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Yes: the basic skill for a designer talking with an artist is ‘stick men’.

"I'm huge"

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Replying to @brandon.insertcredit.com: I have seen my father draw such wonders in the sand with a staff, and the air itself would listen.

Well, this picture made me aware of Demonschool and got me to immediately buy it, so you know... here's proof that non-AI stick figure concept art can lead directly to sales!

That’s the beauty of creation. I’ve worked with a lot of people with zero art skill and zero interest. That said when they pick up a pen and draw a simple pic like that it can really help with ideas. I recently finished a calendar for a friend and he did that with a couple ideas

The notion that an artist can't understand what you want until you give them a perfectly rendered image in full detail...... reveals a profound misunderstanding of creative process.

I wish I still had the graph paper I was mapping out stuff for a 3D platformer I was working on at one point. It was just a top down view with notes for slopes/elevation changes. Nothing fancy, I added all the details in unity based on what the theme was.

And so many others! Just use your brain bsky.app/profile/ebih... bsky.app/profile/meir...

I’ll be honest. I want to see a version where the face looks like sketch

And I'm not sure if this eventually happens or not, since still week 3, but I'd love a feature to replay battles and play around more with party compositions and skills. Even if not, I've still had a lot of fun with the game and love the art and music. (Tuesday Overworld is an amazing track.)

I've been able to communicate complicated integrated systems using circles and lines on a post it. They must think people are morons.

when I needed to learn how to communicate what I wanted from drums to my drummer, I learned how drums work and a bit of the fundamentals. it improved my communication and taught me a lot. doing the extra work is actually a blessing, not a burden, if you care about what you're doing.

Nobody ever made games before AI because it was impossible to communicate ideas without some AI mashing already existing pictures together.

"I'm huge"

...and an artist on payroll. Unless you've got one of those exposure payable artists?

You don't even need a pen if both you and the artist have a decent grip on at least one shared language. AI bros are trying to outsource basic communication because they can't grasp it or be asked to ass it

"I'm huge" yes buddy you sure are

"IM HUGE!!!"

I couldn't imagine a better example

Release the Sheffield Art cut of DemonSchool!

These are such good examples, and really prove the point. Concept sketches don't need to be pretty, that's why you're paying the artist(s); to make it pretty. Concept sketches are utilitarian.

People *will* find a way to communicate. Beautiful ❤️

I love seeing this

Or like, fuck, what games can you download right this second, FOR FREE, that lets you make your own levels, maps, characters even, if you don't like drawing? PSO2 NGS, look what I can put inside this big-ass canvas, and everyone's allowed to explore it right now, too! (Ship 4, 719991 019478)

Woah, spoilers 😅 (loving the game, but taking it slow ☺️)

I've been loving the random examples of this coming across my timeline today.

I would never use a dumb bot to try to mediate between an artist and me. I prefer to use words directly to a human, as it is MY FUCKING JOB. Anybody pretending otherwise has an unsolved inferiority complex directed at artists who can make what they can't, where they should only have admiration.

One time I just said the word "Ponycake" and this happened:

I didn't recognize this, checked the alt text, and nearly did a spit take.

AI generated reference just adds a bunch of visual noise anyway. I prefer the old fashioned moodboard/collection of references with short blurbs saying which bits of which image they want and the vibes they're looking for. Never steered me wrong across a ton of character designs.

i love this thread