Veteran Artists: Today's AI Panic Mirrors Photoshop and 3D Backlashes
dreamwieber · x · 2026-10-01
- A 30-year professional artist recalls artists panicking over Photoshop, digitizers, and the 2D-to-3D game transition — none of which ruined art or jobs; some quit over 3D.
- His takeaway: real artists adapt and keep making art regardless of medium.
- Another commenter who made CGI in a 90s art department notes half the professors thought it was "pushing a button" — the AI backlash is a rerun.
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