Rant time now. Anti-ai artists consistently have to fall back on the claim that making art is the *process* of creation. I fundamentally disagree and even though I won't change any minds, I want to explain why. It is because believing that art needs to be more than an expression of someone's will is too limiting. If you have an idea and execute on it through creation, you are bringing art into the world. Good ideas, bad ideas, boring ideas, someone else's ideas, doesn't matter. This is why photography is art. This is why didital illustration is art. This is why splashing paint on a canvas, taping a banana to a wall, carving a block of marble, playing a character, creating a video game, directing a movie, making a sandwich, singing a song, building a stadium, and yes, generating an AI image- is art. I think its disgusting and elitist that so many artists want to limit themselves and others to believing that "art" is actually some magic sequence of actions or some ability you need to train for or suffer for. If an illustration artist loses the use of their body and has to tell someone else what to draw for them, are they still an artist? Are they "just a director"? I cannot accept that action is what determines art. Art is self expression through creation. The tools you use to create are your choice, they are part of your art, they are NOT what makes the art itself. The art is conceived in your mind, and born into the world through the medium you use.

I miss color cycling