Hi friends, mod here.
I want to take a moment to address the issue of low-quality AI-generated content that occasionally gets posted in this community.
While /c/comicstrips hasn’t had a specific rule about this until now, it’s become clear that some AI-generated comics being shared fall well below the standard of quality we aim to maintain. These low-effort posts not only disrupt the overall experience for readers, but they also devalue the hard work of the illustrators and artists who contribute original content here.
Starting today, a new rule is in place:
AI-generated comics are no longer allowed in this community.
Thanks for understanding and helping keep /c/comicstrips a high-quality space for everyone who loves comics.
Just make a comic with stick figures. Cyanide and Happiness literally became famous for doing it and turned into a semi-refined art style. You don’t need AI if you got a good joke on your hands.
or sprites from a video game
So did xkcd.
please dont remind me of loss comic
edit: ok…i think i need to drop some context with what im saying
Speaking of loss
You just lost The Game
So if you’re ok with low quality, why then you object about AI comics quality which is mostly significantly higher than “stick figures”?
because AI is lazy
ai isn’t lazy, it opens up the art industry to people who cant draw, and people who are worried about their art careers need to remember that ai cant make physical art, and there’s already enough hate for ai that will definitely still be demand for human made art, so just draw or paint on a physical canvas, or find the people who have a demand for human made art
Disagree on that first bit a lot, drawing is a skill you have to learn, Jumping to AI right away because you don’t want to take on the hours of learning is just lazy.
i don’t understand why people don’t like ai, its just a very new and advanced tool, it makes peoples lives more convenient and can intelligently solve problems, we used to have manual long range communication like mail services, it would take days or weeks for people to send short one paragraph messages to each other (in this analogy this is equivalent to the pre ai art industry where you could either learn to create art yourself or commission an artwork.) then we developed telegraphs and radio and telephones and eventually smart phones which among other things can allow to people on opposite sides of the world to communicate with almost zero delay (in the post ai art industry almost anyone can create almost anything in a matter of minutes or seconds, something that used to take hours days or weeks to achieve has been streamlined, made cheaper, and more available to the general public)
in both industries automated systems replaced most of the workforce. lots of people were put out of jobs because it was economically more efficient to automate the process for the most part. just like how there are still people in the mail industry delivering packages and of course physical letters, there will still be human artists in the future. the industry will just be smaller and people wont create art for the sake of looking the best, or for the sake of making money, people will personally create art because they want to appreciate it and share it with other people.
so i really don’t see why ai is a bad thing, all its doing is streamlining the industries it can be applied to.
I started by making comics with horribly drawn stickmen in Paint, black and white, no colors, yet they got a positive reaction due to the writing (example of my work 2 years ago).
Unless you suffer from a severe physical disability, there’s no excuse, you can draw your own comics.
The best part is while drawing your shitty stickmen, you’ll get better at drawing, learn to represent emotions and actions, develop a style, start to have a visual identity, maybe even get good at it who knows.
I learned to draw from scratch in my late 30s, two years later I’m doing illustrations for my own games - there’s still a lot of room for improvement, but it proves practice pays off even without tryharding and you don’t need AI to draw your comics for you. You just need to get over your fears of judgement, try your best with the skills you’ve got, and keep doing it on a regular schedule. Slowly, over time, you’ll get better. I promise. It’ll be fruitless and frustrating sometimes, but you’ll get big visible leaps in your skills every now and then.
That’s why I’m always upvoting and complimenting those who are just getting started and can’t draw much yet, but have good ideas and a vision. I’d encourage everyone else to do the same. A lot of people tend to stop if they don’t get positive feedback.
If you’re considering making AI comics, try drawing them instead. Who cares if it’s ugly, give it your best and share it with the world. You might not get many upvotes, but if your ideas are good enough you’ll get a few comments and the motivation to keep trying, and that’s a lot already. Don’t fret over having no “talent”, I don’t have any either, still can’t draw anything decent with a pen and paper :-)
Incredible. Thank you.
+1
Which ones were identified as AI generated?
Still funnier than the average Bello Bear or Devils Panties to me.
Almost everyone, anyway
And nothing of value was lost.
how do you feel about posting a comic that occasionally uses ai tools in it
How the mod ruled:
Great choice!
People say that AI generated art displays a lack of talent, but I think that’s not exactly true.
This technology steals the work of artists, funnels money into the hands of dictators and megacorps, poisons towns populated by minorities and sets the planet on fire. Defending all of that requires a level of talent in lacking empathy that’s almost admirable.
Was ready to unfollow and block.
Glad we decided to preserve the integrity of the art.Let the ai-bro tears flow.
Same. I want to see web comics here, and the occasional newspaper comic artist.
Ai comics can go to find their own community.
AI-generated comics are no longer allowed in this community.
Excellent decision! The simplest way to enforce this would be to require all comic strip submissions to include a source link.
Thank you for making this choice, and keeping this community worth visiting. And thank you for the hard work you do in moderating!
I’m not against the posting of AI generated content, but it should be confined to communities that were specifically set up for AI content.
While I think Ai can make some cool images, it sucks at comics.
They look souless, have weird facial expressions and have inconsistent fonts.Stick figure comics are far better.
Stick figure comics are far better.
I’ll test your theory. Here’s a comic made be me in a minute trying to act like a data scraping AI. I don’t know how to edit things.
Still better than Ai
