The pursuit of wealth at the sacrifice of artistic interest

[Basman]

On 11/10/2026 at 4:32 PM, LordFall said:

It reduces the barrier to viability of a lot of businesses models so you can make profit in a lot of ways that were not possible previously. For example you can make videos, create a product related to it and build an outreach system and CRM that tracks everything for you whereas before only people very talented in marketing could aim to do something similar or an agency with a lot of manpower. 

This is a guy who's journey I'm following because he has a cool project that is similar than mine. He is very stubborn and refuses to use AI and is ruining himself hiring human artists to draw his comics. I think he is doing it the wrong way and investing too much upfront whereas that money can be vital for him further down the line once commercial viability is proven and he could put some capital towards blowing up his vision. 

I think at the moment his comics look mediocre and he could make a better one in 30 mins by using AI. I am curious where he will end up 1-2 years from now and if he will end up going the AI route or stay stubborn and fail or if he will persevere with his route and somehow succeed. 

AI won't make a good comic. No way.

Making comics is bloody hard work. No one is doing it to become rich.