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Is it Time to Replace Your Artists with Artificial Intelligence?
zanegun08:
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I don't see this as an issue, t-shirt art has a short lifespan and there are literally millions of images produced, so there is a slim chance of having any issues, as well as the open community aspect can be used to improve your prompt writing as well as get inspiration for what is possible.
Here are two images I created with Midjourney and had printed with DTG printing.
The first I created the girls face with this prompt "face photo, samurai girl, intricate detailed ivory head dress, looks likeZendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, moody lighting, red and blue, intricate detailed ivory design, bioluminescent colors, back lit black background, 4k, octane render, epic composition, golden ratio" which created this image https://mj-gallery.com/8150c773-fc71-4031-a7d1-51fcee9daec6/grid_0.png
I then created the background with "chinese scroll writing, black on white, bold text" which gave me this https://mj-gallery.com/991dc25c-7ec3-4a89-93c7-fb5b5f5939be/grid_0.png
From there I cut out the girl in a way without hard edges, and made it more symmetrical, as well as I ran it through another AI https://huggingface.co/spaces/NotFungibleIO/GFPGAN which helps clean up faces as well as AI upscaling.
I then created with this prompt "reflective metallic gold sheet" https://mj-gallery.com/e5c62c96-c46b-4fd2-90cb-ee4a40bcbd64/grid_0.png which I superimposed into the background,
And finally I added the streetfighter logo as it reminded me of streetfighter and I wanted to make it more of a "real shirt design"
Here is the final result that I had printed via a DTG printer as a one off.
The second design, I used the prompt "lil wayne as baby in onesie" and got lucky with a flat background that was easy to cut away, here was the result https://mj-gallery.com/85a2102d-31af-4f38-ba82-e77d3e936ca5/grid_0.png
I then got a high resolution photo of Lil Waynes face to add back in the face tattoos. This was prior to knowing about the GFPGAN so the eyes are off, but good enough for me on this one.
I then generated some "baby pink chenille fabric" which I typeset some text and superimposed the fabric in the background.
Since I created this design, Midjourney has been upgraded to make perfect "seamless" images that can be tiled easily. Here is an example with the prompt "alphonse mucha style painting, octane render, hyperrealism, seamless pattern, flat background light" https://mj-gallery.com/314cd96e-e42d-49dd-973c-6fb8b5558430/grid_0.png
A couple of tips, you can use midjourney without paying on a trial basis, if you open in a private window and just make up a discord name (you won't need to login) you can just close that after your trial runs out and re-do it in a new private window with another trial. I did end up paying for a month ($30) though as it's good entertainment and I feel will be usable in the future and I can just build that $30 into the price of artwork easily.
Second, watch youtube videos or read some blogs about prompt writing, there are a lot of keywords you can add that will drastically change the image, here is a google doc with examples of the same prompts and adding an artist as a reference https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h6H2CqjLdZMbLjlz6EHwemfO4fkIzAfWtjRAMSa2KHE/edit#gid=0
Lastly, share here if you come up with anything or use this for any projects, this could really benefit the right niche of printers who do band shirts, have DTG printing or hybrid printing where color count isn't such a factor, but also for rapid prototyping and then sending off to be vectorized as a more simplified design would also be very beneficial to someone who doesn't have many hours to make artwork.
rusty:
Thanks for the follow up write up. This looks really promising, and I agree copyright isnt much of an issue since this would be used more often for small runs or people who don't have art and don't want pay alot. Same as using clip art from all the usual sources.
sunday:
--- Quote from: zanegun08 on October 05, 2022, 02:18:14 PM ---A couple of tips, you can use midjourney without paying on a trial basis, if you open in a private window and just make up a discord name (you won't need to login) you can just close that after your trial runs out and re-do it in a new private window with another trial.
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https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs/terms-of-service#exception-1-non-paid-members-license-terms
"If you are not a Paid Member, Midjourney grants you a license to the Assets under the Creative Commons Noncommercial 4.0 Attribution International License (the “Asset License”)."
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
If someone's just trying it out, then sure, create a throwaway account and give it a go. But if this art is going to be used for a commercial purpose (like making band shirts), then what you're suggesting violates the Creative Commons license in question.
GoWestRob:
I've messed around with the DALL-E one a bit after seeing a funny bit about it on John Oliver. It's really impressive with what it can do, but still the results are pretty shitty for production artwork. Although maybe I need better keywords. In the past we have used services like clipart.com to come up with something quick when we need a vector 'flying bat' or something simple. So far I see DALL-E being more like a more customizable version of clipart. It's a tool you can use to get you a step in the right direction, but of course you'll need a skilled artist to make something amazing out of it. I don't think it'll 'replace' artists anytime soon, for now it's similar to outsourcing vectorizing to an indian vectorizing service instead of tracing it in house. The AI can get some of the initial legwork done and then a pro can take it from there. It's definitely interesting to watch it develop.
Dottonedan:
2nd time I’ve seen this pop up on the radar in over a few months. Another artist friend of mine who used to be a member here years ago, turned me onto it. I’m surprised that he was super stoked about it because he’s more of a traditional Illustrator and very anti-employers taking advantage of artist. So he must besting this as a much easier way to generate art income.
I checked it out myself. Did the name thing and tried one (first time) and I am sure I didn’t invest much time needed to really give it a good go. I’m sure it will be another tool for artist to use and for new shop owners needing to do something in art, it may help greatly.
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