I was learning Blender Character Modelling for my novel's cover and... Pshhh! I have done the head, and a massive head-ache struck me:
If this was the head, imagine the body. The hands. The feet. The cloths. The scarf.
What the fuck, man?! I thought it was a piece of cake. Oh, goodness, I shoulda learned to draw instead!
Imagine how hard drawing is tho, you gotta make a (usually) 3d image from flat lines on paper… literally creating depth and detail and texture from nothing. Art doesn’t come easy to most, so it’s rewarding and very human, and it’s why AI art will never be considered real by anyone serious. 😂
Oh brother, the hair, face muscles. Oh my goodness, THE ANIMATION! INDIVIDUAL LIMBS! groooooooan I should just stick back to writing (novels) and writing only.
Take a look at MakeHuman, I've used it for quite a few characters.
(From wikipedia) "MakeHuman is a free and open source 3D computer graphics middleware designed for the prototyping of photorealistic humanoids."
Who the fuck takes a look at a digital sculpture and says "that was a piece of cake"? Do you also look at famous paintings and say "anybody coulda done that"?
This is exactly why people wind up using AI, your abilities are better spent writing. There’s nothing wrong with using other tools in areas where you aren’t as good, but yes, a portion of people will hate you either way. Do what you like, not what other people say they want, you don’t need to spend 100 hours on a cover just to appease people mate.
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