I was born within the autumn of 1978. A artistic soul for so long as I can keep in mind, all the time developing with bizarre concepts, paintings, texts or melodies. At 4 or 5 I tagged together with my dad on his work as a photographer, my love for visible arts was born.
I studied artwork, visible communication & graphic design — obtained a job on the native newspaper proper out of college. Labored there for a few yr till I wished new challenges. Bounced round for a very long time, doing something from freelance images to massive ad-campaigns. Labored at a tattoo-parlor for a couple of years, then merciless destiny intervened…
“My eyesight was quickly deteriorating, and my fingers obtained shaky”
My eyesight was quickly deteriorating, and my fingers obtained shaky — turned out I had extreme keratoconus in my proper eye, and neurological injury that brought about the trembling… Like that; my hopes for an extra profession within the visible arts had been crushed. I developed nervousness issues and extreme despair, and after a home hearth in 2020 I used to be identified with PTSD. I had hit all-time low.
In 2023 I found Midjourney, this was a game-changer! I not have the power to sketch on paper, however I nonetheless handle to sort on a pc — albeit gradual. I began churning out prompts like a madman, and I obtained higher at it. What if I imported the most effective AI-generated photographs into Photoshop and performed with them? May I?
The reply was: Sure! I might.
It’s Could 2024 and my artwork has been exhibited all around the world… Venice, Berlin, Athens — and I’ve opened three on-line outlets that promote nice artwork prints. In a really brief time I went from incapacity to artist, and all due to AI.
Individuals can dislike AI, or worry it, as a lot as they like. For me, it was a lifesaver. Due to machine studying I might be artistic once more, regardless of my limitations. Some say AI will take our jobs away — it gave me a brand new shot at working. When you use it as a software, moderately than counting on it for every thing, I consider AI is a blessing, not a curse.
— Samael
