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Tears of the Kingdom Ultra Hand Creations
In the new Zelda you can construct a bunch of stuff with Ultra Hand.
And although I have not experimented too much since I've been busy exploring the world I have made a few memorable things.
I made a really terrible unicycle that controlled so badly I only just barely beat an NPC in a race across a canyon. The NPC wasnt trying to race me if your wondering. Anyway it was memorable.
I made a mobile spike barrier with a Shock Emitter attached to shock enemies.
and finally I flung a Korok to its destination with a simple slinging device using that auto balancing thing.
Eventually I want to make a home for link and a giant robot but haven't yet.
What have you made with Ultra Hand?
And although I have not experimented too much since I've been busy exploring the world I have made a few memorable things.
I made a really terrible unicycle that controlled so badly I only just barely beat an NPC in a race across a canyon. The NPC wasnt trying to race me if your wondering. Anyway it was memorable.
I made a mobile spike barrier with a Shock Emitter attached to shock enemies.
and finally I flung a Korok to its destination with a simple slinging device using that auto balancing thing.
Eventually I want to make a home for link and a giant robot but haven't yet.
What have you made with Ultra Hand?
Guess the RPG from Only 3 Tiles
I got 10/30 I should have been able to do better but oh well.
The only RPG on the list that I've never heard of is Metal Max 2.
I'll have to look that one up some time.
The only RPG on the list that I've never heard of is Metal Max 2.
I'll have to look that one up some time.
Is AI generated art ethical?
author=Shinan
My original comment about it being as unethical as tracing was not meant to be disparaging of tracing. Instead it was supposed to be a literal comparison to how ethical it is.
I used tracing instead of copying because in my mind the difference between copying and tracing is it there will be imperfections and in some cases even a slight personal touch. Thus making the work somewhat but not completely transformative.
And in that way tracing can create a new piece of work that is its own thing while also being a copy of a different work. The ethicalness of that is the same as the point we've all made in this thread over and over. Is that the ethicalness of it all is depending on why you do it and what you will do with the result.
The sidetracking that seems to happen is in the idea that unethical=bad and ethical=good. When it doesn't really matter if the art is good or bad (or even art) or whatever. The unethicalness of AI art comes in the procedure of stealing other people's art without crediting them. Shamelessly opening pandora's box to teach algorithms to create new images without the consent of the people who have been wronged.
That's why AI art is currently unethical it was made through a shitty procedure by people who didn't give a shit about artists.
This doesn't mean that ethical AI art can't exist. By willing participants, teaching algorithms to generate new stuff by using... "ethically sourced" art.
It's not an either/or. AI art can be both ethical and unethical and it's all about how it's produced and why.
Fair enough. I honestly don't have much else to reply, I just wanted to be polite and let you know I read your comment.
As far as the AI debate I will add that with my current definition of art, I would not say that AI made images are art because I think art comes from living beings so even if an AI can make an image that looks nicer than what an elephant can paint (and yes elephants can paint) the elephants crude painting has more soul and therefore has more right to be called art than what the AI makes.
As far as ethics of AI well frankly one could make an ethical AI if it were trained on only Public Domain stuff but I don't think an AI like that exists at the moment, at least as far as I'm aware.
Though I also feel that copyrights in general last too long because the Disney Corporation made congress extend how long copyrights last so they could hold onto Mickey Mouse. THe fact that Superman and Batman are still copyrighted characters is kinda ridiculous. But the silver lining is if Disney doesn't screw with the law again all 3 of those characters will become Public Domain in the coming years.
African Images
So when I answer ethnological questions outside the confines of my videos keep in mind I will often choose to speak from memory like I would in a normal conversation just because it can be time consuming to find the academic reference. But anyway from what I recall for the uninitiated, like children of the Dogon, they will see the crocodile and bird but once they are older and get initiated they will be taught the symbols deeper meanings.
Next I'll show some Central African stuff.
Here's a mask that represents the Kuba King. Sometimes the king himself wears it. Other times someone else will dance it in his place.
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Here's a divination object in the shape of a dog :3
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And here is a figure sculpture and bowl from another Central African people, the similarly named Luba culture.
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Next I'll show some Central African stuff.
Here's a mask that represents the Kuba King. Sometimes the king himself wears it. Other times someone else will dance it in his place.
<a id='mjF3HvlpT4Noh8k0BWUdTQ' class='gie-single' href='http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/945889516' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'mjF3HvlpT4Noh8k0BWUdTQ',sig:'DvLJlLFlHyBq1G_EDbcl_dgPUGDTuk2c2zs1vdfMqxg=',w:'594px',h:'573px',items:'945889516',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script src='//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async></script>
Here's a divination object in the shape of a dog :3
<a id='wulPB1X_QMZKNMABtjwSuQ' class='gie-single' href='http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/90759308' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wulPB1X_QMZKNMABtjwSuQ',sig:'GSRPNxs-KGrXz8QTw67jHEsoDb0Ng_DcSFZlY-NHWF4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'90759308',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script src='//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async></script>
And here is a figure sculpture and bowl from another Central African people, the similarly named Luba culture.
<a id='x0r823dFRzBpBljw5a539Q' class='gie-single' href='http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1183083338' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'x0r823dFRzBpBljw5a539Q',sig:'118wl_9Ez-vn1rdyUoGrIfBks5Cn53o-Ah9s8ojyXtQ=',w:'494px',h:'594px',items:'1183083338',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script src='//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async></script>
Are vampires overdone?
