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In the 7th year, the week before the family day, we were awarded an artistic project in class to paint on a plate as a gift for our family. For most of my classmates, it was not a problem. Some painted portraits of their families. Others have made decorative drawings with the word “family” written at the top of vibrant colors. I remember a girl in class A painted her family crest on the plate.
Then there was me – unable to paint even a basic family image. Each attempt to make a brushstroke ended up missing. I remember picking up the brush well and tried to paint a straight line and it did everywhere in a zig-zag.
It was not because I hadn’t tried hard or I didn’t care to do something for my family. I have a condition called dysgraphia, which affects fine motor skills.
While Dysgraphia affects up to one in fiveMy case is particularly serious and makes tasks such as painting, writing and even the link of my shoes almost impossible. Even the entry of this column is difficult. I wrote it using text vocal software.
Although this course of art was not the first time that I could not do basic art, it was the final straw. I decided to abandon the visual arts such as painting or drawing.
After all, what is it for if you can’t even draw a line or sketch a recognizable stick figure? How much art can you create in a realistic way?
Of course, my family understood. They have always been my greatest supporters – worrying by biting for me in mathematics because his rating is difficult to type or use text.
They didn’t stand against me, but I was still injured not being able to create something nice or artistic for them. I felt sad not to be able to participate in something so visually artistic while my friends seemed to have fun so much to create their paintings.
However, art has remained part of my life. Even if I couldn’t create art, I have always appreciated other artists.
I was an art lover since my parents took me as a child at the local art gallery of my street which contained the works of many famous Canadian artists, including the group of seven members Frederick Varley. Funny, he lived in my hometown of Unionville, Ontario, for Several years.
To see the emotion that many of his works and others have shown have come out of nature made me want and wanted to be able to do the same, although it seemed so far from reality.
As an adult, I learned to adapt and welcome my handicap. For example, I rely on the Velcro and self -laces to date for my shoes rather than on laces.
Although I accepted my reality and I don’t intend to become a professional artist, I always think it would be good to have art as a way to pass time or express my emotions .
Then, a few years later, in June 2023, when artificial intelligence systems like Chatgpt began to gain popularity, AI art also took off. In my 11th year philosophy class where we discussed the art and advantages and challenges of using AI to create art, I shared that I had not been able to create any traditional art because of my handicap.
The teacher introduced me to a new AI art model for chatgpt manufacturers called slab.
At first, I played a little with it, without expecting a lot. I made interesting images but nothing that seemed particularly authentic.
However, after about an hour, I realized that by changing the prompts and asking him to create images in certain styles or manners, I could generate pieces that looked closely at what I was considering in my head.
Although slightly absent, they were still quite close. Suddenly, he clicked: by refining the prompts, I could express my ideas in a creative way via AI art models.
Social media were flooded with artistic profile photos taken by mobile applications like Lensa using artificial intelligence. But for some in the art world, he raises ethical and legal questions, and even led to the loss of work paid.
Over the next few months, various competitors have entered the scene, opening infinite possibilities.
In the past 18 months, I have used seven models to create countless pieces, each involving several iterations to express myself and create art which is really significant for me.
For example, my Instagram profile photo is an impressionist style piece reflecting my love for the arts and my favorite team, the Toronto Blue Jays.
I now love having the ability to spend hours refining words and styles to create the exact part I imagine. Seeing the tangible results of something in my mind in fact in front of me gives me a feeling of freedom to express myself in a way that was not possible before the art of AI.
While it is valid for people to argue Whether art is real or not Or The ethics of the way she compensates for the artists whose style he imitatesFor me, these are next to the point.
What matters to me is that it allowed me to express my emotions visually – a way in which I wanted to express myself for a long time.
Each piece that I make looks like a chance to finally express my opinions, stories and feelings in a way that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. I am grateful for the creation of these models and I have the ability to express myself.
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