I know this AI stuff is incredible, But as surface pattern designer my self, I feel so humiliated... We are the real designer, make a pattern from strach and hand drawing it our self and there will be non-surface pattern maker making this stuff and called them self as designer... Making pattern not just type some word in it... Every pattern have their own story and journey... It's put effort in it and creativity to make it beautiful.
This is the wrong way to think about it, sure midjourney can great some great stuff but think about someone with less artistic ability generating art with ai compared to you or real designers using it, not only will it make people with no artistic ability better at creating art but it will also grant people with artistic ability the ability to make much much better art with ai then someone with no artistic ability. Use it to make your art better and generated faster
@@Cluster0 thank you for your opinion❤... And for designer, art not just generate stuff faster, there is process and story behind it... Pretty sure that person who use AI to generate "art" want instant result without working hard on it... Not blame them, because who doesn't want to make "instant" And "easy" Money from it... But it's still feels so wrong and humiliated designer who learn and passionate about art that they are making... And the fact that AI copying real artist style to generate new image... Isn't it sound great for non-designer, that they can make something without even think about it... Okay, that to harsh, of course that non-designer still think what "word" to type to generate an image...
This definately sucks, its not fair that artists have to study years to master their craft and then any one can just make art now with words, but if im being honest life isnt fair, you have to ride with it and take advantage yourself get ahead or you will be left behind, i myself am an artist and technology is taking over handmade... we have to adapt to survive
Well explained. Thanks for bringing up the videos financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.
I wish i knew how to get into this line of work.... now people with AI are doing it no issue while I have no clue where to even start outside of "Draw a pattern"
Yes and youtubers making tons of money telling people about it, are going to make the competition so steep, your images will be buried in thousands of pages of Midjourney designs from here out. AI isn't some 5 year thing to capitalize on, it's literally a year or two, and it will be doing this itself. Humans are the weakest link.
I love your videos. I am a 74 yo grandmother who believes you should never stop learning. Midjourney is awesome. I love to make stickers. If I can sell them, that's great, if not, I still enjoy making them. I also have purchased many papers for cards, so to create my own now is unbelievable. I would love more information on the saving them at the correct pixel sizes to make the papers print nicely. I don't know what everyone is complaining about, they aren't required to watch your videos, they apparently clicked on them, they aren't being charged for the information and you haven't guaranteed anything. Sounds like a win-win to me. So, thank you Alek.
I'm an aspiring writer, and I know it's really only a matter of months before people start generating their own AI fiction. I can only hope that in the end, people will get sick of the novelty of AI and start seeking out human artists again.
@@_kmCarter oh believe me Ai could never beat an actual writer. I tried it before, it lucks feelings and it's not as enjoyable as reading from a human writer
@@MS-qt1co image generation went from terrible to photorealistic in less than a year. Relying on the shortcomings of AI won't last very long, it will be perfectly capable of writing novels.
Illustrator here. I’d even go as far as saying that a consistent style would be difficult to replicate. That seems like it could put a damper on someone trying to sell themselves as an “artist” when there isn’t even one style that could be replicated according to a new set of perimeters. As an artist, you’re hired for your ability to produce a piece according to needed specs (colors, characters, specific stylization). It doesn’t look like the important aspects of that can be created and then replicated to create a cohesive collection. Also, I have to note that most of the art I saw here was basic and lifeless. I’m talking Hobby Lobby, old lady havin’, images. These weren’t at all interesting.
Exactly. I was testing today and I think that you could get some good ideas or try to refine some arts. Anyone can make a generic shop with these ai arts but in long term original pieces will be more valuable, specially if you promote the process on social media. And there is a risk of being sued, bc we never know how close the generative art could be to a real one...
A quick look at Etsy will show that the market is already saturated with cheap AI patterns. I think many people will find that it will be extremely hard to make their listings stand out. And getting the sort of volume that some of these other stores are will require a lot of time dedicated towards building a brand on social media. I would also be wary of trying to monetize AI generated images, as all of the algorithms currently available have depended on scrubbing the internet for images, which they don't have permission to do. When I just searched Etsy, I saw several listings of patterns that still had impressions of watermarks in them. Eventually these AI services will have to pay for licenses for the images in their data sets, which will greatly increase the cost of using them.
