Did We Just Change Animation Forever... Again?
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- Publicado el 24 sep 2023
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Written & Directed by Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski
Artists ►
Dean Hughes: Animator, Lead Warp Artist, Neuromancer, Prince Jules - sdeanhughes
Josh Newland: Character & Style Design, Lead Artist - lv1_artmage
Kenson Lee: Animator Extraordinaire - rikognition
Mattias Alegro Marasigan: Post-Production Editor, Compositor & Keeper of Timelines - www.mattiasalegro.com/
Kytra Selca: Warp Artist - / @maketherobotdoit
Eric Solorio: Warp Artist - / @enigmatic_e
Jan Losada: Warp Artist, Neuromancer - instragram.com/artificial_inte...
Sound & Music ►
Sound Design by Kevin Senzaki - senzaki.com/
Theme Song by David Maxim Micic - open.spotify.com/artist/0wQa1...
Theme Song Vocals & Translation by Shihori - open.spotify.com/artist/07vlE...
Music by Sam Gorski - open.spotify.com/artist/7sWkn...
Production & Additional Talent ►
Christian Fergerstrom: Producer, AD, Script Supervisor - c_fergerstrom
Jordan Coleman: Costume Designer, Associate Producer - jordan_coleman
Jordan Allen: Soldiers & Peasants - vfxwithjordan
Merch Design by the incredible Kendrra Thoms kendrrathoms.com/
Creative Tools ►
Created on Puget Systems Computers - bit.ly/Puget_Systems
Warp Fusion created by Sxela - www.patreon.com/sxela
Composited in DaVinci Resolve and After Effects
Chapters ►
00:00 A New Way of Animation?
01:55 Room for Improvement
03:40 The Beard Issue
05:29 Improving the Style of Episode 2
09:36 Close, but no Warp Fusion
14:10 Warp Fusion Results blow Sam's Mind
16:12 A Long Way from Home
19:48 Incredible Stories need Incredible Music
21:42 Finishing the Project 
Entretenimiento
The behind the scenes of this series continues to have dramatic arcs of its own
I like how they make it look a little like parody episode of tv drama, they make it more fun to watch.
The thing I'm terrified of is companies hiring artists only to get training data firing them and then just using the data they got. no need to worry about a union or paying a fair wage when you can cheaply produce it using a machine.
Worse yet…
Bring in raw, new kids offering their own “company theme” or style and having them pay for the “schooling” only to have the raw data and it all paid for by the most gullible.
buy it would take a lot less time for the artist if you are just getting a few drawings for the model to learn from, meaning they could do other stuff. the lower earning would likely match the reduced time sink
The industry MUST adapt. Because this is coming whether we like it or not. The easiest and cheapest methods will always be sought out. It doesn't matter if we think it unfair.
If you look at it, artists aree less present in the process, but a lot of other jobs are involved and weren't much before.
While this is concerning, when it comes to entertainment the desire for new and exciting things will never go away. An animation or production company is not going to be able to just get a commission off of an artist and use that data for all of their media thereafter. It will likely create a new dynamic or approach to creating these styles to fuel AI assisted processes. People and artists will still be needed at every step of the way to generate new styles/themes, and properly implement those themes into a cohesive work. Yeah a lot of menial art in corporations will likely be cut out and replaced by mass produced AI work, but it's not like there's a downward slippery slope from the current starting point of corporate clip art.
The technology behind this is cool and all, but there is a reason animators are yet to incorporate this into their workflow. Noodle did a great video on why.
The line" The only thing that stops changing is us when, we decide to stand still" is such a cold line.
I assumed that was a line from the anime or something.. Niko spitting fire lines like he IS the anime.
