>>4457808
I never had "love" for drawing, I loved the finished products. "Hey, I love mother daughter stuff, but barely anyone draws it(back when I first started), so I guess I will draw it myself"
I still draw when there is something I want that AI can't do.
Drawing is not fun for me, it never was, I always hated it. It was just a means to an end. It's the same for most of humanity, otherwise all the people that enjoy anime, manga, hentai, movie, music etc. would do all that work that is required to produce them themselves. But they don't, because it's tedious, annoying and requires years of training to do something "decent" in any of these field.
All these hours spend on making a drawing(that almost never looks as good as in my imagination) that I could spend on playing videogames, relaxing, earning money, just to make one single image that barely anyone cares about.
So tell me, other than "soul" or hypocritical stuff like "it uses stolen artworks as resources", why shouldn't I use it for my own personal enjoyment?(just in case it isn't clear, I have never uploaded a single AI image ever, anywhere)