CurvyLadySketchbook

[Noone]

Of course it's the challenge and enjoyment in learning a difficult skill, and the enjoyment of the process that is why anyone decides to go down the fundamentals and realist skills based track. AI is not a good excuse to negate those, because it literally has no say in those things, for you. Forget about AI hysteria, there's far too much of it around especially on social media; so many people endlessly whining about it achieves nothing. I've seen too many people descend into a "poor me" victim mentality, and it feels like they just want an excuse to give up. Ai will become whatever it will be. It will heighten actual human made things, traditionally made art will retain value because of the human element, digital commercial stuff...maybe not so much.
Anyway if you can't enjoy learning and doing what YOU want for your own reasons...imo don't do it; do something else.. You'll waste less time and save yourself needless
anguish.