Recent content by M.T. Black

Due to widespread displacement of all labour by AI and robots?

I asked Gemini to suggest (in writing) four concepts for a cover for the latest Eberron book. I selected one of the concepts and asked it to render the image. Here is the first iteration it returned, with no adjustments by me: Is it Game Over?

I always took it that she is a professional writer or artist.

I would have agreed 100% with you up until about two weeks ago. I think Nano Banana Pro is a generational leap forward in that regard - see the image that I posted and DistractedDM re-posted, along with the prompt. The prompt is detailed and the resulting image looks good to my eye. That's one...

Certainly - please share

"I don't know much about art, but I know what I like" is the most authentic statement about art criticism ever made. If you prefer the AI-gen music to most of the human-gen music, then that's what you like. Some of my creative colleagues like to claim they've never seen anything of artistic...

I actually meant human-created rather than AI-created - but I see why the confusion arises!

I'm seeing a bit of AI stuff on DTRPG, but it mostly doesn't seem to sell very well. The top 50 titles all seem to be hand-crafted. But sales on DTRPG have been down pretty dramatically for the last couple of years, as many publishers will attest. Many attribute it to the new site and other...

I agree that an AI prompter is not an artist. I would argue, however, that an AI prompter is an art director. The sort of prompts I've crafted in my experiments with AI are pretty similar to the art briefs I've prepared for artists in real life when I've been producing a book.

I honestly see both sides of this. It's clearly empowering for people to be able to create beautiful art that they could never have painted themselves, nor afforded to commission. It's exciting to come up with an idea for a subclass and then have AI write it for you. The great majority of people...

That image was done by pure prompt - no reference images. Here is the prompt: The image depicts a high-stakes, violent clash between two humanoid adventurers and a massive, supernatural giant in a cavernous, volcanic setting. Aspect ratio is 3:2. Dutch angle. The Fire Giant Scale & Physique...

Here's a re-imaging of Tyler Jacobson's epic cover for the PHB 2014.

It's available under google gemini. I think you get a few free renders a day.