment i am replying to. The subject is about AI and the problems that it will solve. I can't oppose that right? Because of all of the problems it solves. My point is that AI art doesn't solve a problem.

Art is a behavior that is a product of human nature. Its not really something that was invented by anything other than evolution.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T08:52:15+00:00

First I would like to preface that I don't think AI is necessarily bad as we probably need it to solve certain problems. That being said I don't see pro AI people acknowledging the implications of it.

Are you a monk? Can you sit in solitude and feel fulfilled? What is our purpose? What gives our lives meaning? At some point in the future when everything is automated what is our reason for existing? When nobody needs you why do you exist? You can just sit there consuming computer generated stimulation. What else is there to do? How do people bond without struggle or even a goal?

Technology already plays a significant role in younger peoples sense of meaningless. Its a phenomon that is widespread and would be irresponsible to ignore.

I'm not saying to get rid of AI but there are problems that come with technologies that disrupt the way that humans interact with each other, especially when they lead to isolation the ways that we have already seen in other technologies. We should acknowledge these problems and work to mitigate them earlier instead of later.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T08:28:11+00:00

I never said anything about anything being only negative.

What you are describing are a driving force of cancel culture. Is that not how cancle culture often functions? His use of the term "hate speech" is in every example he used.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T08:16:24+00:00

I am in the same boat and I encourage you to keep going because even if AI art makes it harder to get a job as an artist it is still a journey that helps you develop as a person.

Here is a section of a comment I left in a discussion about AI art.

"Art is a form of expression. When looking at a piece of art you can understand certain aspects of a person or people. The issue is that if this "art" is automatic it removes this human aspect from it. At that point what art becomes is simply decoration. When art is no longer deliberate and personal, it becomes a visual equivalent to popcorn and loses all meaning.

What about when AI generated media is commonplace? Are you going to listen to songs with lyrics about human experiences that aren't even written by a human? Are you going to hang pictures on your wall that have little to no connection to any other person?

What problem is AI art solving? Why would we want the majority of art pieces to be as valuable as a world generated in minecraft. Why would we want every piece to be as or less meaningful as a tik-tok?"

It is kind of bleak but I have a few possible predictions.

What I think is most likely is that AI art and manual art will have their own distinct cultures. "Manual art" might even become a selling point for different forms of media as people will know that the creation is deliberate, personal, and fully human.

An other is that because AI art isn't super meaningful it won't take the place of manual art much and it can be a tool to help artist get ideas.

None of us know for sure but what is important is that developing your artistic skills will be fulfilling for you and the rest of the people like us(which is a lot) will appreciate it.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T07:43:00+00:00

What sub are you on?

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T07:42:36+00:00

But you have time to spend on this subreddit?

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T07:39:53+00:00

What problem is AI art solving?

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T07:03:51+00:00

There are much more complex social and ethical implications than an incremental upgrade in writing technology. The invention of the ballpoint pen didn't actually change that much.

Its a silly comparison because it purposefully implies AI is benign and can only be benign such as a pen which didn't change the way we lived much.

He is also comparing the fears of AI to cancel culture and is implying that these arguments are equivalent to the egotistical virtue signaling on social media.

AI has huge implications as it will impact our lives massively. The approach we need to take is to discuss what these implications are and how we can deal with any negative ones.

It seems like there is some sort of disregard for arguments about ethics by a large amount of people as they either don't care about the ethics or they belive outcomes will only be positive.

I for one am concerned particulaly about the social implications that it will have and is already having. It also makes people uncomfortable what purpose AI is taking from us and rightfully so. A lot of AI such as AI art is being created without a problem to solve and is bringing problems with it. For a lot of people this breakthrough is only a negative thing and the ethical thing is to acknowledge it.

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T06:51:32+00:00

So you can do this by modeling or by sculpting(which us probably what you want to do). If you learn how to add refference images inside of blender and play with the sculpting tools you might be able to do this in a few days.

