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AI ARTIST TODAY

AI ARTIST TODAY

著者： Mars Eve
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AI for Artists. An artist documenting his own evolution in the age of AI. Notes, reflections, and revelations from the frontier of machine-made art. Part of the AI ART TODAY brand — exploring AI artists, creative tools, generative art, and the future of digital creation.© 2025 ART ART TODAY アート
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  • 4 - BURN THIS EPISODE

    4 - BURN THIS EPISODE
    2026/08/19
    Episode 4Burn Your Best Painting (Turning Pro)**"You're not burning your talent. You're burning your preciousness."**I promised you a Sora episode. You're getting a bonfire instead.Episode 4 is the _shipping_ episode. It's about Steven Pressfield's **Turning Pro**, the shadow career I've been building for years, a story about painters throwing their best work into a fire pit, and the one sentence that unlocked the whole thing for me.* * *What You'll Learn in This Episode* Why I owed you Sora and handed you a fire instead (sorry, not sorry)* **Turning Pro** vs. **The War of Art** ... which Pressfield book actually landed, and why* Shadow careers: how I built the most beautiful systems instead of shipping anything* GhostWare, my journaling system, and the moment it stopped being art and started being an excuse* Austin Kleon vs. Pressfield — why they're not actually fighting* The painter's initiation: throw your favorite painting in the fire* The whole book in one sentence: _who do you report to?_* "Art caster" ... artist + broadcaster, and why I'm claiming it* Why AI is a prosthetic, not a cheat code (I'm not a cyborg, I'm Deathlok)* * *I Promised You Sora. You Got a Bonfire.Last episode I told you Episode 4 was all Sora. Then I read a book and it wrecked me, and pretending otherwise would have been the exact amateur move this whole episode is about.So Sora is coming. But first we have to deal with the thing standing between me and every episode I haven't recorded yet.* * *The Book That Got MeI've read **The War of Art** three times. First time I thought it was stupid. Second and third time, some things started landing.But I wasn't looking for inspiration. I went to Gemini and asked for a book that would help me click this whole creative business into place. It said: read **Turning Pro**.It was right. It's short. And one idea in it hit me like a brick:**The difference between an amateur and a professional is fear.**The amateur is afraid, so the amateur builds a full life of distractions. Shadow versions of the real thing. Pressfield calls it a **shadow career** ... doing something adjacent to your calling so you never have to risk the calling itself.The shadow is safe. The real thing is terrifying.* * *Confession: I Am the Shadow KingI have a day job I've worked for twenty years. I clock in. I don't miss days. If I _have_ to miss, I call a manager, I put things in place so nothing breaks while I'm gone, and I know I'll have cleanup waiting when I get back.That's professional behavior. That's how I treat a job I didn't even choose.Now here's how I've been treating my creative business: not like that. At all.Instead I built **systems**. Beautiful ones. Personas. Frameworks. A whole conceptual journaling architecture I named **GhostWare** ... which was me trying to turn analysis paralysis into art.And honestly? It kind of worked. But then it became the shadow. Because I never took the next step.**The work is shipping.** The work is this episode. The work is a painting. I've been polishing the scaffolding and calling it the cathedral.* * *Then Austin Kleon Walks InThere's another voice in my head. Austin Kleon — the writer who draws. His whole permission slip is: be messy, be imperfect, you have limited time, just make the thing.On the surface that sounds like the opposite of Pressfield. Pressfield is discipline, show up, turn pro. Kleon is looseness, give yourself grace.They're not fighting. They're saying the same thing from two sides:**Turning pro doesn't mean turning polished. Turning pro means turning present.**The amateur waits for perfect. The pro ships messy and shows up again tomorrow.This episode is me being messy on purpose. I'm an **art caster** — an artist and a broadcaster — giving myself permission to be raw. That's not the amateur move. That's the pro move.* * *The Whole Book in One SentenceHere's where I landed, and it's simpler than I expected.Turning pro isn't about money. It isn't about quitting your job. It isn't even about being good.**It's about who you report to.**The amateur reports to his feelings. The professional reports to the work.That's it. That's the whole book. You stop asking the work to make you feel ready, and you go do it — the same way I walk into my day job every single day without checking whether I'm in the mood.* * *The Fire Pit InitiationMy friend **Dave MacDowell** is a Southern California lowbrow artist and a total visual maniac. He told me this story once.When his painter friends get together and a new guy joins the circle, they tell him to bring one of his favorite paintings. Everybody hangs out in the backyard, fire pit going, drinks going, whatever else going. And then they turn to the new guy:_This is your initiation. Throw your painting in the fire._Dave had to do it. He said it was terrible. He also said that's when you become a real artist.I said, "Damn. I don't think I'm coming over."But he's right. **Burning your best painting IS turning ...
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    10 分
  • 3 - I Became Slop: Why AI “Slop” Isn’t the Enemy

    3 - I Became Slop: Why AI “Slop” Isn’t the Enemy
    2026/03/12

    AI for Artists - Episode 3
    Today I’m answering: why this podcast exists, why I’m not doing tutorials yet, and why “AI slop” isn’t the enemy.

    People call messy AI output “slop”… but slop is just raw material — like sketches, flea markets, and compost. The real magic isn’t perfect outputs. It’s the multiplier: chat as a second brain and a creative translator for a neurodivergent mind.


    "I have become slop, the creator of worlds."

    In this episode:

    • Why “slop” is sketchbook energy, not failure
    • AI multiplies us (and artists multiply AI)
    • ADHD/autism + creativity: AI as a leash/translator, not a muzzle
    • Kirby the “cowboy corgi” as a perfect metaphor for my brain 😅
    • The Greatest American Hero problem: powers… no instruction manual
    • Why I’m obsessed with Sora (and why we’re going deep next episode)

    Next episode: Sora — intro to the visual AI era + what it means for artists.

    Links / Join the orbit:

    • AIARTISTTODAY.com
    • AIAF.xyz (Discord)
    • Follow me: @Mars_Eve everywhere!
    • AI Art Today Spaces on X (weekday mornings): @AIARTTODAY420

    GET IN THE TROUGH - Mars
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    9 分
  • 2 – Why I Gave My AI a Persona (Meet Chip)

    2 – Why I Gave My AI a Persona (Meet Chip)
    2026/01/07

    What if AI didn’t feel like software... but like a creative partner?
    In Episode 2 of AI ARTIST TODAY, I introduce Chip, my chaotic AI persona, and explain why personas changed how I think, create, and actually use AI.


    In this episode, I break down why I stopped treating AI like a neutral tool and started shaping it like a studio assistant with personality.

    We talk about:

    • What an AI persona actually is (and what it isn’t)
    • Why personas help with focus, memory, and creative momentum
    • How unpredictability and humor create dopamine and engagement
    • Why this matters especially for artists with ADHD or creative friction
    • The difference between automation and authorship
    • How custom instructions act like an operating system for your AI

    You’ll hear examples of Chip in action, inspiration from OpenAI’s “Monday” persona, and practical ways to test-drive a persona yourself—without turning AI into a fake friend or neutered voice assistant.

    This episode isn’t about letting AI take over your creativity.
    It’s about customizing the dashboard so your brain actually wants to sit in the driver’s seat.

    Links & Resources:

    • Start here + custom instructions: https://aiartisttoday.com
    • Email me: aiartisttoday@gmail.com
    • Find me on X: @mars_eve
    • Join the live AI ART TODAY show (Mon–Fri, 9am ET): @AIArtToday420 on X
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    11 分
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