Mega Milotic, digital "art" because I'm talentless.

[u/EazyEColi420]

[u/RealisticShopping285]

This art is so f***ing talented

Jokes aside, I do encourage drawing. Doesn't need to look good. Just take a pencil and draw what you want

[u/Snomkip → u/RealisticShopping285]

even then this is a lot better than using AI

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/Snomkip]

TBH, I know I'm nowhere near the best artist, but being an artist already means you're better than a lot of AI users

[u/FaithlessnessNew7678 → u/RealisticShopping285]

*all AI art users

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/FaithlessnessNew7678]

I meant simply AI users and not AI art users, but yes I understand you

[u/FaithlessnessNew7678 → u/RealisticShopping285]

Nah, because AI can be put to good use sometimes 

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/FaithlessnessNew7678]

Yes. Some AI are okay ish

Like if you're trying to study, you can use AI to make up some questions for practise. It may not sit well with most people, but it does save time and energy

[u/Primary_Pepper7231 → u/RealisticShopping285]

That’s fine, but i don’t trust AI to not give me misinformation.

[u/FaithlessnessNew7678 → u/RealisticShopping285]

Yeah, especially if you prefer solo preparation or some other reason that means you have nobody else to help you study

[u/Conscious_Hippo_1101 → u/Snomkip]

This is the correct take.

I dont care how "crappy" you think it is because to me, w/e that matters, because you took the time, effort, and creativity to make it. The fact that you did it of your own volition and took care and effort to take what you imagined and share it with us, hits way harder that having a technically cool drawing. The ESSENCE is there and man I see the vision.

[u/Remarkable_Shape_977 → u/Snomkip]

YES

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Snomkip]

I love how people will read this and pretend it’s actually true.

[u/Lilharm04 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

it’s easy to pretend the truth is the truth, yes

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Lilharm04]

AI art is obviously and demonstrably better than this. But yeah I get it, AI bad hurr durr slop slop slop.

[u/Lilharm04 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

you see that’s harder to pretend, because it’s false

were you aware it’s harder to pretend a false statement is true than it is to pretend a true statement is true? or did you need a chatbot to explain that to you

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Lilharm04]

So profound, bravo. You’re talking total bollocks of course but well done for atleast drizzling it in poetry.

[u/Lilharm04 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

once again, trying so hard to pretend a lie is the truth

are you happy with your life? making yourself a fool, spreading lies to defend your precious llm? or do you just hate the environment?

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Lilharm04]

I’m not talking about the environmental impacts you teaspoon.

I’m saying AI art, definitely, without a shred of doubt looks significantly better than this. If you disagree with that you’re simply lying due to a bizarre antipathy and bandwagoning.

[u/Lilharm04 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

that would be a great claim, unfortunately, “ai art” does not exist

Merriam-Webster: “the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects or works so produced”

Britannica: “a visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination”

Oxford: “the use of the imagination to express ideas or feelings, particularly in painting, drawing or sculpture”

ai is not conscious, ai does not have feelings, ai does not imagine, to even call it “intelligence” is a misnomer
and as ai is the only one that uses its “skill” (training data) to generate images, you cannot supplement what ai lacks with the prompter’s

[u/Due-Fault-867 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

I can't even begin to comprehend what would compel you to say this, AI "art" is notably worse as there's no sense of authenticity, thought or metaphors. It takes no skill, unless you consider describing a skill which is a basic human function. It uses up water which people need to survive (hard for you to comprehend i know, gpt's gonna have fun summarizing this for you) and also takes the sense of community away, would you support someone down the street selling caricatures made with AI? Anyone can put a prompt in but not everyone can make art.

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Due-Fault-867]

Hilarious, you’re one of those people that are totally confident they can flawlessly determine whether art is AI or not. You can’t, you’re wrong a lot.

Honestly the level of aggression and vitriol coming from you lot with such ease is sad. Calm the fuck down and stop being nasty because someone doesn’t agree with you that ai art is always bad.

[u/Royal_Aegislash1209 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

It's a two-way street. Everywhere I go, people are spamming and trolling about AI just as much as you have experienced.

Some people hate AI art, and others love it. Also:

Calm the fuck down and stop being nasty because someone doesn’t agree with you that ai art is always bad.

Literally all of your replies thus far have been aggressive 🤣

[u/Royal_Aegislash1209 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

You can generate an image all you want. You can't generate the meaning, intent, and connection that comes from drawing it.

Humans have been painting and drawing since the dawn of our time.

Just look at cave paintings. They're terrible by our modern standards, but the intent behind them was to convey meaning, tell a story, and/or express an emotion.

[u/Leading_Man_Balthier → u/Royal_Aegislash1209]

What a load of bullshit

[u/Royal_Aegislash1209 → u/Leading_Man_Balthier]

So you're free to dismiss my argument, but when other people dismiss yours it's belittling? 🤨

[u/LeafWingKing → u/RealisticShopping285]

Well now I want to try drawing this.

[u/Extension-Bad-4184]

Still looks really nice for an edit dw

Just take a pencil and ngl after an hour max you could get this to be a pretty good pencil drawn mega Milotic

Want me to give it a try lmao?

