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My criticism is painfully characteristic of HN, but to be blunt: the results of this are ugly. I'm a recreational CAD user and recently I've tried to add more
by code_biologist 4y ago
My criticism is painfully characteristic of HN, but to be blunt: the results of this are ugly.
I'm a recreational CAD user and recently I've tried to add more decorative flourish to my designs using ZBrush as a final processing step. Some recent examples: I've tried to add decorative moulding style carvings into a bracket. I've tried to fashion the ends of a workshop hook into rainforest vines. I completely suck to be clear.
My dream workflow for AI sculpting is an img2img/StableDiffusion style interface where I can select portions of my model to alter and iterate on the prompt, within something like ZBrush. "The moulding texture is good, but I'd like a more Greek inspired style", "Can you make the bark texture on this wood deeper?", "Can you turn this neutral face into an angry grimace?"
A simpler version that would still be really awesome is being able to generate texture brushes like [1][2] to easily sculpt with via prompts. "tight, densely packed neat feathers" or "the texture of a blanket with large, loose yarn knitting".
[1] https://youtu.be/VeC6WEZzbTM?t=26 https://youtu.be/VeC6WEZzbTM?t=26 (ornamental trim demo)
[2] https://environmentdesign.gumroad.com/l/mDbSP https://environmentdesign.gumroad.com/l/mDbSP (rock textures)
(no affiliation with either)
- andybak 4y ago> the results of this are ugly. "I found the results to be ugly". I personally found some of the results to be non-ugly.
- frereubu 4y agoI honestly think that most arguments people have about art would go away if they stopped using the verb "to be", i.e. "that artwork is...", and rephrased it as a personal opinion, which is almost always what it is. It generally leads to much more interesting conversations about art too.
- andybak 4y agoYou've accidentally rediscovered English Prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime I think it's a fascinating idea - I sometimes phrase it this way: any sentence that contains "is" is at least partially a lie.
- frereubu 4y agoThanks for that - it is a fascinating idea.
- code_biologist 4y agoI typed out my original response hastily, but I personally think you are 100% correct!
- ImHereToVote 4y ago∆ This guy lives in objective reality.
- pxoe 4y agowell, i find this opinion to be shallow, uninsightful, and not really amounting to being "criticism" these pieces look actually really interesting, and the way the shapes are sculpted show sculptor's character, which is the most fascinating part. it looks like it's moving only in linear way along the three axes, so i'm left wondering what sculpts would look like were they done with more curved, smoother motions. one thing image-based AI lacks is spatial, three-dimensional understanding of the things, scenes, and of the world. this looks like a nice step towards three-dimensional creation. and hopefully, on this journey, people creating those AI would be more mindful and wary of exploiting other people's works.