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Something I overheard at a coffee shop about AI art portfolios
Was grabbing a coffee near my place in Portland and heard two artists talking at the next table. One said they'd been seeing portfolios where every single piece had that polished AI look, like zero rough sketches or unfinished work. It made me think about how maybe showing some messy process stuff actually makes your art feel more human. Has anyone else noticed portfolios looking too clean lately?
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taylor121mo ago
Has your friend ever cleaned out their grandma's attic and found those old sketchbooks stuffed with half-finished doodles and coffee stains? My buddy found his mom's teenage art journal from the 80s and it was just pages of messy experiments, half of them terrible, but somehow that felt way more real than anything polished. It's like seeing the struggle makes the final piece actually mean something, you know?
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lucasschmidt1mo ago
Toss in one rough thumbnail or half-finished study per batch, it makes the rest look grounded.
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