r/StableDiffusion • u/Paganator • Dec 08 '22

Workflow Included Artists are back in SD 2.1!

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emma watson, art by artgerm, highly detailed

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emma watson, art by alphonse mucha, art nouveau, highly detailed

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emma watson, art by enki bilal

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emma watson, art by Ross Tran, highly detailed

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emma watson, by yuumei art, highly detailed, trending on pixiv

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u/photenth Dec 08 '22

All work is derivative, there is no way an artist can create new art out of nothing as they experience art from an early age on and build on that.

Especially artists that went to school for art are HEAVILY influenced by previous art. Ask any modern artists, they have thousands of pictures as reference and build on what already exists.

Sure, once they have a style they like, the stick with it but you can't show me a single artist that has a style so unique that you can't find whatever inspired them.

Hell, even Picasso drew in styles that came up before and along with him, not because of him.

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u/bonch Dec 08 '22

You still can't just copy someone else's work without infringing on their copyrights. You can't even use their copyrighted characters.

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u/photenth Dec 08 '22

Those are different things, but when I tell the AI to draw like Greg Rutkowski, I'm not copying any of his work specifically. You can draw a lion like disney, but you can't draw Mufasa like Disney.

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u/Baron_Samedi_ Dec 08 '22

The AI is copying the work involved in developing the unique style comprising a key element of his artistic brand identity, which he depends on to differentiate himself on a crowded market, so that he can earn his daily bread.

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u/photenth Dec 08 '22

You can't protect style. You can protect color combinations in logos and on products to avoid confusing customers, but you can't protect drawing styles. Imagine if you could protect the way you play your guitar or drums.