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I thought AI art generators were a total joke until my cousin's wedding in Tulsa last month
My cousin got married in Tulsa three weeks ago and hired a local artist to do live digital portraits of guests. I rolled my eyes so hard when I heard about it. Figured it would be some filter slapped on a tablet. Then I sat for mine and watched her actually paint on a screen, layering color by hand, working around the glare from the tent lights. She spent 15 minutes on mine and it looked more like me than any photo from that day. Now I'm sitting here with a $25 app on my iPad wondering why nothing looks close. Has anyone here actually moved from drawing on paper to a tablet and felt like it clicked? I'm about 2 weeks in and everything I make looks like a melted crayon.
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angela_allen533h ago
That live painter thing makes sense because she's making choices every few seconds, mixing colors and fixing shapes as she goes. Two weeks on a tablet is nothing, your hand still expects paper friction and the screen just doesn't push back the same way. Give it a couple months of daily doodling before you judge yourself, the melted crayon phase is normal.
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uma_baker993h ago
Wondering how long the melted crayon phase actually lasted for you, @angela_allen53, because two months of daily doodling sounds like a real commitment. Does the hand really stop missing paper friction, or do you just get used to fighting the glass? Give me a number so I know when to stop blaming the tablet.
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