| > It just seems obvious to me... > The line is pretty simple for me... When things seem so obvious and simple, it can be a good mental exercise to try to put yourself in the shoes of the "other side" for whom it also seems obvious and simple. While never my main thing, I've worked as a professional artist and know people for whom art is their livelihood. The holy grail in that world is to create a unique style that will command a premium: an art director decides your style is perfect for their new campaign, a building designer decides your style fits the lobby of the new building, etc. This style is the result of years and years of refinement, false starts, watching trends, etc. And this style is why they get paid, and how they feed their family. When you tell such an artist that now any schmuck can create art in their style just by writing "In the style of..." you should understand that —especially to a non-technical person—the end result is just a slight deviation of from a copy machine. To them it seems "pretty simple" and "obvious" that this is just a fancy way of stealing. (And I'm not taking sides here, just saying that step one is to realize that the issue is not simple, and is thus super interesting.) |
I would if I could but as I keep tryin to explain I can't because it requires I believe something that's a contradiction.
Just because it's a contradiction that makes ya more money don't mean it isn't a contradiction. Also I am that non-technical person.