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How do they come up with those amazing illustrations? Quanta Magazine always impresses me with the illustrations for each article

klysm 2y ago
I’d assuming paying and working with good artists
noname120 2y ago
Which illustrations are you referring to? I only see one illustration (at the top) and it looks like AI-grade material.
- mandmandam 2y ago
  I'm guess they're referring to the illustration that's clearly attributed to Quanta's Visual Designer Kristina Armitage. The illustration matches the tone and content of the piece, while also being visually consistent with her other Quanta illustrations. Seems like Ms. Armitage is only 2 years out of college, but is literally (illustratively?) crushing it [0]. Knee-jerk criticism like this in response to someone putting out heart-felt praise is so, so unnecessary. There's a time for putting down AI-assisted work, maybe, but this isn't it. 0 - https://www.behance.net/moodboard/179460311/illustration https://www.behance.net/moodboard/179460311/illustration
  - EGreg 2y ago
    When is there ever a time for putting down AI assisted work? Serious question.
    - mandmandam 2y ago
      I can think of a few situations... Like when it's flooding your board / group with ultra-low-effort crap, or when it's clearly a barely-digested regurgitation of an artist's style that they spent decades developing at great personal cost. When it's used to scam people, or when it's used to smear them. I find it upsetting that a company can steal the essence of thousands / millions of people's life's work, "transform" it with an algorithm, and then sell it to people without any recognition of the theft whatsoever. I don't like that a generation of creatives is being undercut, all during a time when inequality and wealth capture are rampant due to out-of-control mega-corporations - which immediately make moves to buy and/or copy said company... Like, I love creativity. I love AI. I think AI will be a part of our future whether we moan about it or not. At the same time, the world is awash with the worst type of scams, to the point where making a living is hard even if you work a steady 9-5. Even if you work two. Damn near every artist, writer, musician is scrabbling ridiculously hard to stay afloat as it is. Some aren't making it. I can see why they're pissed. And I think that for the most part, being angry at 'AI' is pointless, except as a means to distract from the true parasites of our age.
  - noname120 2y ago
    I didn't claim that it was generated by AI.
    - mandmandam 2y ago
      I didn't say you did, and it doesn't matter. The point was, it's rude to call someone's work "AI-grade material"; especially in response to a compliment about it, and when it's actually pretty good stuff, and all without making the slightest effort to figure out whose work you're shitting on.

klysm 2y ago

I’d assuming paying and working with good artists

noname120 2y ago

Which illustrations are you referring to? I only see one illustration (at the top) and it looks like AI-grade material.

mandmandam 2y ago
I'm guess they're referring to the illustration that's clearly attributed to Quanta's Visual Designer Kristina Armitage. The illustration matches the tone and content of the piece, while also being visually consistent with her other Quanta illustrations. Seems like Ms. Armitage is only 2 years out of college, but is literally (illustratively?) crushing it [0]. Knee-jerk criticism like this in response to someone putting out heart-felt praise is so, so unnecessary. There's a time for putting down AI-assisted work, maybe, but this isn't it. 0 - https://www.behance.net/moodboard/179460311/illustration https://www.behance.net/moodboard/179460311/illustration
- EGreg 2y ago
  When is there ever a time for putting down AI assisted work? Serious question.
  - mandmandam 2y ago
    I can think of a few situations... Like when it's flooding your board / group with ultra-low-effort crap, or when it's clearly a barely-digested regurgitation of an artist's style that they spent decades developing at great personal cost. When it's used to scam people, or when it's used to smear them. I find it upsetting that a company can steal the essence of thousands / millions of people's life's work, "transform" it with an algorithm, and then sell it to people without any recognition of the theft whatsoever. I don't like that a generation of creatives is being undercut, all during a time when inequality and wealth capture are rampant due to out-of-control mega-corporations - which immediately make moves to buy and/or copy said company... Like, I love creativity. I love AI. I think AI will be a part of our future whether we moan about it or not. At the same time, the world is awash with the worst type of scams, to the point where making a living is hard even if you work a steady 9-5. Even if you work two. Damn near every artist, writer, musician is scrabbling ridiculously hard to stay afloat as it is. Some aren't making it. I can see why they're pissed. And I think that for the most part, being angry at 'AI' is pointless, except as a means to distract from the true parasites of our age.
- noname120 2y ago
  I didn't claim that it was generated by AI.
  - mandmandam 2y ago
    I didn't say you did, and it doesn't matter. The point was, it's rude to call someone's work "AI-grade material"; especially in response to a compliment about it, and when it's actually pretty good stuff, and all without making the slightest effort to figure out whose work you're shitting on.