Have you ever seen someone say they are an “artist” just because they typed a few words into an AI program? I have. And honestly, it makes my paint-covered hands want to do MORE. AI Generated Images is everywhere now, especially on Instagram, making perfect hand with five fingers NOW!!
But while a lot of people play with AI tools, real artists are living creative lives that are deeper and more meaningful. Here’s why.
The Fake World We All Believe In
The last three years have been crazy, right? AI came out strong like no one expected. I got early access to DALL-E 2 in 2022. It wasn’t very good, but I knew then it would change a lot. Seeing my ideas turn into pictures seemed unreal. And that’s exactly what it was—UNREAL.
Day after day, AI got better and faster. Now, almost everyone calls themselves an “AI artist.” Sorry, but just typing in prompts doesn’t make you an artist. Studies show people like human-made art better than AI images, even if they don’t realize it. Our brains notice something missing in those perfect AI pictures.
What Real Art Really Feels Like
Let me break it down for you. Art isn’t just a pretty picture that pops out when you feed words into a machine. Real art comes from struggle, from process, from feeling. You start painting something, hate it, scrape it off, and start over. Your back hurts, paint gets everywhere, and you question your life choices at 2 AM. But that’s where the magic happens.
That process is MAGIC!!
More than all this, we are beings, each with an experience of image-making. Human art has more feeling and meaning. I paint not by putting colors on canvas, but by putting life, memories, and dreams into my brush.
“I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.” — Hayao Miyazaki
Why Feelings Matter
I talk a lot about word feelings because they are everything in art. It’s not just some soft idea—it’s what makes human creativity different from a machine. When you make art with your hands, you put yourself in it. AI users? They let machines do the thinking and feeling for them.
Remember when ChatGPT’s Ghibli-style trend went viral? People genuinely thought they’d matched Studio Ghibli’s magic. Yeah, sure. Those artists put so much of themselves in every frame because they’ve been grinding on their craft for almost forty years now. That’s not something you replicate with a prompt.
How AI Can Help But Not Replace Us
Here’s my take: AI can be a tool, sure. Generate reference images, explore color combinations, whatever. But don’t mistake the tool for the craft. Every artwork references something else—nature, memories, other artists’ work. That’s how creativity evolves.
But there’s a massive difference between using AI as a springboard and letting it replace your creative muscles. We created AI; it learns from us. We shouldn’t fear it, but we also shouldn’t let it make us forget what real creation feels like.
Human artists live better because we actually live through our art. We don’t just get results—we experience every frustrating, exhilarating moment of creation. And that, my friends, is something no algorithm will ever replicate.
