I find Midjourney is most useful for abstract landscapes and fantastical images. I've even gotten fairly-competent character portraits out of it. That said, even if it becomes indistinguishable from human artists or surpasses them entirely, I can't ever imagine relying on it or using it as a replacement for a human illustrator. Perhaps its sentimentality, but to think this technology won't negatively affect traditional artists in the future is being quite optimistic, from my perspective.
It'll certainly affect those who don't adapt to the tools and technology, but that's in any field, really. I think that most people will continue to prefer a human artist (I would). But for what I want, a Frazetta or Vallejo type, the artists don't exist in the numbers they once did and they're extremely busy and expensive. Not to mention that those old styles are dying out in favor of Tumblr toddler bullshit. One of my main points was for artists not to reject AI (or any new tech) and to at least try to adapt to it, especially at such a young stage. My mum was a graphic artist when I was a kid, and I remember her struggling to keep up with emerging digital technology. Eventually, she adapted and continued to use it successfully until she retired from that field.
I find Midjourney is most useful for abstract landscapes and fantastical images. I've even gotten fairly-competent character portraits out of it. That said, even if it becomes indistinguishable from human artists or surpasses them entirely, I can't ever imagine relying on it or using it as a replacement for a human illustrator. Perhaps its sentimentality, but to think this technology won't negatively affect traditional artists in the future is being quite optimistic, from my perspective.
It'll certainly affect those who don't adapt to the tools and technology, but that's in any field, really. I think that most people will continue to prefer a human artist (I would). But for what I want, a Frazetta or Vallejo type, the artists don't exist in the numbers they once did and they're extremely busy and expensive. Not to mention that those old styles are dying out in favor of Tumblr toddler bullshit. One of my main points was for artists not to reject AI (or any new tech) and to at least try to adapt to it, especially at such a young stage. My mum was a graphic artist when I was a kid, and I remember her struggling to keep up with emerging digital technology. Eventually, she adapted and continued to use it successfully until she retired from that field.