I have thoughts on Ai but I have the benefit of seeing it from a few angles.
In my day job, I've used Ai generated art for storyboards when I couldn't afford an artist and needed to illustrate an idea that I knew needed concept art to communicate. I feel like Richard was doing that here so I'm not as offended and wow is a unicorn playing a Flying V hard to ignore.
But...as a photographer, I would hope every opportunity was given to the NSMB photo team to illustrate this idea for the header image before resorting to concept art - the same goes for the header image of Nick Cage on Mike's most recent BWR. It would also mean that NSMB owns the image and avoids any sticky legal issues that may arise.
March 22, 2024, 1:09 p.m. - Dave Smith
I have thoughts on Ai but I have the benefit of seeing it from a few angles. In my day job, I've used Ai generated art for storyboards when I couldn't afford an artist and needed to illustrate an idea that I knew needed concept art to communicate. I feel like Richard was doing that here so I'm not as offended and wow is a unicorn playing a Flying V hard to ignore. But...as a photographer, I would hope every opportunity was given to the NSMB photo team to illustrate this idea for the header image before resorting to concept art - the same goes for the header image of Nick Cage on Mike's most recent BWR. It would also mean that NSMB owns the image and avoids any sticky legal issues that may arise.