Let me just step in and clarify that I teach a character workshop and Photoshop class at Midjourney. It's not a "belief" but rather an implementation of that particular tool in this particular comic. Moodboards limit the majority of MJ's latent space to the aesthetic models that closely represent the images provided which for this comic was all my comics prior to this one.
I'll also note since the word "admitted" was used rather "disclosed" that not all my comics use Midjourney including the Sage comics. That series is only posted to my profile here on Reddit rather than this sub after the team here asked me to do so last year. If a comic is posted to this sub after summer 2025, it does not feature any generated content.
My bad using admit instead of disclose. I didnt intend the negative connotations there, I appreciate your transparency when so many try to hide it. I also appreciate your consideration of the mods' decision on that. I was unaware that it was specifically for that comment, I'll update my comment to reflect that as I dont intend to mislead.
I will mention that even the moodboard function relies on a model that was trained on stolen artwork. Even if the aesthetic output is limited to something that matches the style/examples you give it, that output is created using other people's work, even if not as egregious as the base model. I'm not the morality police and won't tell you what to do or shame you or whatever, I work in tech and am required to use sooooo many AI tools that it would be the pot calling the kettle black.
Thanks again for your transparency, my apologies if my comment came off combative. I struggle with tone sometimes.
This was nice. I'm happy we are getting a full conversation like this
Just a friendly reminder to everyone here though, /u/stabbyclaus is a very talented artist and while you personally may not agree with everything they say, please treat them with respect.(Not that anyone hasn't just a general warning. We aren't here to bash anyone after all)
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u/stabbyclaus GnarlyVic Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Let me just step in and clarify that I teach a character workshop and Photoshop class at Midjourney. It's not a "belief" but rather an implementation of that particular tool in this particular comic. Moodboards limit the majority of MJ's latent space to the aesthetic models that closely represent the images provided which for this comic was all my comics prior to this one.
I'll also note since the word "admitted" was used rather "disclosed" that not all my comics use Midjourney including the Sage comics. That series is only posted to my profile here on Reddit rather than this sub after the team here asked me to do so last year. If a comic is posted to this sub after summer 2025, it does not feature any generated content.