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Remember when 'digital art' meant learning Photoshop for years?
I tried to make a fantasy cityscape back in 2018, spent maybe 40 hours in Krita, and it still looked rough. Last month, I typed a detailed prompt into Stable Diffusion and had a polished piece in 20 minutes. The old way taught me patience and skill, but the new way is just so much faster for getting a clear idea out of my head. It makes me wonder if the time spent struggling with a tablet was really about art, or just about learning a very hard tool. Has anyone else felt this weird mix of relief and loss about the skills that don't seem as vital now?
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