I often wonder why so many people are desperate to get into children’s publishing. And, while I’m sure the reasons for it are varied, one of the things I love most about being able to draw (and it ending up in picture books) is that I end up feeling quite useful – and feeling useful to another human being feels good.
Is there are point to making anything when computers (or someone else) already has?
Are we complicit in providing ‘addictive’ content, dressed up as ‘art’ or ‘good marketing’?
Am I a software designer who practices art ‘on the side’ or is it the other way around?
Might I make better work if, at the end of everyday, I put everything back in its place – just like they do in commercial kitchens?
Are artists under threat from generative artificial intelligence? Or is the ‘competition’ we see just misunderstood?