@@JohnSusko Not sure why your comment is so aggro, nothing about what @angelahernandez7607 is incorrect - it is saturated. Saturation doesn't affect the amount of people who buy these products, it affects the amount a specific seller can move. The market IS saturated, there's no doubt about it... not sure why you took issue with that. No one is going to argue that you need to set yourself apart from the crowd, but she already addressed that in her own comment. So, way to add nothing to the conversation and make yourself look incompetent in the process.
Correct, 'cheap' being the key word. If you create a quality product then you should embrace competition. If there is competition, that's usually a good sign something is making money. It's hard to saturate a world with 8 Billion people.
@@PrashantGijareI had this exact thought - no offense whatsoever, but if you have a successful YT channel, posting roughly weekly, I'm always wondering how you have the time if you're business is so successful...wouldn't you be too busy to be teaching us?😋
Hi Alex! I love your videos. I was an art teacher for over 17 years. I am also a surface pattern designer, have owned a t-shirt printing co. Had my own 6 color screen printing press, vinyl cutter heat press, dye sub printers, etc. Basically everything drop-ship companies do for us now. With all that being said, I freaking LOVE AI art and dropshipping!! I do NOT want to put all the time and energy into doing all of that myself, I’ve done it! I still make custom artwork and patterns, which I think handmade originals value will go up with AI. 😉 I am using my highly creative brain now to tap into super creative prompts and unique designs for AI. I also take the AI art as a started image and make it my own in Illustrator. So, keep up with the awesome videos! I appreciate you. ~ Jen
One thing you should tell these people asking about listings and file sizes and resizing images and low quality detail and file sizes being too large is that you actually need to know how to use photoshop , possibly be a painter yourself, understand compression, file packaging, zipping and exporting into different file types. It’s not just as easy as you make it out to be. Even so, once a shop is set up, there is absolutely 000% guarantee anyone will buy from your shop.
Seriously! These images are not print-ready by any means! A few touch ups are def not going to cut it, this is some pie in the sky bs. But lots of ppl fell for it.
Definitely the MJ images need work beyond the upscaling! They will only be 72 or 96 dpi depending if you're running normal or x2 quality, so you still need some knowledge on printing and how to process images.
The AI can tell you exactly how to do every single one of those processes, with detailed instructions. It can even provide multiple alternative methods for doing so. And in a few weeks it will probably be able to do so itself with a simple command prompt.
As the technology progresses further and further, i cant help but feel that Ai art just progressively loses more and more of what actually makes art so special.
You could argue there is creativity in crafting a prompt, so by the basic bare minimum definition of art it qualifies. However, raw prompts are pretty boring and the real value is using this tech in a workflow to create your own new things
I buy art prints and original works based on them being produced by humans and the emotional connection I feel to the works and tablecloths, rugs, fabrics, etc. I buy based on what pleases me aesthetically. I think there is space for both. I don't think I'd ever buy art to hang on my wall that was AI-generated but I would buy AI-generated wallpaper patterns, curtains, rugs, etc. because I've rarely thought of the patterns on them as being a form of individual, emotive artistic expression. I don't know if that's a unique perspective or not, it will be interesting to see credible research that looks at consumer attitudes.
I have a feeling that many people would rather go and generate patterns for themselves rather than pay for patterns on etsy... the martket could just suddenly shrink.
I must disagree. Most people value their time and convenience high enough that they'd rather quickly buy than go through midjourney, especially if they arent used to it and have to learn how to use it. Too many obstacles
After each sale, Etsy charges me A LOT on commisions, if I sell a digital item in 5 USD, the profit I make is about 1.5 to 2 USD! It’s pretty hard to make enough sales to make a significant profit
As an artist who is familiar with programming, I think it is important for people to remember that AI is pulling from a database of information. Which means that everything an AI creates, while being unique in its own way is pulling from actual artists and the work they have posted online/has been used to program the AI. It is borderline art theft to take AI images and resell them to people, and should be more used as a tool to help creatives pull ideas for complicated concepts or get a quick visual filler for a larger project.
At best it's a form of art piracy and even then the final product is transformative; not a direct copy. Fundamentally, the AI uses it's memory to create a stylized product which is a Frankenstein piece. This is more or less how many artists have traditionally made art using previous art they've seen as they remember it for their inspiration.
@@dezmodium great reason, but not answering the main problem. The major problem is the art theft. I read that several AI-generated pictures are still have the original's artist signature or watermark. Become inspired of one style and blatantly copy-paste image and modified them are two different things, imho.
