Jalex@JalexRosa
Dedicated my life to creating “awe” in people through art, and now I’m losing it myself.
After months of working on a video, a lot of people think it’s AI. Even if I post the behind the scenes process, the average person doesn’t understand the difference.
I remember seeing VFX for the first time in an old X-Men movie and feeling amazed, impressed, inspired. Enough to dedicate my entire life to it. Now that feeling is slipping away.
AI has gotten so good that a VFX scene that would have changed my entire life as a kid doesn’t make me feel anything anymore.
And the strange truth is, no human is better than AI at generating images, no matter the style: realistic, 2D, or even simulating kids’ drawings. AI can do it all, with some small adjustments for professional use. soon, videos too, then games, and so on.
Most people don’t know that a 10-second VFX clip from Avengers can take a team of literally the best artists in the world months to finish. Now you can get 90% there in half an hour with a good prompt and some compositing tricks.
And even if someone uses the traditional workflow, it’s not as impressive anymore. Everyone is getting desensitized.
That makes traditional workflows less and less viable for any studio.
The minimum quality you need to reach now is perfect everything.
Any small weirdness, which is common in VFX and realistic 3D, and people will immediately think it’s AI.
And at the same time, a big part of the audience is against using AI.
It’s a strange time.
I know these changes happen from time to time, and I’m an optimist by nature, so I think we’re gonna be fine. But I still question: what is going to be the new kind of creative thing that feels impressive? Something unique. Something that inspires a kid to dedicate their entire life to learning and mastering that craft.
I don’t know yet, but I’ll keep trying to find out.
Maybe the story will become more important. Maybe the behind-the-scenes footage. Maybe something completely new. It’s not clear.
That “awe” feeling of seeing something new that would not exist in any other way outside that very special combination of human talent and years of dedication.
Something beautiful to be remembered.
I really want to feel it again.