Cold line for sure.. Line may not be true but still cold nonetheless
Idea comes from Philosophy, - but i love "Ghost in the Shell" (1995) version
"All things change in a dynamic system. You effort to remain who you are is what limits you"
The concept of evolution. Basically "you can't evolve - if you don't change"
@mr. aNdErsOn its saying that everything is always changing, including us (so long as we keep moving, learning, and growing). If we stand still, the world will continue to change and leave us behind
I cannot express how much I love the fact that you guys hired real artists and emphasised the importance of that fact
Corridor assured they hired their own artist to train the Al, but remember that industry discourse like this is interconnected. They may not be stealing art, but any studio that sees this and goes 'wow, it's that easy' will. Corridor's also boasting about Al democratizing animation-making. Now anyone can make animation in their bedroom with nothing but a camera and a free software! Except, anyone could already make animation in their bedroom with nothing but a camera and a free software. I made animation in my bedroom with nothing but a camera and a free stop-motion software when I was 10 years old.
@blackwillow73 it’s like making a tutorial on making bombs and then saying “but don’t worry guys, we’re good people and since we’re the ones making the bombs, it’s ok because we’re not going to blow anything up.” their intentions don’t matter when the end result is still, y’know, a BOMB. they’re literally handing studio execs a way to get rid of almost every one one of their employees but it’s okay because “we’re just showing the capabilities of this new technology!!!1!!”
Well yeah. Things evolve. Lots of film developers lost jobs when digital movie cameras were a thing. Most film rolls became obsolete. Camera men and directors were still a thing, weren't replaced. They just got new equipment. Same thing.
Artists apparently lack self-esteem and need validation from others
@TrueAfricanHero yeah, artists need lots of validation and praise for the thing they dedicated many years, decades of hard practice. Drawing for ourselves is satisfying on its own but it gets boring really quick. We are our own worst critics so hearing someone praise can lower our expectations of how good enough our art should be.
It's great seeing you use this opportunity to hire more artists
I love Sam's barbarian and his "don't look at the circle" fighting style. It was sooo funny every time he "Got em"
same. that brought back classic memories from my high school days. 🥹
Sam's barbarian wizard bit was my favorite bit on ep2! Those got'em moments were hilarious yet the hits sounded great.
spinoff
Outfit was cold too
I had lost all motivation on a script that I was working on but after watching you guys doing all of this cool stuff I mean mind blowing 🤯 super cool stuff I will get back to to continue writing the script
This is great. There's nothing wrong with CC doing this in my opinion. It's just that the AI companies need to delete their datasets and replace them with royalty free images and artist-consented images. That's it.
All these new motors still have the initial motor with the LAION scrappings. This wont go back unfortunately, but they want to sugar coat it with adding personalized artwork on top of it.
i love you guys but i 100% do not want this to be the industry standard or the new deal for animation, making this just a style infront with digital and traditional is way more better than making it the standard
I REALLY liked the look of the Warp Fusion output with the high frame rate!
I wonder if modelling these characters in 3D and just capture motion tracking and facial tracking separately. That way, you would have more control over each frame and still maintain the anime style.
That already exist and has existed for a long time. That's how most AAA video games are made.
I mean they could do it if they just wanted to make something, but then they wouldn't be "changing" anything.
That would also fix the worst parts of the product. A 3d model couldn't warp features into totally seperate things independently and shaders are seperate from models, so you wouldn't have the flickering effect.
Honestly I think this is the better option compared to running it through the AI.
I think the AI is a neat idea, but the ethics behind it is currently dubious.
@CrashmanXThe technology itself is no more dubious than any other. How people use it can be morally questionable, however. The way media represents all disruptive technology is often also "morally questionable," insofar as something so subjective works, yet does that seem to stop them?
"The only thing that stops changing is us, when we decide to stand still" Such a good quote
i can almost 100% guarantee that they will put it on a shirt
Some Niko wisdom for ya
An artist never stops learning and evolving if they want to stay relevant. It's what makes their channel.
Totally!
The artists who did the song for the op were amazing I normally skip anime ops and this one I watched and enjoyed!
After watching the second chapter of the "Rock Paper Scissors" anime, I remembered a game calle "Pistolero". You say "pistolero" out loud and then you can do one of three: load your gun (as many times as you want), shoot (if you have your pistol loaded), or protect yourself. Would be amazing if you put it on the show.
