I am developing a game, and I want some assets for it. i was thinking of drawing some assets and then ask the “AI” to generate xyz based on my drawing style.

I was also considering just having a very specific prompt and using that to generate the assets I need.

I know there is a lot of skepticism about AI generated images, art etc. is there something I should know? Is it copyrighted? Can I use it as inspiration and make my own assets that are similar but not the same?

I am also just considering buying assets, but fear that it might not give me everything I need.

Any thoughts?

  • Theo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You can definitely use as inspiration and reference without any license as long as what you make different enough. Like don’t copy the designs exactly but you can overlay proportions and shapes roughly, but all the details, colors, style etc should be your own creation. Many artists already do this with stock images to streamline the process of asset creation. Things that are commonplace and recognizable objects like say a motorcycle: looks roughly the same minus the design style. Or an animal or common mythical creature will generally look similar in many features. They can be traced in proportion only. Inspiration: there is no law that says you can’t use a copyright image as inspiration as long as it really doesn’t resemble it. In other words, you can make a character that is inspired by a famous one but not one that looks too similar that it is recognized as an icon like that character.