Struggling to Balance Art and Profit? Why Photorealism Isn’t Enough

May 09, 2024 8:37 am

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Artist vs Service Provider

One of the issues tormenting Digital Artists is trying to balance between being an artist vs being a service provider of something people will pay for. Regarding the coming wave of AI Deepmind Founder, Mustafa Suleyman, states.

"Once an innovation delivers a competitive advantage like this, everyone must either adopt it, leapfrog it, switch focus, or lose market share and eventually go bust”

To earn a living you need to provide a service of value. So, it’s not a question of how we can keep doing the same job, the days of photorealism being the unique selling point are fading. So the question is how can the future digital artist offer something more useful and valuable than they currently offer to the people they serve?

This is what we will explore in next week's video and below is a sneak peak of what we will be creating.

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Realistic Interior Night Lighting with V-Ray for 3ds Max

In this tutorial from ChaosTV, you'll learn how to create realistic interior night lighting using V-Ray for 3ds Max. The video guides you through illuminating an interior night scene, covering techniques like setting up lighting, adjusting exposure and rendering the final image.

📹 Watch the tutorial here: Create Realistic Night Lighting with V-Ray

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Meshy-2.5 Launches AI Texture Editing Offering More Control for AI 3D Modelling

AI 3D modeling continues to improve with Meshy 2.5 introducing the ability to refine textures on AI-generated 3D models using brushstrokes and text prompts.

Why it matters: Like most of AI in the creative field, AI tools lacked control over the final result. This is where Meshy’s AI Texture Editing is excelling compared to other AI 3d modeling tools. This feature is currently only available for Pro members.

🔨 You can try it out here.

Follow the how-to here.

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Adobe Project Neo

Project Neo is a new creative tool from Adobe that allows designers and illustrators to produce geometric artwork, icons, and unique dimensional shapes with simple controls and commands similar to Photoshop and Illustrator. It aims to help in the creation of geometric graphics in minutes rather than hours.

📖 Learn More: Discover Project Neo

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