Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Let's ask art directors about AI and what it means for our jobs and our future. AI is the dark cloud hanging over all artists in recent years and with good reason - but these answers and my own personal experience navigating this (so far) have left me more hopeful than I would have expected back in 2022.
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - AI Art is Soulless
2:49 - Impressive but Unsettling
3:44 - Replace the Mood board, not the Artist
4:58 - F$%! AI
5:49 - Early Project Tool but Still Using Artists
6:41 - Be Valuable in Different Ways
7:51 - First Hand Experiences
9:47 - Jobs are Scarce But Still Exist
11:08 - Conclusion
If you want to support human artists - the Concept Artist Association is doing amazing work: conceptartassociation.com/advocacy
After a weekend at Lightbox Expo, I am seriously drinking the Koolaid on this organization :)
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PAINT YOUR WORLD
Hardy Fowler is a professional Digital Painter with work seen in productions for Disney, Magic the Gathering, and Games Workshop among many others.
Hardy's online academy, Digital Painting Studio, teaches the master-level skills, process and mindset he's learned from decades of experience as a professional digital artist.
CONNECT
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com
→ instagram.com/hardy_digitalpaintingstudio
→ artstation.com/hfowler
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com/community
LEARN
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com/shop
_______________________
Friends of the channel and awesome artists and teachers:
Adam Duff: youtube.com/@UCf-cfRJyxATGTgWGiFkFUWA
Christophe Young: youtube.com/@christopheyoungart
Antonio Stappaerts: youtube.com/@UCltFySN5X6ySPNF6nQNAh4Q
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Let's ask art directors about AI and what it means for our jobs and our future. AI is the dark cloud hanging over all artists in recent years and with good reason - but these answers and my own personal experience navigating this (so far) have left me more hopeful than I would have expected back in 2022.
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - AI Art is Soulless
2:49 - Impressive but Unsettling
3:44 - Replace the Mood board, not the Artist
4:58 - F$%! AI
5:49 - Early Project Tool but Still Using Artists
6:41 - Be Valuable in Different Ways
7:51 - First Hand Experiences
9:47 - Jobs are Scarce But Still Exist
11:08 - Conclusion
If you want to support human artists - the Concept Artist Association is doing amazing work: conceptartassociation.com/advocacy
After a weekend at Lightbox Expo, I am seriously drinking the Koolaid on this organization :)
______________________
PAINT YOUR WORLD
Hardy Fowler is a professional Digital Painter with work seen in productions for Disney, Magic the Gathering, and Games Workshop among many others.
Hardy's online academy, Digital Painting Studio, teaches the master-level skills, process and mindset he's learned from decades of experience as a professional digital artist.
CONNECT
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com
→ instagram.com/hardy_digitalpaintingstudio
→ artstation.com/hfowler
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com/community
LEARN
→ digitalpaintingstudio.com/shop
_______________________
Friends of the channel and awesome artists and teachers:
Adam Duff: youtube.com/@UCf-cfRJyxATGTgWGiFkFUWA
Christophe Young: youtube.com/@christopheyoungart
Antonio Stappaerts: youtube.com/@UCltFySN5X6ySPNF6nQNAh4Q
#artcareer #artjobs #artdirector #conceptart #digitalpainting #creaturedesign #howtodraw #howtopaint #digitalart #arttutorial #learnconceptart #onlineartschool #digitalpaintingtutorial #digitalart #conceptarttutorial #conceptartcareer #conceptart #artportfolio #portfoliochallenge #artcommunity #fakeittillyoumakeit #professionaldevelopment #artjobtips #artcareer