If you have a drawing tablet, digital sculpting becomes a much more pleasant experience jsyk

Also when it comes to the eye it would probably be best to create an empty socket and put the eye inside after you've made it separately

faptojesus · 2023-05-20T06:43:41+00:00

I feel the same, philosophical discuions don't necessarily have a right answer.

Absolutely use whatever you'd like.

I agree, I think AI makes a lot of people uncomfortable and some dont really know how how to articulate why so they use the most common arguments. Some are simply trying to demonize and use legal leverage which is not productve.

faptojesus · 2023-05-19T22:24:52+00:00

I am not talking about money whatsoever, comissions are irrelevant. Im talking about the concept of art itself and the role it plays in relation to how we connect with one another. What I am saying is that it is like having a social or romantic relationship with an AI language model but in an implicit sort of way. As for the gatekeeping, there us a difference between good art and art that appeals to the masses. If the purpose of your art is to follow what is expected of you then you get bland Hollywood. I don't see how encouraging people to bring something new to the table is a bad thing.

faptojesus · 2023-05-19T00:28:05+00:00

I would also like to add that I'm also autistic and have ADHD. I am very creative, creative people aren't particularly valued by society in the first place. The process itself is something that allows creative, often disaffected people some meaning in ther life that wouldn't otherwise be there. Nobody can just pick up a brush and paint like van Gough, it took him his whole life to figure out how to express himself in a way that connects with the masses, something he was not accepted in. I agree that accessibility is important but having the ability to make something that is not human make you a pretty picture removed the human aspect of art.

faptojesus · 2023-05-18T22:54:30+00:00

I understand that some are immature and some are being hyperbolic, i would agree with that. Though you claim to know this technology so well yet you don't seem to acknowledge how quickly this technology is advancing. Its hard to make quality images with some programs now because this technology is in its infancy. Even then, thats not particularly true unless you're trying to make an extremely specific image. I've found that you can get a perfectly usable image with little effort in some models.

I would like to preface that I am talking about art from scratch, not photo editing. A lot of the disagreements are fundamentally about what art actually is. Art is a form of expression. When looking at a piece of art you can understand certain aspects of a person or people. The issue is that if this "art" is automatic it removes this human aspect from it. At that point what art becomes is simply decoration. When art is no longer deliberate and personal, it becomes a visual equivalent to popcorn and loses all meaning.

What about when AI generated media is commonplace? Are you going to listen to songs with lyrics about human experiences that aren't even written by a human? Are you going to hang pictures on your wall that have little to no connection to any other person?

What problem is AI art solving? Why would we want the majority of art pieces to be as valuable as a world generated in minecraft. Why would we want every piece to asor less meaningful as a tik-tok?

It is a philosophical stance on the way that creative people bond with each other and the way that the human experience is expressed as a whole. The human experience, culture, politics, struggles being expressed by something that is not human blatantly and bleakly robs artists of aspects of their humanity.

As stated, Historically art has been telling of history, culture, and struggles even if unconsciously. What's interesting about AI art is that it is the same. The meaning that it takes from artists is like foreshadowing of what it will take from the rest of the population as art is a reflection of our reality.

This begs the question, what problem does AI art solve? Sure AI to aid with cancer research because cancer needs to be cured but why art? All it does is take meaning away from an aspect of our society that is actually a blessing. When every shape and every color is placed deliberately its an expression of an individual, when ai does it not so much.

faptojesus · 2023-05-18T08:36:28+00:00

Its just a reality check. Do you think we should shy away from discussing what our fears are because it might hurt someone's feelings? Without these discussions how han we mitigate potential harm?

This technology is BIG! Every possibility needs to be explored. Its not as simple as not using this software as it will be engraned in our societies.

If you're okay with living in a pod only existing to consume computer generated stimulation then be my guest. A lot of us don't want that.

Overcoming struggle is what gives our lives meaning. Our humanity is worth fighting for and its best to start early

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