montycrusto artworks

[Loinclothslave]

He asked to be removed as a user because he did not agree with the increasing number of AI images being shown here. For him, only hand-drawn or hand-rendered images were real art. He is now listed as a guest and can log into the forum at any time.

That’s not entirely true actually. There was also some personal disagreements that had nothing to do with AI and far more compelling.

I still chat Occasionally with him, he’s a complex person and I miss having him here, he was one of the artists I got closest to. Indeed a person I got close to, a real friend. Like all of us, he has his own thoughts, and sadly he decided to part ways. I can assure you he knows he’s welcome back but I don’t hold out much hope for that, sadly. So instead I wish him well in his future ventures. Suffice to say he’s still actively producing art, but a different genre

 

[Jollyrei]

This is the type of entitled bullshit posts that definitely will not get him to return. People, including myself, have very valid reasons to hate AI and its users.

Isn't that a bit like a baker saying they hate people who use microwaves?

 

[mp5stab]

This is the type of entitled bullshit posts that definitely will not get him to return. People, including myself, have very valid reasons to hate AI and its users.

Trust me, I say that with love in my heart. It’s better to create than hate, and you have the same hours in the day either way. You misunderstand me, I’m not in any way entitled to his art. I just think it is better for his mindset to have fun with a few sketches like he used to instead of letting all of that seething eat away at him.

@mp5stab talking about art, when are you going to try another time travel story? or rewrite The Naked Truth?

no I will not. Moving on to other things. I would have to do a whole rewrite of that one!

 

[DavidTX]

Isn't that a bit like a baker saying they hate people who use microwaves?

No. It's like a baker saying they hate people who steal bakery goods and people who buy stolen bakery goods because they're cheaper.

Trust me, I say that with love in my heart. It’s better to create than hate, and you have the same hours in the day either way.

What makes you think he's no longer creating? I don't think Montycrusto or similar artists have stopped drawing. They just don't share their work anymore, which makes perfect sense.

 

[Jollyrei]

What makes you think he's no longer creating? I don't think Montycrusto or similar artists have stopped drawing. They just don't share their work anymore, which makes perfect sense.

How does that make sense? You and perhaps Montycrusto may object to the application of AI tools to his artwork, but that does not make his artwork less good. If he is not publishing his work because other artists are using AI tools (and so far that seems to be only your speculation) that would be like a person who writes by hand refusing to write anymore because some people are using word processors. It's cutting off your nose to spite your face. Makes no sense to me at all. I certainly hope Montycrusto isn't part of that sort of petty and short sighted thinking. It's like a suicide saying "this will make them sorry".