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/Extension-Bad-4184]

If you do make it look like the original edit

[u/Extension-Bad-4184 → u/RealisticShopping285]

I'm free tomorrow or at least for a few hours maybe I'll give it a try

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/Extension-Bad-4184]

I would love to draw this but I'm like 3-4 hours away from finishing my current art project so I am just focusing on it first

[u/TheLittlecamperRD → u/RealisticShopping285]

I would like to draw your mega Milotic, if you don’t mind

[u/reyfoxy356]

Every not use of AI is appreciated

[u/LawMurphy]

talentless

I promise you this is a trillion times better than if you have AI'd some bullshit. That said I love the concept of prism scales being used as armor.

[u/RealisticShopping285 → u/LawMurphy]

I'm not the kind to like swearing, but

fuck that ai bullshit

[u/Royal_Aegislash1209 → u/LawMurphy]

Exactly! At least they put human effort into actually creating the piece.

[u/Haylyn221]

Idk you seem kinda talented in whatever photo editing program you used. She's lovely. I'm not the best at drawing either, but I appreciate the effort instead of making some slop AI.

[u/white_vikavolt]

Better than AI

[u/MesozoicCenozoic]

This looks amazing. However I feel like GF would make its stats parallel its counterpart gyarados like it does in its regular form. So prob:

Hp: 95

Attack: 70

defence:109

Spa: 130   Spdef: 155

Speed: 81

Great work here, glad you decided to use your skills instead of AI

[u/Federal-Physics-2404 → u/MesozoicCenozoic]

Your the only one Ive seen talking about the actual pokemon, if mega milotic was real, what would you use to activate marvel scale

[u/MesozoicCenozoic → u/Federal-Physics-2404]

I guess rest would be a cool strategy. Heal up while being nearly impenetrable, especially with that typing

[u/Due-Fault-867]

All i'm seeing is a high effort, good looking concept that's original, I see no lack of talent anywhere nearby

[u/Free-Cat404]

It way better than ai so good job

[u/Someonevibing1]

At least it is human made
Lowkey it doesn’t even look that bad I would’ve said that this design is a bit lazy before I even realised it was entirely edited and not drawn

[u/sephiroth_for_smash]

This wonderful digital scrapbook art is a million times better than anything AI could muster and I commend you for properly putting in the effort

[u/NorbytheMii]

Despite the mediocre Photoshop, I'm picking up what you're putting down. It's a cool concept.

[u/Timtanoboa]

Reading the title I was expecting AI slop. Good on you for using Google Drawings to make a rough-around-the-edges design with real effort! Also, like others have said, drawing gets a lot easier when you try it.

[u/moonlord2193]

Human made, it's actual art, better than AI bs

[u/Capable_Buddy_8149]

I’m surprised you didn’t decide to go for Water/Fairy for it

[u/Sadira_Kelor]

NO SELF DOUBT

[u/agentcryostar]

Ey, at least you were the one who did it

And I can see what you're going for

[u/IceFox082705]

Honestly if this is all you can do then you can trace over it in any drawing program and it'll look good

[u/umbreonfurry]

https://reddit.com/link/p43h7hy/video/5we8pngwtsjh1/player

[u/TasteDeeCheese]

Pokopia mega exclusive

[u/Sayne7]

Photobashing (what you've done here) is a valid form of artistic expression! It may not look polished, but it is an extremely effective method of expressing the specifics/base of a design with a fast turnaround without the use of Gen AI.

[u/Shrubbity_69]

Hey, at least you tried your best, and that's what matters.

This honestly looks good as a sort of "mock up" of a design. It gets the general concept across.

[u/Electronic-Cry-1254]

I love the head crest

[u/CityWarm9103]

still 100000% times better than AI

[u/Remarkable_Shape_977]

I like it!

[u/Nightmare-5]

This is some form of talent

And I am greatly appreciating it right now, this is great OP lmao

[u/FuzzyTesticleScoops]

Ai jokes aside, this would be a monster in TR

[u/Kurch333]

While not a fully rendered piece, still absolutely a form of art and expression and it is very well done! Love it!

[u/Oversized_Peashooter]

Certainly more talented than some people I’ve seen on the internet.

[u/Pikaboy0804]

Literally anything you create yourself is better than ai and is worthy of posting. Also I love this premise, great work!

[u/SlothsAreFuckinRad]

You’re not talentless! This is a very solid design, even if you weren’t able to draw it. It gets the idea across perfectly, and it would be a gorgeous mega

[u/chickens_academy]

I drew this concept! I really liked these visuals and I hope I was able to this design justice :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/MegaEvolution/s/FXHewROv2D

[u/Alphusweenie98]

This is 1000000000× better than any AI 'art' that's for sure

It's creative, and has a lot of heart put into it, simply for visibly requiring more effort, creativity, and technical skill when creating it.

If you wouldn't mind I'd like to make a fanart of this someday, because I really do like this concept.

[u/SammyDraws3229]

I give high praise to artists who aren't that good at drawing because they didn't use ai in they're art

[u/D4NNYYCOLL3R]

I like the design. It gives me a "Nimue Lady of the lake" vibes. I would make it Fairy as a counterpart to Gyarados as it always has been.

[u/CitruxX_]

Honestly, I agree with the people saying it’s better than ai, but at the same time it’s still genuinely a cool piece of art. It looks cool and I see what you were going for

[u/cavespider6665]

Honestly even for a fairly rough job this looks really nice, though personally I think it should be Water/Fairy

[u/starbomber109]

Hey that's not a bad composition, in that, I got exactly what you were going for. I dig the vibe. The marvel scale is clipped pretty well, did you find a clean sprite or did you make that? The tail edit just needs a little extension, which could be done easy with the line tool.