<2022-09-11T13:53:14.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Uh............................................
<2022-09-11T13:53:24.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: The number of shitposters and people saying "nigger" is up?
<2022-09-11T13:54:35.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: How about you? What's up with you?
<2022-09-11T13:54:51.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Great taste in memes by the way.
<2022-09-11T14:00:24.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Me neither. I was on imageboards up until they went to shit, then I proceeded to lurk on various websites until I came here. This is probably the most I've typed for something non-work related in 2+ years.
<2022-09-12T01:26:49.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: It still feels weird to have an account and an actual name - I always hated namefags on imageboards - but I enjoy meeting like-minded people and having "friends" in some sense; it's difficult to have these kinds of conversations irl without it possibly backfiring on you.
<2022-09-13T01:38:40.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Man, I was waiting for the Quartering to come in after making an account and announcing it to his twitter followers, but it appears he couldn't pass the nigger litmus test. The nigger litmus test exists for a reason.
<2022-09-13T01:39:12.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Also, what the fuck is this new website layout. Why do autistic IT people always feel the need to do this?
<2022-09-13T01:39:26.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it!
<2022-09-14T02:00:47.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: It's because he won't say nigger
<2022-09-14T02:01:03.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: And the reason why he won't say nigger is because advertisers would drop him like a hot potato if he did
<2022-09-14T02:01:07.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: He's not that stupid
<2022-09-15T05:42:10.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: So did you come from Kiwifarms? Or how did you wind up here?
<2022-09-15T13:09:32.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I got you. What kind of art do you do? Do you take commissions?
<2022-09-16T01:46:13.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I was just making conversation. Some drawfags in the past told me some pretty interesting stories about some of the weird commissions they took on because they paid well. I always like interesting stories.
<2022-09-17T12:02:50.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: You could be like that one artist who was paid to make wojak edits.
<2022-09-17T12:03:26.000Z> Neigh-Sayer attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/52fabc7445da851d4cd4d8ad4107e493c13a329aee3a873fd41713c67f86501c.mp4
<2022-09-17T12:04:09.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I get the sense that you don't want degenerates finding out you're an artist in much the same capacity that you don't want old people finding out you're good with computers.
<2022-09-18T04:02:31.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: This is modern art. Put it on canvas and hang it up in the Guggenheim. I don't know what the meaning of it is, but you could probably make up your own convincing story.
<2022-09-18T04:02:58.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Are you, as an artist, worried about AI making art?
<2022-09-18T04:18:25.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: It's alright, you express yourself better than most people I talk to even during crackhead hours. You make it seem pretty bleak; I never really thought about it economically or culturally. I was thinking more about how it further complicates the question of "What is art?". Is a bunch of numbers, which is effectively what these neural networks powering these AIs are, capable of producing profound meaning? Or beauty? Is art just people wanting to buy something nice that complements the decor of their home? I probably think too much about these things.
<2022-09-19T12:51:30.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Hmm, that's pretty interesting. Do you suppose that we'll soon be seeing AI sculptures using 3D printing? It seems the next logical step.
<2022-09-20T12:50:35.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Curiously, that is more a physical limitation of being to automate such detailed paintings. There are various ways to get around it, but it's actually more cost-effective to employ people to hand-paint them. For now, that is, as technology marches on ever further.
<2022-09-20T12:50:47.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: What would you say is your favorite genre of art?
<2022-09-21T11:56:21.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I admire the patience necessary to do it well and to do it for "long enough" https://i.poastcdn.org/79ac0141f8803f32c27caa0810da109e428e2cab77121531ca94975d3625dd3d.mp4
<2022-09-25T09:49:56.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: So what's your professional opinion on this stop motion? Apparently meant to be some teaser for another Pinocchio movie. https://i.poastcdn.org/3f9d8fd0eeea6d94830a30d9bf48921cda60e65f39319d832786f1e859629602.mp4
<2022-09-27T12:47:39.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I think it's similar to the magic of films that create special effects using old school methods as opposed to employing hundreds of digital effects artists to generate it all on a computer.
<2022-09-27T12:48:18.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Sure, the CGI might be perfect, but it's too perfect, making it somewhat sterile and cookie-cutter in its implementation.
<2022-09-27T12:49:14.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: Whereas your painted backdrops, or miniatures, or explosions and sparks, have an inherent imperfection about them that makes it feel more real.
<2022-09-27T12:50:20.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: I noticed this this past weekend as I watched Top Gun and the latest Top Gun back to back, with some 36 year gap between them.
<2022-09-27T12:51:21.000Z> Neigh-Sayer: The first Top Gun felt more real and visceral, with the stunt shots and the explosions, whereas you could instantly tell in the latter where CGI had been used.