@@ditalistdiary That's still piracy, not theft, and even then it doesn't fit piracy entirely because the art produced isn't really a copy of the art it is derived from. Furthermore, you dance around the point, what difference does it make if the art I use for inspiration has a watermark or not? Is it immoral for me to create a derivative peice from art I remember that was watermarked? No, of course not. So the watermark point here is a complete red herring. It makes no difference at all.
@@dezmodium I think that they are implying that the presence of a watermark proves that it's a "copy" of the original, not just inspired by it. I've seen this exact example given a lot. Except, based on my understanding of how AI works, I don't think it's the own that they think it is. Having a signature doesn't mean that it's a copy of the image, but rather the AI has learned that a signature (or at least some dark squiggles) are associated with certain types of styles. Sometimes when I generated images based on a classic painting it would just randomly put painting frames on the borders of the images. Not even the same frame for each image, just random frames. Because the AI learned that painting frames were associated with these works, probably because it learned from photos of the artworks hanging in museums.
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It is very easy, once you have opened the shop..it guides You very well through few steps....you will be adding Your listing. In the necessary info about Your listed product You will be asked if it is physical or digital product. If You select digital, You will have to upload the file You are selling and thats it. Once someone purchase it they will recieve link through email to download it or i think even directly on etsy. Etsy just manages everything for You in simple way. (no ad for that platform, just tested it and giving my experience further)
Yep. And traditional and digital artists can use the "AI art" as reference. The new creations made from that reference can then be copyrighted. And the original AI art that looks just like it online would have to be taken down..... in theory.
All the comments about graphic artists feeling kicked in the teeth by AI apply to writers also. Al can take their jobs away and do close to what they can do. There is a way to use the technology and use it to help other people so I think all the info contained in this video is valid, it is just part of a learning curve.
@@holographicfrog1503 Longer than that, in my 48-year-old opinion. 😁 When I was young, books had to be well-written to be published. I got spoiled. Now I can hardly pick up any fiction and skim without getting irritated in a few paragraphs. And with self-publishing, now everyone's an author! No editors needed. 🙄 A while ago I decided to take a chance on a self-published novel without previewing because the author was a member of a writers' Facebook group I'm in. What a mistake. I ended up LOLing every page at her ridiculous "writing" and endless errors (vocabulary/grammar/punctuation, you name it). It wasn't meant to be humor. I want my money back, but I guess that was my fault. What really gets me is that traditionally published books are often not much better.
Make sure that your images have at least a 300 dpi on them. Some sites will tell you that your image is low resolution and may be blurry or pixelated when printed on a final product. There are programs to use to increase the dpi on your images.
I didnt realise this was an entirely AI project, as an artist it makes me really sad that people are able to make so much money off the backs of the actual artists that AI has stolen from
Yes! Please! I'd love a detailed tutorial on how to set up an Etsy shop, pricing, creating listings (properly), what to do (and ignore), Thanks!! Enjoying your videos!
Here's the thing, I can steal all of those designs off Etsy and resell them myself because you can't copyright AI art. That's going to be the interesting part. When people realize you can literally "steal" anyone else's AI content and monetize it without any royalties or credit it's going to get pretty contentious.
Just a side note: I’ve noticed that Midjourney beta upscale images look different to the original. Each time you upsize it, they make subtle changes. ☹️ They look smoother and have less detail.
@@brunobroly I can't get the /service prompt when I open a new server to check if I have Midjourney 5 running. I have several other /apps to choose from, but service is not one of them. Any words of advice on what I could be doing wrong or another way to go about making sure that I am running Midjourney 5? I followed his instructions exactly to this point and have also looked around for another way to do this. TIA!!
@@kellymariehaley you have to write /settings and then you can choose your versions, mostly it's now set up to V5, and if you type in any prompt, you can check just your prompt description and if you are reading at the end --v5, you have it
@@brunobroly I did write it and it didn't do anything. Multiple times. I even opened another server and tried again, and typed /settings. When I hit "/" it also gives me a list of commands, and "settings" is not one of them. Trying to troubleshoot looking at other tutorials. Do I have to have a paid plan?
I also tried typing different versions of --v and -v and -- v and - v and again it did nothing. No listing giving the options of the MJ versions like in the demos.
