I've been here on Renderosity (and other places too) a long time. I've been making 3D art since Poser 4 and Vue 4, using Photoshop for post work, so around 23? years. I still use Vue on occasion but I no longer use Poser. My focus has been learning all the various tricks Daz Studio offers. I once saw someone write that DS was for amateurs. Made me chuckle, though I beg to differ. To a point, yes, a person without much experience can create images using DS with little effort, and it shows too. Or...one can learn all the little tricks and put in the effort it takes to create images made in DS to the next level and beyond, making actual "art" instead of just dropping premade sets and figures into a scene and rendering.
I always see the images I make in my mind's eye first, usually in vivid detail. Sometimes I run with that vision, and sometimes I opt to go a different direction. I'm inspired by fantasy (being an old RP person from the glory days of AOL chat rooms and guilds) and nature. I often blend fantasy and nature together in my images. So it is extremely rare for me to make anything along the lines of realism. I could, but I find fantasy more interesting. Sci-fi however, is an avenue I'd like to explore more.
I'm not a fan of AI. I did use it for a time, until I realized how much art (without permission or compensation) was being consumed by bots to feed the datasets. Not to mention how bad AI data centers are for the environment, our fresh water tables and aquifers as well as any animal or person living near one. Then there is the whole deep fake video scenarios. Child porn. The list of reasons not to use it and for it to be heavily regulated is very, very long. It also became repetitious and boring. It doesn't take that much skill to put together (even highly detailed, multiple paragraph) text prompts.
It's not art if you tell a machine what to make for you, sit back for maybe 30 seconds and wait while an image is generated by said machine. It's a take out order.
Take care,
Melissa K. aka Art By Mel
"Art is art, it is perception, vision and passion; it is the unfettered expression of our souls. And it is all beautiful, each in its own way. We should never forget that."
I always see the images I make in my mind's eye first, usually in vivid detail. Sometimes I run with that vision, and sometimes I opt to go a different direction. I'm inspired by fantasy (being an old RP person from the glory days of AOL chat rooms and guilds) and nature. I often blend fantasy and nature together in my images. So it is extremely rare for me to make anything along the lines of realism. I could, but I find fantasy more interesting. Sci-fi however, is an avenue I'd like to explore more.
I'm not a fan of AI. I did use it for a time, until I realized how much art (without permission or compensation) was being consumed by bots to feed the datasets. Not to mention how bad AI data centers are for the environment, our fresh water tables and aquifers as well as any animal or person living near one. Then there is the whole deep fake video scenarios. Child porn. The list of reasons not to use it and for it to be heavily regulated is very, very long. It also became repetitious and boring. It doesn't take that much skill to put together (even highly detailed, multiple paragraph) text prompts.
It's not art if you tell a machine what to make for you, sit back for maybe 30 seconds and wait while an image is generated by said machine. It's a take out order.
Take care,
Melissa K. aka Art By Mel
"Art is art, it is perception, vision and passion; it is the unfettered expression of our souls. And it is all beautiful, each in its own way. We should never forget that."
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