I think what you did with a small team is impressive, but it still screams 'AI did this' the whole time. if anything, this further emphasizes that the human touch is vital to making something that doesn't feel like it's been created by an unfeeling machine intelligence for your consumption. like, it's great, but humans can still do a lot better as long as they're allowed to - I worry that eventually they won't be, though, given that the people who hold the purse strings prefer maximum profit over any other consideration, and cutting out all the artists is a great way for the suits to save money to deliver c o n t e n t to the masses :s
I agree that they worked hard and created something cool but it’s basically live action with a filter on, it’s not animation
I wonder if its plausible for the Corridor Team to go *back* to their old "Anime" videos and use this method to turn them into actual anime instead of live action. That would be sick!
That look on Niko's face at the end when watching his creation... That was the moment every artist hopes for. Truly an inspiring video!
At the start, you say, "Normally, you need a team of people and powerful computers to make an animation." I think the next line should have been, "and here's why!" You still have a pretty big team working on it along with a crate of 4090's! Pretty damned cool though!
true, but still much smaller.. probably less than 10% of the size team and render farm a big studio needs
Stolen comment?
@Cesariosjudging by the profile it seems legit, the other one you saw was prolly a bot
Maybe, if so sorry.
Right, but also, they're creating these processes from scratch, it takes a lot of work to do that. Now they've got it more or less figured out, a lot of the grunt work is gonna be eliminated for anyone else in the future. Also as more people experiment and refine it, it will get even more accessible.
I’m glad that this super cool tech is now being used as a tool in tandem with traditional artists instead of as a replacement. Awesome tech, can’t wait to see where it goes!
The conversation between Dean and Niko at 16:45 about having to do a lot of work and not just typing in "anime movie" is inspiring and I think speaks to the use (or misuse) of generative AI as a whole...and honestly speaks to creative work regardless of what tools are being used. "People only care when you give it direction, artistic intent, and creativity"
This stuff still has me nervous and on the fence with where I feel about it at the end of the day. I just can't help it
People think that the future is near, but you guys.... are shaping it and creating it for us. You guys are amazing, you guys could outplay disney 😂😂❤
Guys u are really, really big artists! All of you. The first animated is a beautiful artwork! U dont copy anything, from anybody. Was amazing. l just love it! The drama , the screen shots, the comedy 😂 we can see you guys, love yours job. and this, is the soul from greatest artists.
When I saw the episode and saw the child version of Niko I could still see Niko's face _in the child face,_ so I was impressed not only the de-aging process, but obviously the Defacial-Hair'ing...
Warner Bros WISH they had that tech a few years ago.
@Broad Field Gamingworks super, man.
The sped up voices though. That’s so uncanny.
@Victor Widell Pitched the voices up, not sped them up. The pitch up happens during a speed up if you don't compensate for it but they can be done separately. For Sam's character they pitched his voice down to deepen it.
This is insane you have changed everything.
Dude, you guys are amazing, I've watched y'all since the start (even before rocket jump) and I'm so happy to see you all actually `invent` a new anime-content creation pipeline! Can't wait to see what's in store for us next!
I think having an artist to make the training material for the AI is really good, both for the ethical reasons, but also because it gives you a lot more proactive control over how the style will look. Maybe you could have different training sets of the same art style in different environments too.
the ai still has thousands of pieces by non consenting artists
actually that flicker was one of the good things that made it look even better, I actually liked it
Would an extension like Adetailer be able to consistently animate good quality faces in stable diffusion?
I love how they highlighted those in the WarpFusion community and specifically said "hire them"
Training embeds for each mouth viseme and using a viseme generator (taking the script and audio as input) to get which viseme embed to add to the prompt could probably improve lip-syncing
Thank you. This is so cool..being introduced to all this stuff.. i have had something like warp fusion in my head for a while.. had no idea if it existed..thought i would have to try code it myself to get intermediate frames between drawing
The Behind The Scenes is a shortfilm of its own 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is fuckin' awesome gentlemen. Props to y'all. Just out of curiosity, what hardware are y'all using to get all of this done?