Depends on how you portray the vampire. You can have your own unique take on vampires after all. Side Note: I think Zombies are more overdone but again that to can be given a unique spin.
Is AI generated art ethical?
I noticed a few people in this discussion bad mouthed tracing. You guys don't know art very well. I happen to have a bachelors degree in art illustration. For one assignment our teacher had us replicate a master illustrator's painting as perfectly as possible and although you can't trace a painting, we were encouraged by our professor to trace the masterpiece art and then paint on top of it. I remember my professor clearly saying, "How you make art doesn't matter, the end result is what matters." This statement was from a highly respected art teacher. Having said all that, I don't know how he or my other teachers would react to AI art. I haven't fully formed my opinion on the AI subject yet.
African Images
Glad you like the masks Gourd_Clae! Those stick figures above the Kanaga masks can be interpreted in multiple ways. One of the most common interpretation is a crocodile. It can also be likened to a bird. A deeper meaning to it is that it is the hand of god.
Those are the most common form of Dogon mask which are made by the dancers themselves. There are many other Dogon masks which are mad specifically by a designated wood carver.
Anyway, the Dogon are from West Africa, let me now show some East African stuff.
Here are the famous Gedi ruins of the Swahili Coast (Not to be confused with Getty lol)
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And again if that doesn't work, I'll try Marrend's method.
Sometimes Getty's images and other watermark image sites have Public Domain images on site which is why its important to check to see if you can find an old looking photo elsewhere. For example I just found this incredible image on Getty's site but also found it on Wikipedia. So I'll share the Wikipedia link. This image is important because it shows 2 rare things in Africa. 1 it shows women wearing masks which is a rarity and in fact I intend to one day make a video about women's masks in Africa. 2 it shows partial masks which are more common in European Ball room settings than in Africa. Normally African masks cover the whole face like those Dogon examples do because an African mask generally speaking transforms you into a spirit so it makes sense to cover as much of the human face as possible. So I hope you can appreciate the uniqueness of these ladies's masks.
Those are the most common form of Dogon mask which are made by the dancers themselves. There are many other Dogon masks which are mad specifically by a designated wood carver.
Anyway, the Dogon are from West Africa, let me now show some East African stuff.
Here are the famous Gedi ruins of the Swahili Coast (Not to be confused with Getty lol)
<a id='5qizmcoATZhlUBEjggfAiw' class='gie-single' href='http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1296127233' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images</a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'5qizmcoATZhlUBEjggfAiw',sig:'MTPTg-f2pyXE1qjfvif6OI-88Ww46Fj97zwOKrK5wzg=',w:'509px',h:'339px',items:'1296127233',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});</script><script src='//embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async></script>
And again if that doesn't work, I'll try Marrend's method.
Sometimes Getty's images and other watermark image sites have Public Domain images on site which is why its important to check to see if you can find an old looking photo elsewhere. For example I just found this incredible image on Getty's site but also found it on Wikipedia. So I'll share the Wikipedia link. This image is important because it shows 2 rare things in Africa. 1 it shows women wearing masks which is a rarity and in fact I intend to one day make a video about women's masks in Africa. 2 it shows partial masks which are more common in European Ball room settings than in Africa. Normally African masks cover the whole face like those Dogon examples do because an African mask generally speaking transforms you into a spirit so it makes sense to cover as much of the human face as possible. So I hope you can appreciate the uniqueness of these ladies's masks.
African Images
Here are some awesome African Images ... maybe. So some time ago, Getty's Images made it free to use some of their images. I'm wanting to test out the feature using the codes they provided. I tried it on Twitter first but tweets are too damn small to fit the code. And Facebook failed me for some unknown reason so I came here to try them. Why is this my 3rd choice when there are so many other social media to try... I don't know, I'm comfortable here. Anyway hopefully you will see a Dogon village in the 1st photo and a Dogon mask in the 2nd photo. If this works, I'll add more images to look at.
As for why I'm trying this, Gettys and some other sites like them, have certain images of Africa that can't be found anywhere else and they are professional photos so it would be nice to use them freely. Not sure if the free ones will remove the annoying watermark but we'll see maybe.
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Well $#!+ that didn't work. You can click the links in the code to see the images but obviously thats not what I was trying to do.
PS. So as not to totally disapoint people who click here's some other Dogon images that will work.
As for why I'm trying this, Gettys and some other sites like them, have certain images of Africa that can't be found anywhere else and they are professional photos so it would be nice to use them freely. Not sure if the free ones will remove the annoying watermark but we'll see maybe.
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Well $#!+ that didn't work. You can click the links in the code to see the images but obviously thats not what I was trying to do.
PS. So as not to totally disapoint people who click here's some other Dogon images that will work.
Video game Acapella Music - Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, and more
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RPG Maker Steam Sale and MZ vs MV talk
Welp I went ahead and bought MZ. Hopefully it winds up being worth the purchase.
A few months ago I also bought a 3D dev thing called Game Guru but haven't had much time to use it yet. For the time being I still need to wrap up some other projects I'm working on. Despite having a 3D tool, I figure I'll still want to do some 2D games as well so thats why I got MZ.
A few months ago I also bought a 3D dev thing called Game Guru but haven't had much time to use it yet. For the time being I still need to wrap up some other projects I'm working on. Despite having a 3D tool, I figure I'll still want to do some 2D games as well so thats why I got MZ.
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