Cyberpunk city diorama

This one was easy. I already had most of the elements drawn for other artwork. I just had to do up the can.
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I started a YouTube channel two months ago. I only have 2 videos up right now.

Here is an animated adventure I did. I’ve been working with a YouTuber from Kyoto, Loutre Otter Cafe.

Im trying to get enough views and subscribers to monetize it.

Im starting the second animation this weekend.


This is a different style than my other artwork. Please let me know what you think of it.

Sorry for taking your thread away.
 
What method do you use to make these?
They look good.
I start with a sketch and basic color layout. I draw in Procreate with an Apple Pencil. The program has several brushes with textures, light effects, etc, then I import that picture into Dream AI to add more color combinations, fill out the background, etc. Then I import back into procreate to clean up the image, remove things that the AI added that I don’t like, etc.

So, I use a combination of methods to get the best image possible.

Just like the old days when an artist used a light board to trace an image of a character so that they could draw them spot on and add the details, except now it’s digital.
 
I start with a sketch and basic color layout. I draw in Procreate with an Apple Pencil. The program has several brushes with textures, light effects, etc, then I import that picture into Dream AI to add more color combinations, fill out the background, etc. Then I import back into procreate to clean up the image, remove things that the AI added that I don’t like, etc.

So, I use a combination of methods to get the best image possible.

Just like the old days when an artist used a light board to trace an image of a character so that they could draw them spot on and add the details, except now it’s digital.

I see no problem employing whatever methods can be used to make art. Even Renaisance masters did things like tracing and they also used special reflective devices and curved mirrors to make more accurate drawings, as well. As you say now these techniques just have a digital equivalent


 
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Here’s an example

Sherlock Holmes, age 19 for the books I’m currently editing and illustrating for my publisher.

1. ROUGH SKETCH, basic color scheme, set to ‘direct influence’ mode.

2. PASS THROUGH AI, it added some weird elements.

3. CLEAN UP AND REDRAW, there were several things that needed cleaning up, in addition to the obvious elements there. Look closely at Holmes’ coat for an example.

Now, I used to spend up to a hundred hours drawing, redrawing, refining, touching up, coloring, adding additional layers for depth, etc. I would have 3-4 layers just for the sky coloring, etc.

At first I felt like I was cheating using AI to make things go more quickly, but when I have about 10 months to collect, read, edit authors stories, (I get 30 to 40 in total which usually ends up with about 20 that I can use) write stories myself to include, and have to illustrate EACH STORY with 1-3 illustrations, I find it way more efficient to do it this way.

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The use of generative AI as an artwork method continues to grow. Others, like him, first draw their own sketches and feed them into the generative AI. Even if the AI draws everything from scratch according to the author's instructions, I think the evaluation of the results will ultimately come down to the author's aesthetic sense and taste. When it comes to the unexpectedness and impact of a work, I don't know whether AI or humans will win, but as long as the final evaluator is a human being with an aesthetic sense, good things will I believe that what is good and what is bad is no good. The greatest joy for me is drawing or creating something with my own hands and ideas as much as I can. However, my verdict is still out on the controversy sparked by the appearance of 3D-printed models in the RPF thread once ago.
 
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