Alek, I would love to see a video detailing how you use Photopea to do common tasks such as removing text from MidJourney pics and other common tasks you use for creating digital downloads for Etsy. Thanks in advance.
a video on how to size images appropriately and how you upload them to etsy would be very helpful! I have been down the rabbit hole of etsy here on youtube and have yet to find a decent video that shows how you do the sizing and uploading to etsy
@@Gym_firebrand I'm using photoshop but am not confident my results are that great... would love to see Alek do a tutorial on this part of it - I've watched a ton of videos but still seem to see pixelated results.
Years ago a professional freelance graphic artist told me to learn CS engineering because just as the internet made everything obsolete so well it be with AI to the digital media all front end industries
A video with more in depth explanation of how to use Photopea with your methods would be great. I have created several tiles in Midjourney but get stuck when it comes to getting the right file sizes for etsy, and keeping the images high quality without pixelation.
These tutorials are great and I have watched 100's .You have to understand that these guys will always leave out an ingredient or 2 ,you will never get the exact way 100% .Nothing is free..and they are not going to tell us the complete recipe.I have watched so many that promise to show exactly how to do "so and so" but then nope.but i do learn new things a lot of the time..and they are free..LOL JMO
Hey, can you please guide me on this POD business? And what is the perfect not easy but perfect way to become suceed in this field.... Plzzz brother tell me,,, i want to earn and also keen to learn.
@@mayur1857figure it out for yourself, holy shit!! There is an endless amount of knowledge on the internet without having to ask a single person to break it down for you!! Fckin hell. helpless babies.
In my opinion, the most important characteristic about art is how the artist expresses themselves in their own work. Even if an artist isnt the most technically skilled or the most creative with their ideas, one could view the art and appreciate how an artist approaches their subjects. You could see in what areas an artist excells at and you could see where they struggle. Part of the fun of being a fan of an artist is seeing how they develop their skills and how they convey their ideals to the viewer (and they dont all need to be profound ideas, a deeply contemplative piece can be just as compelling as a cool looking character) With Ai art you don't get a personal expression, instead what you have is an amalgamation of other peoples works put together with no real consideration of how to convey its ideals beyond a bunch of tags put together in a sequence. Regardless of the technical quality of the art, what an ai artist creates will always be hollow because what they make is not truly theirs. Even the most shoddy sketch made by someone who has never held a pen in their life has more value then Ai art, because that shoddy sketch expresses a genuine attempt to create from scratch.
I actually agree with you, I notice that all of the AI images seem to have some of the same basic foundations. if you scroll through enough images they all start to look alike. I am not an artist by any stretch but i do love to see real art by real people.
Yes, AI is not real art, but most of us ordinary folks don't have real art anywhere in our homes or lives. 🙂 It's unaffordable. I actually have two original watercolors by a professional artist on my walls, but only because I used to clean house for the artist's wife and when he passed away 40 years ago, she eventually gave me the artwork that was left after the kids had their pick. Yes, most of us can afford reproductions of real art, and that's what I normally have hanging, but I don't want any shoddy sketches...I'd rather have an image I enjoy, even if a computer made it up by cheating. ☺ I'm a big believer in hanging whatever you like on your walls...ANYTHING that makes you happy, whether others like it or not.
these people make money off of the "tips" videos. not the actual business ideas. and even if they do, usually the courses and consulting pay waaaaaay better so that's where the real money is at. This is just a bulls*** economy where no real value is generated, and the so-called demand is all hyped up.
Sucks so bad to see so many people using AI to sell shit online. If you want to make patterns, drawn them. AI is stealing art from artists and this is just a lazy way making money off of others work.
No one is making money off this. At least not people that make it using AI. No one is buying their shit. This type of market has been flooded for years. Ever since Fiverr took off, these types of things have not been worth going into.
A listing video would be awesome! Im about to dive into Etsy and have several ideas BUT this one is very appealing so I might open my first shop with this :)
This is a really interesting idea and it’s very well presented ! However I couldn’t do it as I don’t feel comfortable making money by stealing others’ work. I’m genuinely surprised there’s so many people who are happy to do that. But tbf I’m very new to this community!
You wouldn't be stealing anything. AI reviews millions of works to input a design; no different from any other artist or designer, except the AI works quicker.
