Imagine having the power to instantly bring your wildest artistic visions to life with
just a few simple words, and the ability to monetize them in seconds.
Are you ready to revolutionize the way you create and sell your art?
We live in a day and age where AI is almost everywhere.
AI is a true technological marvel of the 21st century.
It is so powerful that today we might question humanity's role in areas where it's implemented.
One of the biggest concerns about automation and AI systems include jobs being replaced
by these systems.
We thought creative jobs will still require humans.
But that is not the case.
Today artists and illustrators are afraid of losing their job and clients because of
an AI software that will replace them.
So stay tuned to find out more about how you could make $250 per day with AI art and how
AI art might affect you as an artist.
You might have seen the trend of your friends suddenly looking like a painting or a character
from a new Marvel film.
Well, these images are created by AI all thanks to an app named Lensa.
The app was created by photo editing tech company Prisma Labs that is known for using
artificial intelligence to convert images to artwork.
AI art might look like it's appearing magically from scratch.
But that is far away from the truth.
AI based image generating apps have gone viral because of their ability to generate art based
on user inputs.
To generate these unique looking photos apps like Lensa, for example, uses what's called
a stable diffusion, a model trained to learn patterns through an online database of images
called the LAION-5B.
Once the training is completed, images will not be used from the database.
Instead it will use patterns to create more content.
The app will analyze your facial features from the photos you upload and apply them
to that art.
On a technical level, AI image generation requires the use of generative adversarial
networks.
This type of network involves two neural networks- the first one is used to create an image and
the second one to analyze how close the image is to the real thing based on reference images
that are taken from the Internet.
After that the second network creates a score for the image’s accuracy and it sends that
information back to the original AI, which then learns from this feedback and returns
an image that will be used in the next scoring round by combining artificial neural networks
designed to produce images with language processing models that are used to handle text input.
That's how prompt based image generation was born.
But the problem with such apps lies in the source of knowledge or the data that the model
is trained on, which is the LAION-5B.
It pulls all the images that are publicly available on the Internet which means it will
also include several copyright images.
As a result, artists are not getting paid or credited for their work that are in the
database, so this is pure theft of intellectual property.
AI art could also be used to produce fake or misleading content such as deep fake videos
and manipulated images.
But Prisma Labs, CEO.
Prisma Labs CEO Andrey Usoltsev told BuzzFeed News that what Lensa generates “can never
be described as exact replicas of any particular artwork.”
He said the app creates images from scratch without borrowing existing pieces of art.
“As cinema didn’t kill theater and accounting software hasn’t eradicated the profession,
AI won’t replace artists but can become a great assisting tool,” Prisma Labs wrote
in a tweet.
“We also believe that the growing accessibility of AI-powered tools would only make man-made
art in its creative excellence more valued and appreciated, since any industrialization
brings more value to handcrafted works.”
With all the negative attention surrounding AI art.
There are positives too.
Artists can use AI tools to get inspired or to visualize their next creative project even
if they might somewhat be against creator sentiments.
AI art can be created quickly which means you will have the luxury to deal with a high
volume of output and you don't have to rely on anyone except the AI model and save a lot
of money.
It also has a potential to push boundaries of traditional art forms and explore new styles
and techniques which might not be possible with an artist that follows a similar style
with all of their painting.
The best part of AI Artwork would be the fact that it would be extremely easy to create
interactive artworks that respond to the viewer’s actions and surroundings all in real time.
This might be useful in a metaverse of the future!
Now the big question is: how can you make money with AI art?
Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of this day and age is the fact that even if you're
not a great artist, AI is bridging the gap between artistic technique and imagination.
Before we get to the money making part, you need to first find a tool that will help you
create your AI art.
There are few tools like- mid journey, dall E and stable diffusion to help you create
AI images.
Even Google is working on their own version of air generative art.
But it's still not released to the public mainly due to the concerns on how they could
be used.
You need to create something that people would be interested in buying.
It doesn't always have to look like a painting by Picasso.
It could be something as basic as textures and patterns and that will get you a lot of
money.
Once you're ready with the artwork, you now need to make a portfolio on a platform of
your choice.
It could be community websites like Deviant Art or Art Station.
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Now let’s talk about money!
The first way to make money with your new artwork would be by selling them as stock
images.
You could sell your artwork on stock image websites like Shutterstock.
Shutterstock might be a very good option, considering the fact that they just partnered
up with open AI, the company behind Dall-E, to give its users direct access to Dall-E
2, to create more AI generative art.
Keep in mind that several websites banned the use of AI related content, so you need
to check the content policy of the stock image website to which you want to upload your content.
The next best way to make money with your AI art is by creating print on demand products.
All you need to do is upload your designs to websites like Teespring and Red bubble.
These websites will print your artwork on various products like T-shirts, notebooks,
posters and mugs and you could make about two to 10 dollars on a single sale, but not
every design will sell for the same amount.
Now, making money with AI art does not always involve making the art itself.
You have platforms like prompt base, which is a marketplace that sells the exact text
descriptions that need to be entered into your AI generator to get the results that
you're hoping for.
Buyers have to pay about 2 to $5 for this description, and the platform charges a Commission
of 20 percent.
The commission will vary depending on the platform of your choice.
Finally, you could sell your Art as NFTs.
For those of you who don’t know, non fungible tokens are somewhat related to crypto cryptocurrencies
as they are blockchain based tokens that allow users to purchase, sell or trade digital assets.
NFT art involves creating unique artwork and then listing it on blockchain with the help
of several NFT marketplaces to find buyers.
There are experts who think that NFTS are dying.
But it's still worth a try, considering the fact that you don't have to invest anything
to create art.
There are a lot of technical limitations to AI art because it needs large amounts of data
and computing power, which could limit its true potential.
But when you consider the fact that an artist solely relies on their creativity, AI art
might be the best alternative so far because of their flexibility to use data from several
other paintings and then create a new one.
New technologies always bring new opportunities and new jobs as technological progression
in any industry is inevitable, whether you like it or not.
You need to adapt to this new future, or you could totally ignore it and ask yourself why
life is unfair.
Yes!
These AI systems might look harmless.
But they are predatory, and they will replace artists soon.
With more people giving consent to use their faces with these apps, most of the time without
even realizing it, it is possible that this technology could become better at producing
more accurate facial features.
With all the debates surrounding AI art, it's still an exciting and rapidly evolving field
and it can be a blessing especially if you're not blessed with artistic skills and you still
want to make money with art.
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