it shows how facile and boring genAI is. the most basic "what if a planet was bejeweled".

maybe it works for people who can't process anything but a fully rendered image, but if you have any imagination or curiosity, you'd want something you can look at for longer than a second

Agreed. It's also heartbreaking that the artisans are just nameless 'local artisans', a number given alongside how many glass beads were used.

shakeel used genAI for the concept art, and was later able to work with artisans to bring the concept to life.

the original planets look almost like they've been infected with crystal boils, it was the human work that transformed it into something beautiful

It felt real good to prove those brain goblins wrong 😤

Thank you! I was inspired by seeing your art studies, it was a good exercise!