I got access to DALL-E 2 (First thoughts on AI for Artists) (Patreon)

First Image: DALLE 2
Second Image: Disco Diffusion

In the past weeks I've been delving into the world of VQGAN+CLIP, in other words AI generated images.

You write a prompt, and the software generates several interpretations of that text as an image. As you can see the results are simply astonishing.

While Disco Diffusion is open for everyone, DALLE 2 is currently in a very closed beta, and I got access today. You can see the results. I want you to understand these images did not exist before this, and they will never be generated again in the history of this universe (according to the OPENAI team) since the process of generating them is absolutely random.

I AM working on a video about this, but as this is such a complex topic both in terms of what it does, and what it means for us artists, I do ask you for some patience.

I have 3 goals with my tests:
-Can it help us create concept art illustrations?
-Can it make useful character designs?

-Can it paint production backgrounds?


In the next couple of weeks I plan on making an open stream on Discord, so we can run some prompts together, and so I can share a bit of this with you.

I do want to make this open to the whole server but I will Not announce it yet, so you are the first to know! 

**VERY IMPORTANT** If you worry that now my content will be focused on AI stuff, do not fret. My passion is and always will be 2D animation and tradigital art, and I'll keep my content focused on it. I just think these are fantastic tools that in the future could help us achieve MORE ART with LESS WORK (fingers crossed)