A recent post in c/main has sparked interest in finding a new sidebar banner for our instance. The current one is AI generated, and was chosen by our users from a bunch of other AI-generated submissions. It has been three years since then. Also, the mood toward AI has shifted. Maybe it’s time for something new, and human-made?

This post is a place to collect submissions for new banner artwork. Put your art in the comments below! We plan to leave this post open for two weeks, and hold a vote on Friday, Sept. 11.

For context, here is the recent post in c/main: https://sh.itjust.works/post/65729579

Here is the old banner discussion: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1022097

And here is the old banner vote: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1432783
(Unfortunately, some of the image links are broken.)

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    35·
    1 month ago

    Your “submission” is little more than trolling. An insult to anyone taking the idea seriously. It’s much worse than somebody who actually put some thought and time into using an AI to create something they genuinely believe would be a good image but didn’t have the art skills to make it a reality.

    • Susaga@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      …I’m going to put aside how easy art skills are to develop if you actually try, for the time being. I’ve just read a 20 post rant about this exact mentality on bluesky, by an actual artist, and they said it better than I can summarise.

      You honestly think someone putting in their own time and effort is trolling, but telling an AI to shit out some image using stolen art assets involves thought and time? You think low-quality hand-made art is more insulting than AI slop?

      If you actually think that, then further discussion will get us nowhere, so don’t bother replying.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        1 month ago

        I’m going to put aside how easy art skills are to develop if you actually try

        I see - you’re not being serious. Okay.