What he seems to miss is that the AI is a joy to work with as an artist
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They aren't paying you money for your enjoyment of the drawing process.
This is really what it comes down to for me. I can fully appreciate the creative process, and wanting to do things a certain way, even if it's perhaps less "efficient" than other ways. If you're putting your art in a gallery or something, and people can choose to buy it or not, feel free to be your most creative self, with whatever guiderails you put in place. Don't want to use AI? Don't.
But tattoos are different. Were I to get a tattoo, I'd want the best tattoo possible, closest to what I'm asking for. I want the person I'm paying to realize the vision we've talked over and agreed on. Fuck your creativity, put the art we've agreed on on my body. I don't care how much fun the artist has in the process.
On the flip side there is definitely something cool about Yakuza tattoos where they guy literally pokes you by hand thousands of times.
If they guys love the art so much why do they use electric tattoo guns?
Oh, I'm no fan of AI art, and do prefer human art. My point isn't to defend AI, it's to condemn this fucker's smarmy attitude. If he can do a good job without AI, by all means, I'm not going to demand he do it the "new" way. Again, human > AI, on principle.
But to act like I should care at all about his "fun," nah, he can go fuck himself. Again, selling his art would be one thing. But that's not what tattoos are, exactly. The customer decides what they want, and the artist should do everything in their power to make it happen. If they can't do it without AI, use AI. If they can get a good result without AI, even better, in my opinion. But I don't care how artistically fulfilled they are, unless it leads to a better product.
TL;DR: This fucker needs to stop whining and do his job.