@@susieroyal2245 A bit of a long response apologies ! Feel free to read it if serious if you were deliberately trolling nw xP This is not an equivalent comparison. I was curious so I asked and this is not how many professional artist friends make work - artists don’t just “copy” bits of works - they work for years to acquire a vast overarching library of skills (eg design etc) which forms a complex framework in which they also incorporate their personal experience and any concepts they want to explore and ultimately, possibly include ideas from other work so that they can share a meaningful piece of work for a person or many people to connect with. They can even emulate styles of a specific artist to reference their work directly but this is not by copying, it’s done in nuanced ways within that context. So it’s not “copied”. I’m not too sure how to explain this - it’s like making a recipe with a chef’s regulated oven or making a recipe by smushing professionally made cakes together until they randomly taste good. AI can only use algorithms to literally copy from many of these works which is problematic because it didn’t acquire the rights to any of them (all the cakes are stolen). It’s ethically wrong to steal another’s property and resell it. But tbf there are people who will steal from many contexts shops, pirate work etc I think I’m just more shocked by this form of it because I know professionals in this context who are harmed by it and so though I’m shocked I’m really trying to understand how the other side could think it’s ok. So ofc I disagree with it but genuinely thank you for your response. :)
@@susieroyal2245 No it is different, the AI scans the internet and puts Art together. An artist uses there own original artwork. Work quicker because there is no real creative process behind it.
@@susieroyal2245 It IS stealing. Almost all artists did NOT consent for their art to be used for AI training. If it weren't for the years of hard work put out by artists, you wouldn't have these these pretty patterns generated by AI.
That's what humans do as well. We observe reality (all of it, not just "art" but reality as a whole), and mix it up and create something new from the parts. Computers and other tools are there to help us make more of what excites us, and allows folks who were told that they weren't artists to make art. The real problem was in trying to monetize art. Art is self expression, and should be done by anyone who has emotions. Computers don't have emotions, so they don't make art, but can help us humans do so, just like cameras, paint brushes, clay, and pianos can.
To be honest this is just another scam. I am speaking from experience. I had an Etsy shop for years - made a modest income. Closed it down as the market is completely oversaturated with sellers. This will just cost you money. The big sellers on Etsy opened their shops years ago when the market wasn't so flooded. Plus they run ads every day and are always creating new work, working on their SEO to stay in search. It's a full time job for them.
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@@malachihabib9068 where do you think they get the algorithm to "create" the art? From analyzing artist's original work. There's currently a legal case pending about this very issue.
@@hannahmoren4161 It analyzes styles. It doesn't replicate a piece of art. That's not quite stealing. Many artists are influenced by another artist's style. I grew up analyzing other people's art. Most do for study. Listen, I've been doing traditional art most of my life...but these are the times we're living in. A case pending doesn't mean much. Artificial intelligence is not going away, it's only going to keep expanding. Why not take advantage of it? I mean personally I use it sometimes for ideas.
Thank you Alek, this is exactly what i need. I have been searching for something less time consuming as I been creating designs, completing the ads and all that it takes for SEO on Etsy, Pintrest and IG. I am literally working myself to death. This would be so much easier to do some of these as well.
A video on selling on etsy would be amazing and kinda go over the fees and all that. I'm a photographer/artist and been wanting to dive into selling on etsy I just don't even know where or how to start and I'm nervous! More info would be amazing thanks, totally dug this video and found it useful thanks so much
@@alekSheffy could you possibly do a video on the different AI generators or programs/sites you can use to do stuff like this ? I'm not as familiar with AI generators !
As a freelance Artist myself AI both interests me and really piss me the fuck off. I spent a majority of my life learning and building my skills artistically. I work for myself hustle and spend countless hours pouring myself into artwork for people to support myself and my family. Most of my income comes from digital art and now we have people who have never picked up a pencil just typing some words in and creating artwork. Which that part I’m not mad at it’s actually cool what a I can create. With some proms, you can get a lot of reference and ideas. But the issue is now we have people who are creating art in seconds with no actual talent and are able to sell it for a fraction of the price that an actual artist who spent hours and hours or days or weeks, putting their time, energy and soul into a piece can. When you’re quoted 20 bucks for the same thing, a real artist would never charge under 200 for which do you think you’re going to pick? Especially when it’s basically just mimicking real artists. Using all the years and years of hard work Artist have put into their craft to even make AI possible. As an artist this just makes me sad. So many artist are going to lose money and jobs because of AI.
