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As likely everyone has noticed by now. AI image creation has become a thing. Many consider (and rightfully so) this to be the death of art - The end of art as we know it for sure. It's sinister on many levels, the main purpose is to break the spirit of art, to break the artist and to silence artistic freedom. To kill open mindedness. And oh boy it will work. Who will be willing to do art in the future when there is no benefit in doing so, not even on a personal level. Not even that little bit of evaluation, because folks will just say "Ah, Ai made that". So what do you think those algorithms have been trained with??? I can give you an 100% guarantee it scanned all DeviantArt with Big Data technology approach. And much more than that. It scanned your images, and it scanned mine and billions of others. All Facebook, Instagram, ArtStation, google databases. And now those companies and techno-giants are making millions in the hour. - Technically by ripping off billions of artists, I

:bigthumb335350532: and the winner is: ~leaving-eden (https://www.deviantart.com/leaving-eden)

Just like to remember you guys, that my Contest will end on 31.10.2012, since there has been no entries yet, so hurry up.. The objective is to create an artwork of my "Mother of Darkness" character: [link] Draw or paint her in one of her adventures. For example how she became a vampire or when she stalks her victims or however you like. Just be creative and make sure to design her outstanding, cool and evil! For this contest I will accept DIGITAL ART and TRADITIONAL ART only. Anything from sketches to full colored artworks. Literature and photography are not allowed to enter. The Artwork MUST be your own work. Send me a note with a link or