"The AI only takes a few seconds to draw the pictures I draw overnight, and the cost is only a few cents. Even if I accept a pay cut, it can't be cheaper than AI. If you were the boss, who would you choose?”
At the time of saying this, she had already been laid off by her boss, and the entire team was laid off.
Her job was replaced by AI.
ChatGPT has reached 100 million monthly active users in just two months since its launch, making it the fastest-growing app in history. TikTok, which is popular all over the world, took 9 months to achieve this achievement.
The era of AI frenzy may have arrived.
From the discussion of ChatGPT, to the possibility of AI replacing such and such a position, to the professional crisis of illustrators involving themselves, the whole reverie process took only half a year.
Has AI affected illustrators?
The answer is yes!Here are a few simple examples.
Many novice illustrators have had such an experience, and in the practice stage, they can get paid by making **covers** for online writers, which varies from person to person.
But now there is no money to be made at all, and AI has completely replaced illustrators in this regard.
The situation of online writers is worse than that of illustrators, and they will only choose AI pictures as low as single digits before they make money.
Of course, in addition to AI, illustrators are also suffering in other ways.
1. The market demand has not become larger with the development of society.
On the one hand, this is mainly due to the decline of the print media.
The recession of magazines and publishing houses has led to a significant reduction in the demand for illustrators.
Larger advertising agencies, game companies, and animation companies are also demanding more and more from illustrators, which is not friendly to newcomers.
Smaller ones are directly fooled, and even AI.
2. Income has become more and more unstable.
Compared with the relatively reasonable and generous remuneration before, the same amount of time is not necessarily as much as it was in the past.
And the requirements are getting more and more stringent.
Illustrators who have said goodbye to niche professions must face the competitive pressure brought by "juniors, juniors", and at the same time, in the case of a sluggish market economy, they must also suffer from the pressure of Party A.
3. I lost the original feeling and lost the joy of creation.
Xi illustrators is a hobby.
The creative process is joyful in the absence of interest.
Even before, the illustrator was given a certain amountCreative freedom, respect, and decency are also happy and fulfilling.
Today, it's different.
You can't be a picky eater anymore, and you can't be "willful" anymore.
You become confused, you no longer delve into the meaning of the work, and you no longer have the slightest pleasure ...... creating
If ......
If you're facing this dilemma, or have lost your confidence as an illustrator, take a look at some of the works below.
The above are the winning works participating in the 2023 Lehua Lock Screen Illustration Awards, in addition to getting a lot of bonuses, they also have an additional income.
In the past two years, we have been discussing this matter in our small circle, which is OPPO's "Screen Exhibition Art Museum".
It is an innovative art content display model created by Lehua lock screen in cooperation with many museums and art institutions in China.
Users don't need to unlock their phones, they just need to light up the screen of their OPPO phones, and they can go directly to the art exhibition with one swipe and two pulls, making the lock screen interface a "handheld art exhibition".
You think it's an advertisement, and you're wrong.
The "Lehua Lock Screen Illustration Award" created by Lehua Lock Screen not only provides a rich platform content ecology, but also provides a diversified monetization model for the illustration industry.
Take these works as an example, in addition to cash prizes and generous rewards, they can also be on the Lehua lock screen and other OPPO product scenes, and enjoy hundreds of millions of huge traffic**.
In addition, Lehua lock screen also cooperates with illustrators, invites illustrators to pay to create designated theme works, and provides protection for content creators' income through mature advertising platforms and super **.
In addition, illustrators and content creators can also enter the Lehua lock screen to show their talents through interviews in the "Lehua Yizhi" column, realize personal IP creation, and enhance the influence of the industry.
And that's not all. Lehua lock screen opens the peripheral derivatives of the illustrator's work, and helps the illustrator get more benefits through the form of ** customized mobile phone case. With the innovative scene advantage of "visible on the bright screen" and the recommendation strategy of accurately reaching the circle audience, it enhances the ** and influence of illustrators.
Finally, make a summary.
It's the same with any profession, you have to expand your work.
If you have to "walk" out and see more, you may be able to find the right platform and continue to do what you like.
In addition, can AI "kill" illustrators?
In 1826, the Frenchman Nieps auctioned the world's first permanent photo**. Due to the advent of **, this function of painting has been largely replaced.
So much so that in France, Master Ingres and others wrote a letter** demanding that the further development of photography be stopped, so as not to lead to the decline of the art of painting.
Why?Quite simply, the paintings of that era were dominated by "likeness", and after the advent of the camera, there was nothing more "like" than what it painted.
Naturally, photography was not outlawed, but gave birth to Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, ......
Instead, painting developed and ......
Therefore, before the emergence of the so-called human consciousness of AI, it is still just that cold "machine".
It is a dead thing, while a man is alive.
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