LOVE the costume for Niko's character. That king's coat is DRIP!
I always believe that AI should be a tool alongside the work of artists, NOT to replace them. I appreciate Corridor hiring an actual artist for this, that’s absolutely the way to go
It doesn't really seem like the artist used it particularly as a tool for themselves, more like they drew reference images which got fed into the model, which then spliced it with the footage Corridor shot.
I still think that this is a replacement of an artist.
Couldn't agree more
This. In the end, all this AI image stuff is just a tool like Photoshop. I think anyone that thinks that this is "just a replacement for actual artists since you just type it in and generate it" should actually give it a shot. You still pre/post-process images to work at all, lots of testing/prototyping, need to combine or remove stuff from the image etc. There is no "type a magic prompt and replace a job" kind of stuff going on. Same as text AI will not replace developers or writers.
@ThatFoxxoLeo Absolutely, it's the same as Hollywood studios scanning actors. The talent is no longer being used, but being abused
@Foxxobut the whole problem with the start was that the style was being stolen from an artist, not the rotoscoping job? Yes, this could have been done will a full animation team, but corridor would not have the funds to create that in this situation. Most people's problems are with copyright and an authors decision to keep their style theirs, so them deciding to take the style from someone worth full knowledge of what they are doing is very good
..in the middle of an incredibly stressful strike
Good job guys
Awesome work.
When it comes to flickering between frames, while warpfusion does help, I feel the issue is still that the model is trained on more than one character. Individual models for characters, clothes and backgeounds would likely cause a more stable end-product before any composition _however,_ this does come at the cost of more work. Both to separate people from their background plate shot and to composit them back in. Imperceptible pixel errors on these cuts may cause minor issues too, so perhaps train the model on the cutout of the person for each character instead, unless that's already being done. If you add clothes to this process, then you obviously add more work to separate the clothes from the person and so on. The glaring issue with a process like this is there's obviously more to a person than their head and clothes, so getting a uniform full body may be difficult like this. Perhaps it can be solved by using the individual models as components in a multimodal model or whatever name they came up for those again.
Still, a _lot_ of work. And what's been achieved is already pretty amazing. Thanks for the hard work and keep pushing the envelope!
nice oneee , all of that was so unique , i try to create trailer of the movies into the anime , but this was a new one , thanks for your imagination ! wish i was your power in my country ( iran ) :))
Oh, you released it here! Yay!
I have to wonder, what would happen if you just passed one of your old anime-style videos through this pipeline? Now new stuff, just… pass a finished work through this process, no reshoots?
Wow as a classic animator i could just clean up the wobbliness by hand and it will look so fucking good, please corridor teach me your ai ways i loved you since i was a kid
I’m glad you’re addressing all the issues people had with the first video and are improving upon them here! It shows that you care about the fans’ response and truly just wanna make the best content you can. 10/10!
The only thing that is stop changing is us, if we decided to stay still.
-Corridor Crew Niko
I'm so happy you made another one. I can't wait to see how this improves over time.
I don't know if it's the aircon, but I got chills when they showed the latest results of using WarpFusion. Fascinated by this series
Custom cosplayers are going to have a field day with this one
Seeing David writing the theme was the most random thing I've seen in this channel.
I follow the guy for years and suddently he appears here.
You chose possibly the hardest thing to make a Stable diffusion do, hands, and made that a huge part of the video, mad props to you
I mean it’s pretty much just a filter over actual images so
@Max Mnot really but if that’s what you got from the video then you do you
@Max Mbro got ratioed💀
@Yuyah a ratio on ESclips hits really hard
@N530 fr
They should make Son of a Dungeon in this style!
Aside from art style, anime have a movement style and specific frame rate. From exaggerated poses and flowy motions to extreme slow to extreme snappy fast movements.
There's actually some really good takes on the ethics of using AI in here! Having no need for inbetweening (/slavework) is a real big plus imo. And yet, using this method still employs people. Good show.
👏👏👏It's not just moments like this but the process, the workload etc that you guys and everyone else that is honourably mentioned that continues to not just surprise me, but also makes me happy just watching these vids.
