I used to love making the occasional event poster for friends and signs for local businesses as an aside to my day-to-day work. Early in my career I was in advertising and design, and still love my art.
But in the last year you just don't get these jobs anymore, due to AI. It's everywhere and I totally understand the feeling uncreative people get when they are finally given a tool that lets them create something.
What makes me depressed however, is seeing that the vast majority of people are perfectly fine with AI slop posters etc... Highlighting to me that they likely didn't actually value or appreciate the good design to begin with. A lot of people don't care about the human element to anything.
But in the last year you just don't get these jobs anymore, due to AI. It's everywhere and I totally understand the feeling uncreative people get when they are finally given a tool that lets them create something.
What makes me depressed however, is seeing that the vast majority of people are perfectly fine with AI slop posters etc... Highlighting to me that they likely didn't actually value or appreciate the good design to begin with. A lot of people don't care about the human element to anything.