Using AI ethically as reference for animation backgrounds

The scourge of animation, the worst and most cumbersome part. You wanted it, you get it, now don't complain. I'll tell you how I handle the one part of animation work that I really hate.

00:00 - Start
02:48 - Creating AI images from your images
03:41 - Image Generatio with Reference Images
05:58 - Using the AI image as reference for you artwork
09:13 - Using AI as a composition reference only
10:12 - Re-sketching, Re-tracing and expanding the image
12:26 - Finalizing the background in Moho
14:09 - ‘Dirtying Down’ the image
15:54 - Planning and drawing interior backgrounds

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About Shadywoods:
A slacker dad struggles to raise his activist young adult daughter in the magical mayhem of a bewitched forest.
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About PiXELBLAST:
Pixelblast is an independent studio founded by Kilian Muster.
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Due to the pilot episode being produced mostly as a one-man operation, production pace is slow. Check out the “Sneaky Peak” production blog to see how the next episode is coming along
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