Are illustrators doomed… or is this our time to shiiiiiine? [AI workshop replay]

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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