Someone who generates AI images doesn’t have any creative process to show. They could share the prompts they used to create a certain image, but the creative process is completely in the hands of artificial intelligence, and the user doesn’t even know how a specific piece is put together.
This is where you have a huge edge as a real artist. People are always keen to get a glimpse behind the scenes. They want to know what techniques you used and what steps you followed to achieve the result.
So give your audience insights into your creative process. Share work in progress shots and explain what exactly you were doing in that particular step. Timelapse videos are a good way to show the entire creation process of a piece from beginning to end.
Show the effort that went into creating the piece, let people know how many hours it took you to create, speak about what was hard to make and what was especially fun. How satisfied are you with the final result? Where do you want to improve?
As comic artist and animator Mervin Malonzo so eloquently said: “For me, the point of art-making isn’t just the final artwork, but it’s also the process itself. That’s what I enjoy about it, so I doubt that AI art generation is for me.”
In other words, true art-making is more about the creative process than the visual end product. The background information is the stuff people are interested in the most.
This was packed with so many actionable tips! I’m looking forward to implementing some of the strategies you mentioned. Great advice!
Hi Amelia, thanks for leaving a comment. So glad to hear that the article was helpful!
Thanks for these tips, Angie!
I always feel disheartend when I see how many AI images people post on social media on a daily basis. You just cannot keep up with that as a “human artist”. But the problem is that algorithms favor high posting frequency. So they get the exposure and artists who put hours of work into their art are not getting seen… That’s unfortunately how things are right now..
One can only hope that it’s going to change in the future. In the meantime I’m going to try some of your tips so ppl understand that it’s really me creating all the art! 😆
Hi Mary!
Social media is definitely not an easy game to play at the moment. I’ve noticed myself.
But don’t let that deter you from doing what you love to do. Just keep creating art and everything else will fall into place! 💖