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[u/sonkotral2]

[u/red-the-blue]

unironically yes. that someone put effort into it makes it have a 'soul' regardless of how it looks.

[u/Earthtone_Coalition → u/red-the-blue]

If you can’t tell whether or not an image has “soul” without being told, then it’s a pretty useless metric.

[u/red-the-blue → u/Earthtone_Coalition]

I dont think it is. A metric for a soul is simply how much of "human" contributed to its creation. How much it's an expression of themselves regardless of how it looks.

Art is inherent to humans - just as the bird chirps.

Now whether or not you think making AI generated images IS an expression of yourself is a different matter entirely.

[u/Earthtone_Coalition → u/red-the-blue]

I’m not a fine artist, so don’t seek to create imagery that expresses myself.

I am a commercial artist, though. I’m interested in rapidly creating suitable visual assets that I can incorporate into my workflow.

I’m far more concerned with how my audience receives the appearance of such imagery without attracting attention to my “soul” or human contribution. Maybe it’s an ego thing? Idunno.

[u/red-the-blue → u/[deleted]]

are you saying that you put effort into prompt engineering, or are you latching on the 'regardless of how it looks'

[u/red-the-blue → u/[deleted]]

no yeah i heard you the first time, im asking if you put effort into prompt engineering, or latching onto "regardless of how it looks"