Unwanted Valentines:
Ex Machina (2014)
Another Unwanted Valentine! This time, it's based on the 2014 movie, "Ex Machina", which I liked quite a bit. It's the age-old question about what it means when you can't really tell the difference between "real" human emotions and the machine equivalent. Are the robots in the movie actually conscious, or just programmed to think they are conscious? Is there a way to tell the difference? Is there even a difference to tell? After all, my brain--the seat of my alleged consciousness--is the most important organ in my body; I know this because my brain tells me so.
I often think we'll be disappointed when machine learning truly passes the Turing Test. Not because they will be so smart and clever, but rather because they will be so dumb and annoying that we will think only humans could be so stupid and bothersome.
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STEP ONE: Here are the digital pencils, created on a 5,000px x 7,100px @ 300dpi canvas in Clip Studio Paint.
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STEP TWO: And the digital inks. I had a hexagonal pattern, which I was able to warp around a little bit to minimally follow the form. I then traced over the pattern to give it a more hand-drawn feel. And, boy, did that take a long time!
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STEP THREE: And here is the finished color, which was done beneath the inks.
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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.
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