
Are illustrators doomed… or is this our time to shiiiiiine? [AI workshop replay]
The Good Ship Illustration
Intro
Helen, Katie and Tania introduce the AI workshop audio replay and explain available resources.
Here's the audio replay from our AI workshop last week. There are slides too - the full replay with slides is available to watch HERE (but it goes away today. We're putting the workshop inside Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag.) There's a PDF handout to download there too. Go grab it before it disappears!
https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/aiworkshop
The audio isn't perfect, but neither are we 😅
🚢 In this episode we cover:
- Why brands are craving human-made work more than ever
- The weird, wonky human stuff AI can’t copy
- Copyright, licensing, and why clients still need real illustrators
- How your life experiences = your creative advantage
- Prompts to help you find your “brain treasure” ideas
- What you *can* control
Timestamps
00:00 Workshop intro + why everyone is panicking about AI
01:00 The good news
04:00 Why companies still need human illustrators
07:00 The “AI ick” and why audiences can feel it too
10:00 The power of personal voice and life experience
12:00 Human prompts to help you mine your own ideas
15:00 Anti-AI backlash in branding and marketing
17:00 Obsessions, hobbies, and niche interests = creative gold
20:00 Why we don’t teach “house style” illustration
23:00 Copyright, campaigns, and protecting creators
26:00 How AI is (and isn’t) affecting different illustration fields
29:00 Advice for grads and early career illustrators
32:00 Radical incrementalism and not fixing everything at once
35:00 Finding community without spending loads
Links & things mentioned
- Justice for Creators campaign (their AI report is on there too)
- Association of Illustrators resources
- Creative Lives in Progress
- Good Ship Art Club + freebies
- Our full AI workshop replay
Aaand last but not least... Find your creative voice!
- Find Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag - a shiny new live round begins on Monday the 16th Feb.
- When you join on or before Valentine's Day, our gift to you = an instant download of our mock briefs PDF so you can start your portfolio building straight away, no faffing about and waiting.
- Read all about it here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
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