DHW is a seasoned digital artist and ex-TV creative director with a track record in 3D animation, VFX, games, plus advertising & design during his time @ WPP – the world’s largest advertising company.AI artwist: DHW joined the cryptoart space...
Read MoreDHW is a seasoned digital artist and ex-TV creative director with a track record in 3D animation, VFX, games, plus advertising & design during his time @ WPP – the world’s largest advertising company.
AI artwist: DHW joined the cryptoart space early in 2021. While DHW is an enthusiastic adopter of AI as an artist's tool, all of his AI art pieces use his own original oil paintings/artworks as the input source (not text to AI/prompt craft). All of his AI work includes additional creative processes by the artist.
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DHW on AI art and process
AI art has divided opinions in recent months; however, AI art isn't the first new art movement to spark controversy. While, as a life-long artist, I understand the arguments of detractors, it seems to me that AI art is here to stay either way.
I view AI as a new tool that enables solo artists to compete with more established artists; artists who already have a studio with assistants helping to create a cohort of work at volume. In the case of Damien Hirst for example, the assistants that painted thousands of dots for his "The Currency" NFT collection. As a tool, AI can help level the playing field for solo practitioners.
In terms of AI's legitimacy, and the concept of IP "theft", I look to the ready-made/found object art movement which was also controversial. Marcel Duchamp's readymade sculpture "Fountain" [1917], Tracey Emin's My Bed [1988]; examples from a movement that has remained controversial for over a century. However, with the benefit of hindsight, there is no denying that both of these pieces are a part of art history.
I start and finish my AI pieces. I use my own oil paintings/artwork as the seed; I don't create art by typing prompts. Once I have grown/cultivated an image using AI techniques, I typically add creative processes iteratively to achieve the final piece. Rightly or wrongly, I feel substantially more creatively attached to each piece than if I had found a ready-made object and claimed it as my own.
A hundred years from now, the debate about AI art may still be raging - plus ça change!
DHW
