Samuel
Honestly, if a studio still has a large team of artists creating the final work, AI sounds more like a tool in the workflow than a replacement for the people doing the creative heavy lifting.
guys we’re not "pushing hard" for or replacing concept artists with AI.
We have a team of 72 artists of which 23 are concept artists and we are hiring more. The art they create is original and I’m very proud of what they do.
I was asked explicitly about concept art and our use of Gen AI. I answered that we use it to explore things. I didn’t say we use it to develop concept art. The artists do that. And they are indeed world class artists.
We use AI tools to explore references, just like we use google and art books. At the very early ideation stages we use it as a rough outline for composition which we replace with original concept art. There is no comparison.
Honestly, if a studio still has a large team of artists creating the final work, AI sounds more like a tool in the workflow than a replacement for the people doing the creative heavy lifting.