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Wolfenheiss's avatar

Looks like a lot of in-between artists are about to lose their jobs.

This is great. Now small indie creators can realize their ambitions and bigger works are more possible than ever.

Iconbear's avatar

It's fun seeing ATOB come alive.

Harland's avatar

How do you even sign up? I thought you need a Chinese ID card, which is one of the hardest in the world to get.

JPC's avatar

Looking good!

Ven0mus's avatar

As an added bonus, AI characters can never diddle kids, so thats nice. Looks cool btw

Dave's avatar

Far better than the 'tweening' that flash animation promised would make work easier for the industry. Btw the bad show Johnny Test is the typical flash tween show

Avalanche's avatar

Double wow. And yes, that last woman-face was 'jarring,' though I attributed the her later face getting 'horrific' to be either her being terrified or her demon face coming out.

Billy's avatar

Yes sir! More of this...

Drewie's avatar

So is this multiple clips and then edited together ? Because it's pretty good. There's AI star wars movies on youtube and they're like 30-50min each. Those might be clips put together though.

Vox Day's avatar

Yes, 5-second clips.

Snowyteller's avatar

There we go, it says a lot of how viable it is with that minimal edit.

Interesting exciting times.

Huge leap for Arkhaven if you get ahead of the curve.

Incidentally it's of limited use due to not knowing the particular methods used, but recently was made aware of Gossip Goblin's The Patchwright, a 20+ minute AI work represents one of the more robust examples we have of how far the machine can be pushed. The particular style and the crowded detail cyber/fleshpunk aesthetic cover a certain amount of the inconsistencies, a part further by the narrative's setting. When everyone is modded to the gills, what even is visual information?

Though, notably at least the major characters are voice acted by humans.

An interesting question is who exactly his investors are, but there's undoubtedly quite an amount of people with an interest in seeing this tech bear fruit.

If anything it's surprising there isn't more people and their works making the rounds and getting snapped up by big money. Presumably there's a certain amount going on behind the scenes, but it has to be admitted the rapid pace has made for unstable ground for long form projects.

That said, this teller isn't familiar with the growing scene.

Only other significant wranglers he's aware of are Skybrowes (music videos) and whoever does the Archive Inbetween stuff.

Neuralvids was another one.

That's all the osmosis has gathered.

May your projects go smoothly gain unexpected hands and reap a fine harvest...

Jeynick's avatar

Are you going to write the final book with the help of AI?

Vox Day's avatar

No, the fans made it clear they did not want that.

Ian Blakemore's avatar

I like the Archer-type animation style. Crisp black outlines and not overly done animation.

Jim Nealon's avatar

The animated segment is already at the broadcast or theater quality of 50s-60s Hanna-Barbera or Warner Bros. cartoons. The steps to a longer feature look easier. Some crossover art to bridge scenes would make MP4 jumps easier to cover - another feature of older cartoons.

J.R. Logan's avatar

50s-60s Hanna-Barbera, I was thinking the same. A good start.