I saw this post on tumblr and — speaking as the type of artist who’s been commissioned for plenty of couple-illustrations — this sucks there’s no love here
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God this depresses me. To me this translates to, "I love you, but only want to do the bare minimum amount to show it. I am terrified to attempt to create anything with my own hands for fear that you will see the imperfections and deem me, in turn, imperfect."
The wife in the photo has normal eyes, the wife in the slop has pleading, "he has a knife, please help me, he talks to the knife, the knife has a name, he told me to act normal" eyes.
I've seen this AI Ghibli stuff going around and this super sucks. I like learning to emulate, breakdown and draw new art styles and I am sure there are artists out there you could just commission for this...sigh.
Like actually LOOK at the original photo. They’re all squinting into the sun on a cloudless (but not hot) beach day. He’s leaning toward his wife, hugging the dog a little to keep them from bolting. She’s hugging his leg. Their feet are all sandy from walking barefoot.
There’s genuine smiles and a slightly awkward pose like, this specific moment is kind of weird but we’re happy to be here together. It’s a cute moment!!! All lost in the translation to vague pastiche.
All the close hugging in the original is reduced in the AI version to like. Gentle fingertip touch. Her beach curls are gone. His muscles have been removed. None of these characters look like you, all of your personality has been stripped and you’ve been replaced by bland strangers
I know I’m a pretentious ~artist~ and most people don’t see it the way I do but like. I’m shaking you by the shoulders, how do you not see the missing love. how do you NOT SEE THE LACK
He could have just put a goofy hearts filter on the original pic & send that. Less work, more creativity & he won't look and sound like a pretentious wanker 🤷🏽
This is the exact argument that Miyazaki made when presented with AI art. It's especially harmful considering how HUMAN the Ghibli films and studio are. You're justified in feeling resentment for such a reduction of a skilled practice. Hell, the picture itself gave her 3 fingers and 6 toes.
This is so fucking well articulated, thank you for putting the words “vague pastiche” to it. It’s wild that the object of the image is less important than the epic reference. Berger’s rollin in he grave.
This is so weird and soulless. The original picture was perfectly fine and carries what must have been a beautiful memory. God had no hand with the edit
Yeah! As a portraiture project, it’s incredibly lacking. This is not how I would draw these two in this style. Does he love his wife, does he know how to recognize her even in a cartoon world? Or does he love the idea of his wife as long as he doesn’t have to put any effort in?
The squiggliest paint attempts with a mouse have more heart than this.
This is a filter that robs artists of what they strived to do and can instantly be taken away and you have nothing again but what your ai handlers dictate.
I assume this is some new model since I've seen this type of thing in a couple of places now, including on r/Judaism, bewilderingly, and a friend of mine made a "mcmansion hell"-style breakdown of what was wrong
whenever I see this stuff too it's like, what exactly does Ghibli even mean to these people? just purely an art style to oo over bc you recognize it?? it's such a suface level bland approximation, no love exactly like you say
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Or idk, lol
These guys are not just exhausting, they are *boring*
They're BARELY touching each other in the AI slop.
Sadly, for many, "pretty" is enough. They'll enjoy it for a moment, then it will be forgotten and disposable.
The value of something real and meaningful, full of love and care, is lost on them.
All that for a soulless image for people who probably can't even see why it's soulless.
This is a filter that robs artists of what they strived to do and can instantly be taken away and you have nothing again but what your ai handlers dictate.
This is nothing.