: I never got on with Zbrush, I just made blobs. I don't have the skill.

Everyone has to start learning from somewhere.
It's embarrassing, but it took me a good year of using it before I learned it was a 3D program.
I assumed it was just a cool painting program that gave a 3Dish appearance every time you stacked paint over a area. lol

: Yeh, people being people but, I suppose, like myself, they have the urge to
: create but lack the skills. If people are doing it for money and driving
: out talent, then fuck them. If someone is doing it for fun then they can
: scratch their artistic itch. But I suspect, in time, they will become
: dissatisfied by easy wins and realise they have little control over the
: final product. Whatever the prompt, the results look like all the other,
: generic, slop. And, in time, they will realise that.

It's funny to witness the ai users complaining when other ai users use their prompts and get more clicks.
The irony of them accusing each other of theft is very thick.

: From the pics I didn't get PP but I did see Shazam.

Yeah. The Peter Parker aspect is more story driven than visual.

: That's a bit sad. On of my friend's husband was an amazing photographer,
: great at costume design and photoshop. He would think of a scene, like
: Captain Bligh being cast adrift in a rowing boat. And he'd dress up as the
: captain and various sailors and make a composite image of the scene. The
: results were awesome. He had lots of those on his phone. He said that he'd
: get a publisher someday. And I believe that his work was good enough...
: But he never did it and died of cancer about 4 years ago.

So sorry to hear that.

: Have you considered self publishing? That's how Andy Wier, the guy who wrote:
: the Martian and Project Hail Mary, got started.

Considered it many times. Still am in fact, now that I have some decent contacts in that field.
But it still comes down to expecting anyone to care. Well that and money for legal fees to protect the work.
Thieves and ai theft are also a major issue and concern.
I have 3D models I've sculpted for 3D printing but never put them up for purchase due to file theft.
I'm sad to report that I've purchased 3D print models only to later learn they were stolen.
If I publish anything, then it'd never be available as a digital purchase.
That alone would greatly remove most interest. So why bother?

: I'm mostly the same. I actually hate writing about myself or my ideas. I
: think: nobody will be interested, and isn't this a bit self involved?

A bit. But when I'm already getting no interest in my personal work, it's more of a realization of "I'm wasting time on this."
I'm at the age now that I just no longer have the energy to spend wondering if anyone will be interested or not.
It's just easier to do fan art a d parody type stuff. And even that is no longer bring interest.

: Oh dear. I have no answer except, just try to do what you can, small wins are
: better than nothing. And I'd rather be creating than stewing over my
: worries.

Understable.
I'm also looking after my parents now and don't really have the time or energy to "stew" over my personal issues.
Their issues is more than enough and far more important to me.
I also have a strong faith in God. That alone has helped a great deal.