Stop chasing the big freelance gigs in the hopes of getting hired. Instead, concentrate on doing your own thing, and become something that AI will never be able to imitate. So let's dive into the many ways to remain competitive, without resorting to giving up the most enjoyable part of an art career to a robot!ĪI is only your competition if you try to match it and beat it at its own game. In that situation, it seems more to me like we are the tool, and the AI is the artist. We became artists because we have a personal vision, and enjoy creating - I expect few of us would find joy in handing over our creativity and vision to something else, and relegate ourselves to cleaning up what it makes. We've all heard the comments that AI is a tool, and that artists should just adapt and use our artistic skills to paint over AI outputs - but I don’t think many of us would be happy with that. This is as much a letter to myself as it is to anybody else. If you haven't read it, it's over here.Īfter writing that article, I wanted to look a bit deeper into alternative solutions, and figure out a list of ways to make myself a more competitive artist in a world that can generate cheap, high-quality imagery in seconds. Part 1 was an overall look at what the potential threat of AI art might be to the working artist, and an overview of the different solutions an artist might use in order to continue a sustainable income in an uncertain future.

This is part 2 of my series about AI art, and future-proofing your art career. This article was originally published on

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