Raw LLM Responses

Ah, this really takes me back to my early days as a 3D artist. Almost 20 years ago, when I first started looking for my place in the industry. In the beginning, nothing else mattered except pure passion. And you're absolutely right, no AI will ever be able to take that from you. How could it? But after many years of precarious freelance work, going from one disillusioned client to the next, from job to job, day after day, night after night... when I wasn’t working, I was studying. Learning new software, pushing my skills further, becoming a true all-rounder. Clients were always impressed. They praised my work, called it exceptional. And then came the moment of realization. For me, that moment was triggered by AI. I suddenly noticed how everyone around me had spent those same years building a life. Making friends. Starting families. Buying homes. Going on vacations. Investing in themselves. And I was just standing there with this impressive portfolio that now looked like something anyone could generate in an afternoon with AI. And besides that, I had nothing to show. Nothing real. That’s the price we artists pay. It’s not just about your income or your hourly rate. It’s about a life you might never get to live because art demands so much space in it. By the time you hit your early 40s, you’re just not willing to sacrifice that much time anymore. You slow down. You fall out of sync with the industry's pace. And you become irrelevant. I never thought I’d walk away from it. Not in a million years. But life has so much more to offer than just two monitors, closed curtains, and constant deadlines. Now I’ve started working as an untrained tradesman. I let it all go. And honestly, I’ve never felt better.