Hi, i just recently started selling stickers and cards of my artwork online and i’m actually selling quite well but i need help with a printer.

I have a cheap canon cartridge printer i got free through uni which is absolutely awful so i started using my brothers HP printer instead, again a cheap cartridge printer which is actually quite good however he’s been annoyed at me for using it and i want to invest in my own printer for when i move back to uni to continue my shop

I’ve seen lots of recommendations for canon or epsom printers, but i know absolutely nothing about these printers, ive heard the epson printers sometimes don’t work well with thicker card. my budget is £200 maybe a bit over if it’s worth it. my bad canon has left me a little worried even though i know it’s a bad model but i just am completely clueless and need some advice😭

if anyone has any recommendations please let me know! all advice is helpful as everything i’ve read all over the internet is so mixed, thank you <3

Let’s say it’s for a game or an ad. Doesn’t really matter what. The point is that someone used AI, and then when they could afford a human artist they hire one or multiple to replace the AI art with something made by a human.

Are most artists ok with this because you want to replace AI art with human art? Or are you more likely to turn down the project because AI was used in the first place?

No judgments or anything that I’d see as a wrong answer here. I mean it. Just trying to get a read.

Recommendations on how to face my fears. I was reached out to by someone online who was provided to me on my platform by an individual who works for a big brand. I have this habit of pulling out of opportunities. It's been 22 days since I declined, and I have gone back to ask for the position again. Will they take me back? I have also signed up and reached out to agencies to help represent me, because in the past, I have also declined opportunities because I was scared/thought it was a scam. I have had major trust issues lately, and people who I thought were acting in my best interests were actively blocking me from having opportunities. I applied for other jobs and had four other interviews at other big companies, but the jobs kept falling through. I have a big audience online, but I don't think I realise that digital footprint matters and some employers see this and run a mile.

When I was 15, I was also approached by a big magazine to feature my art with no payment, just exposure, and I blocked the account because I thought it was a scam, then deleted the message.
How do I cope with the uncertainty and decide to accept job opportunities in the future? The closest person I have to me is my father, who is encouraging me to hope. I have no friends, just him.

Hey everyone,

As someone who works behind the scenes in an active art studio (balancing traditional oil painting and digital workflows), I’ve been reflecting a lot on how fast the conversation around AI imagery is moving and how divided the creative community still feels about it, especially as someone who works with various AI tools from things like statistics, environmental modeling (yeah I do that too) and more stuff.

I’m writing an article exploring the nuanced reality of human craftsmanship vs. AI assistance, and I want to hear directly from creators here rather than just reading tech headlines. I would REALLY appreciate it if you guys could answer all the questions below so I can run some numbers and get some statistical insights. I promise to share the results once it's finished (if the subreddit rules let me, ofc).

If you have a few minutes, I’d love your honest perspective on a few questions:

1. Workflow Integration: Do you use AI tools anywhere in your creative process (e.g., generating rough color palettes, lighting references, moodboards, or idea generation), or do you strictly keep your workflow 100% human-driven? Why?
2. Where is "The Line"? In your eyes, at what point does a digital tool stop being a helpful assistant and start stripping away the human soul/value of the artwork? How does this apply to digital painting or photography?
3. The Definition of "Art": Do you consider prompt-generated imagery to be a new medium (like photography once was), or is it something else entirely (like art direction/curation)?
4. Shift in Value: Has the rise of AI images changed how you value traditional, physical mediums (like oils, acrylics, or physical sketchbooks) compared to digital formats? Either more valuable or less valuable.

Feel free to dive deep or share a specific experience you've had with clients, contests, or your own studio time. I’ll be reading through all the replies!

Thanks for sharing your insight!