Are you an artist? Do you sell at artist alley? You've probably at one point stumbled on this hot mess of a discord server and the really disgusting mods that run this... 🧵

"Dyslexia is fixed with a font."
-AAN Mod Team 2024

1/? So relatively recently AAN discord made some changes for helpers. A lot of helpers had pretty normal questions about the new role adjustment.

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Eye Spy AI Thread
(Or how to identify Generative AI with your eyes - A Thread 🧵)

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Introduction: With the current landscape of data trust being at an all-time low, it's become so important to be able to discern real images vs generative AI.

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Inked Gaming is allowing the selling of generative AI on its platform.

Can we not give generative AI a platform to monetize in the same space as human artists? There are literally 7 pages worth of generative AI on Inked Gaming from this one individual alone.

I would argue the ability to problem solve visually is more important than styles. I know for a lot of artists in the game/film/tv industry they typically have to conform to the style of the project. What makes those artists valuable is their ability to problem solve around the style established. More importantly some studios have a photorealistic style. That's not really a style you can claim as an identity.

This extends to the majority of game development. I've been fortunate enough to work in studios that pay me my worth, but I know this is the exception and not the norm for most of my peers. I've had to turn down major projects because of low wage and crunch culture.

https://twitter.com/hellenataylor/status/1581289084718227456

Game development needs to unionize. Developers need to be paid their worth(most of our peers in other sectors of the tech industry get paid much higher for the same or less work) and we need end crunch culture.