There are lots of people with disposable income who don’t have the technical capability to pirate.

They’d make a lot more money if they priced it at the 20 - 40 range

One of my college graphic design teachers was an old man who had been doing commercial art since the 60s. He’d tell us about how there used to be one guy who handled the colours, one guy who handled the lettering, a photographer or illustrator, and an art director overseeing them all. We’re not even going to get into the copywriter, creative directors, ane printers.

Then adobe and computers came in and now one guy will handle all those jobs on a single project. And that one guy is paid a lot less than any single individual would’ve been.

The AI doesn’t remove the need for an artist or designer, you seem to always need someone who knows what they’re actually doing in order to get reliable results from the AI. What it will probably do is allow a creative to work on a wider variety of projects and reduce the amount of paid creative work that’s available to professionals.

Hm. Not sure how I feel about a company treating an artstyle like it’s their own legally protectable trademark or intellectual property.

They call it a studio ghibli filter and you can just say ‘studio ghibli style’ and everyone immediately knows what you’re talking about

I bought the one they released for the Wii U and it only worked for Smash