To everyone involved YOU GUYS are heroes and legends 👏👏❤
9:33 Wow what a skilled cyclist, they can ride backwards with so much ease!
Seeing the little audience they assembled for their viewing party at the end made me so happy. As successful as they are, the joy of sharing their art with others is so relatable- and I can see it on their faces.
It's cool you collaborated with the warpfusion community to help get features added, improving it as a tool for everyone. That's the kind of thing I love seeing.
12:19. This flipping back to the previous page and using that drawing to influence the next drawing is basically what animators have been doing for years. This kinda reminds me of how the RED Digital Movie cameras work...they take 24 highly detailed photos every second and that's your movie. Just like how old fashioned movie cameras took 24 frames per second on standard film. It sounds simple now, but that was NOT how the first digital movie cameras worked...they kinda sucked.
The old becomes new again!
I got the shirt for ARPS2, but I kinda wish they would do re-run of the first shirt. I never had the chance to get that and I honestly think it's a cooler shirt.
u guys did it. awesome works, keep it up!
Really excited to see David did the music. Been listening to his music for years.
oh wow, David Maxim Micic is an absolute gem. Can't believe y'all got to work together.
I've been blasting his stuff all week, was not expecting him to pop up here!
yooooo hell yeah so glad someone pointed this out, been a fan since Bilo II
I've had his music on my spotify list for many months, there are way too many underappreciated/unknown artists.
my jaw dropped!
Yeah LUN has always been a favourite album for the gym or driving, am so excited for this
"the only thing that will stop changing is us. when we decide to stand still" ~Niko
hard ass quote.
I'm just imagining the awesome possibilities to retell some of the funniest stories you guys have had in this style, aidungeon videos or the old Pokemon dungeons and dragons videos from node could be revived and renewed for new audiences and old node fans like me, watched every node video since battlefield 3 with Freddy w
I love how attentive Corridor is to giving credit where credit is due, it shows that they are a community driven group with intent to grow as artists not individuals
Exactly! One of my favourite things about this group!
Acting anime is so interesting. If this took off, I imagine there would be anime actor specialists.
have you tried using AI Interpolation to make each frame blend into the next better?
I know it's a controversial topic but you improved so much and having your own artist this time is a huge difference!
There are still inconsistencies with things morphing around in the hair and face. I imagine they left it there intentionally and they'll continue to do a series of these tech demos
I would love to see something like son of a dungeon with this technology.
Curious to ask but does this mean you could take like the new Ashoka live action TV and pipe in the animated star wars rebels art and reformat the show into animation?? If so that would be totally wicked.
I own a company called the bearded Sergeant Coffee Company Co. And I've had this idea to make an anime ad series based on the 90s and 2000 Macross series... not the crazy Jet robots but maybe just like centered around the Army soldiers that are guarding them or something.
There's a few techniques I wish you guys explored, ebsynth to interplate frames and then just rendering keyframes. Using controlnet openpose, making contact sheets which multiple frames on a single image (if you have the VRAM this really helps consistency).
Warpfusion does basically the same thing as Ebsynth: warping a texture based on optical flow. Openpose doesn't offer much benefit since they're already doing img2img with the desired poses. At this point to reduce the jank you have to raise the resolution (it looks like their model is still only 768px)
I'd always thought this was a great idea, have the AI replace a series of images in a different style to create an animation, since it has issues with consistency without using intricate machine learning to train an AI on a particular subject, just have a means of having a character move around and replace each frame using generative AI. You guys did it perfectly and while it still isn't 100% there and has kinks here and there, it is only going to get better and there is even AI software you can run such videos through that will make the characters appear smoother and more consistent. I am excited to see this progress even further! I love the visual in this anime too! you guys did such an amazing job!
I can appreciate this way of animation being its own thing. Like other/new creators making works in this method while traditional studios still existing. In an ideal world.
we don’t live in an ideal world sadly, though there is always room for old technology to be used. Most artist love the process more than the final product, so they don’t always take the path of least resistance. That’s the one thing that gives me a bit of hope for art in the future.
Yeah, but we live in this reality, and if there's a way for people to steal other people's work, is gonna happen and is gonna be rampant
If there's a noticeable quality difference and people like the classic way, traditional studios will exist.
If customers prefer the new way, or can't tell the difference, all studios will have to adapt, or cease to exist. This is the way of technological progress- it's always been this way, though normally the transitions aren't as publicly visible and widely discussed as they are now
@No Man's Land Yeah, because companies give customers exactly what they want, and don't cut corners or give you an inferior product because it'll be more expensive to do it properly
Petition to call it *RPS* and see an entire series made
Last time I brought RPS1 to someone, I've been told that that technique had already been obsolete by then, and all the rage was Deforum + ControlNet (this was a couple months ago at least). Have you looked into any of that? I do know ControlNet gives a lot of new capabilities you could use. Not to mention that a new version of Stable Diffusion dropped, like, a week ago.
this whole episode feels like one big apology video to artist from the backlash they got from the first rock paper scissor
9:33 - mad respect to whoever at CC learned to ride their bike BACKWARDS!
I really like the guy at 9:34 - his backward riding skills on the bike are breathtaking!
I love how Corridor makes their "discovery process" with the enigimatic-e clip. Because to me, that is the community of creation, looking at small concepts other people did, and using it to inspire a new piece of work, and in your case, actually contributed to the software. It's not about the software it's about the artists behind it. Beautiful and inspiring as always.
Absolutely. And with Open Source, "contribute" does not always mean submitting code, sometimes it's just the "idea" of something that can enhance the project
its not about the software its about the artist that got their works stolen for this kinda shit, yes beautiful and inspiring as fuck
@banhbao2 So you clearly haven't watched the video or you'd know all the art this model got trained on was created for the project, and he was compensated for his time.
You're right that this is a problem, elsewhere, but Corridor have shown how it can be used without infringing on the artistic rights of others.
Thank you for sharing this and inspiring others
Major props to Dean for putting his whole heart into Anime RPS! It's so fun seeing him deep dive into something he's obviously so passionate about.
I get the feeling I might want to look into this if I want to be an animator in the future.
you will not be respected
No way you guys had David Maxim Micic on the theme song. One of the best guitarists and composers out there
So happy to see David Maxim Micic getting to do the music, I was not expecting that collab. He's an amazing musician!
I’m very grateful for the format of this video- such a perspective of making me excited for AI rather than worried for the future. Thanks to Niko and the rest of Corridor crew for becoming their inner directors.
Now you gotta pay some keen artists to make a whole season of this - The publicity alone would be motivation enough
Run a fan-based competition - use the same techniques to make a short film in the same style
These Corridor Digital Behind the Scenes documentaries have the feeling of all those great LucasFilm DVD Documentaries on the Star Wars DVD sets. I love seeing how all the magic happens. Thank you for all of your hard work and magic.
I know that your goal is to make the most animated non animated anime out there but I liked the previous one's animation better exactly because it didn't feel like animation.
It felt really life like and unique and I really liked the imperfections between each frame this new one feels more generic which aligns with your goal but imo the other one was superior.
THEY GOT THE WALKING TREADMILLS! YES!!! (I commented last video how they would really enhance the shots, and it worked!)
Imagine a remake of the 'the gamers' movies using this technology, could keep the live action for the real world and use this animation to spice up the in-game stuff?
I'm not going to lie, I think that I solidly enjoyed the flickering version of the anime too. There is just some type of charm around the constantly switching lines.
That flickering effect would have been harder to do if it was hand drawn
Like Squigglevision from Dr. Katz or Home Videos but different.
It's a nice bonus when you have to stop watching and do something, and then you notice that each frame is great
Yeah, focusing that to the right places could be a real style. Ensure the faces read, and th rest can get pretty wild and be fine.
yeh right? a bit like how old footage got that grains and imperfections
Impressive stuff guys, well done!
Those results feom warped fusion are incredible
Y’all need to originate a model similar to super sampling for this exact technique that’s like “based on previous frame.”
Words simply can't get you enough credit....EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU
An epic project from an epic team 🤩🤩
Thinking about it, Can't you just train a model with the Diffused Image AND the last output as the Input, just to show the NN some key data on how it should diffuse this next Image, this will kinda be like a 2d animation technique where you draw over the last frame
Overall it seems like eyes and mouths are still the biggest issue (apart from costume consistency). May be worth redrawing those by hand, just to actually get the gaze direction and expressions you want. Hiring an artist is a great move, although I'd recommend getting someone who studied the anime style for longer than a couple weeks.
Another thing I noticed is that you have a very western approach to this, seemingly working in the classic 'animating on twos' style. Anime doesn't do that, they time each frame perfectly to support the motion as best as possible with as little images as possible, sometimes going as low as 3 frames per second. This would also help tremendously with warping, since you'd drastically reduce the frame number, allowing for much more controlled direction.
They definetly need a clean-up artist
I think lots of the issues with eyes and mouths are that the filmed video doesn't have the eye-lines correct to start with, and they are not nailing the correct mouth shapes for the lines the characters are saying in the video either. So I think a big improvement could be gained from tightening up the video part. (
That said, AI still has issues with getting eyes correctly. I remember from the behind the scenes of the first Anime Rock Paper Scissors for this reason they had "lazy eye" listed in the field for what the AI should *avoid* drawing. So it's very possible that there could still be big tech improvements that are still in the future.
The biggest issue is the art theft
@Jojo Marshall They literally hired their own artist for this job
If you think that's still theft, then you might need to rethink about downloading or using art in general
@Gabriel Bueno Dos Santos I believe the confusion here comes from not knowing if Stable Diffusion is utilizing only Josh Newland's art, or if it's utilizing it's pre-existing database of stolen art.
David Maxim Micic is so fucking awesome. He has a project called Destiny Potato (Sordid Pink now) that's great. So cool to see the metal world and Corridor cross over. Great choice hiring him for this.
I see AI very good for new artist and animators who draw to expand their portfolio and develop some animation thats been rattling in thier head.
I see this as a good way to previs/storyboard ideas, flesh out episodes before committing the money and talents to them, as a way to pitch shows to producers/execs/studios
Do I want anime/animated movies from Big/Medium studios in AI NO, Ai assisted YES.
Individuals and smaller studio maybe can get away with it as long as its more about getting their story out there or using it to help them get a footing so to speak.
Its like I've been having an idea in my head about a show I want to do, now while using other peoples works and AI to flesh out the idea the story and stuff, to try out styles, looks etc I think that is fine, as its personal and not for profit. But when its put out there in the world for money either directly or indirectly (like youtube ads, sponsers, instagram/tiktok money) then I see that as an issue as you using others work and AI to profit off
If you take that personal work and when it comes to production then yes hire artists, show them the vision that you assembled but let them work their magic in helping you make the show/movie.
What I do also see and that really needs to happen right now is artists and developers working together to make software paid or free where the art (characters, objects and scenery ) used has been drawn by the artists and the AI has been trained on those. This still keeps artists and creatives employed and the work they create is specific for use of that AI software so no Artists work is ripped off and allows others to use the software to make their movies/shows/projects etc without having to need hire the artists, now granted it may not be as good as individuals atm but like Unreal Engine building on that ground work eventually in a few years there will be software that will let you make a full movie or TV show and like Unreal Engine the creatives and others can sell their images, animations, model, backgrounds, songs, voices samples for people to buy and use within the software. I would also say that in the Credits add these people who contributed and ideally get residuals (if in future it becomes a way of developing shows and movies) which with the software which could be done by tagging in frames you can get % based statistics out of the whole episode/movie of their contribution (Ie in the anime Niko's green screen portraits made a character that got used 37% of the time out of the 16:05mins then he could get a good chuck of residuals).
Just wanted to praise Jordan for his interpretation, every time I saw scene with a soldier it cracked me up, they give me strong Monthy Python vibes 😂