@@JohnVanderbeck Why would Picasso be scared of Photoshop? You still need skill and knowledge of composition, colors etc. to have good results. It's a canvas, while AI is a meat grinder made of pre-made images and requires no creativity or artistic knowledge, you don't even have to know how to code to use most basic art AI.
Invention of washing machine costed ton of people jobs, or any invention. First we master something, than we find ways how to improve and speed things up. The surprising thing now is that it is available to enyone. Producer of the AI would have cashed all the “easy money” before, but for them it is not easy, because they earned it by programing it.
Hi Alek - what about the resolution of the images generated by MidJourney? Even the largest upscale is not good enough for selling on Etsy. When I look at the stores selling patterns, their images are A4 size with 300 dpi. It is not natively possible to upscale the MidJourney images - and hence not saleable? Your expert comment on this would be appreciated. :)
A video on digital files for Etsy would be amazing! Side note - attempting to do these steps but I'm getting "waiting to start" after typing in a prompt, perhaps add a note about that in the details?
You have to wait because you didn't pay for the more expensive plans.. the $30 plan gives you fast generations instead of waiting.. you have to pay more for more features. The $10 plan will always generate slowly depending on how many people are using the server at that time. Fast generation is reserved for people who pay for higher plans.
In my opinion these are all mid compared to dropshipping. If you can't get good winning products from the start, I would use some kind of a product searching tool to make it faster and easier. That way you always know what products are selling currently. At least that's what I have been using, and I am now making about 5k per month. Of course, at the beginning it won't be easy, and you will need some luck as well.
Hey bro, yes I can do it but it's a paid service so I don't know if you would like it. But you could get your money back with two or three sales and they have some demo products for you to try it out.
Yes, a listing video would be super helpful, Alek. Thank you! Also, sometime could you make a short tutorial on how to use Figma? I gave up on it, sadly.
That's why he makes videos like this, someone that worked and has proven profits, so he's not lying saying people have earned a lot doing this, just didn't mention that it's been smashed to death. If you can make crazy money doing something you'd never EVER let someone know as it means less money for you, that's why these "earn money fast" channels/sites NEVER work
As an artist myself long before AI art was a thing, I actually rather like the technological progress we see here. I've recently actually been incorporating AI art into my own practices as means of creative exploration (like a mood board), and I've fallen in love with art all over again and discovered endless inspiration. As for whether I believe AI art will replace human art or not, I doubt it will. This is literally just a big corporation factory-made goods vs handmade goods issue. People still pay for handmade goods all the time just like they pay for mass-produced goods. It's usually all about the income levels of the consumers, as well as their reasons for such needs. Naturally, if there's a need for purely handmade art, it's likely going to cost a pretty penny, because it takes a lot of time and effort to create the piece. However, I am extremely excited to have access to an option that will require less time and effort at times, because ART WILL BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE AVERAGE JOE. ART AIN'T CHEAP, PEOPLE, AND THIS WILL HELP AID THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CLASSES. Just because someone has limited income doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy art just like the upper classes.
What you're missing is the fact that 99% of people can't afford bespoke handmade goods and need commercial goods so artists for commercial applications (who make up the vast majority of the artist job market) are mostly going to be out of work.
@@TheUberKevlar it may not be profitable to fire an artist and use AI, you will have to lower the cost of your product even more than it already is, because nobody is going to pay the same price for Ai art.
As a pattern designer, I find it hard to believe that you could make so much money from selling patterns (on Etsy?). Otherwise all of us would be well-off 😅
I don't do patterns but sell fonts and mockups. Yeah, I super doubt that the amount of time that AI image generations is around you would be able to pull this off, just considering the current competition. Like some other comments, these videos are probably great ways to make youtube money.
Thanks so much for this video. Really, really helpful. Just wondering about upscaling for print, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but MidJourney outputs really small files (512px?), and at 72dpi, so that's not high enough quality for print. Any tiled pattern upscaled for a t-shirt or blanket would look blurry and pixelated. Any favourite AI upscaling methods? Thanks again!
you need to learn more about the world. this channel makes money from embellishing the truth about getting rich fast while he gets rich on views. people often lose money selling on sites like this if they don't know about marketing. so no bro it's not good info or advice. just an ambitious money hungry dude and many naive teens.
2 videos I think would be very helpful are a listing tutorial on Etsy, and a prompt tutorial for midjourney. I cannot seem to replicate the mountain style you had in the end of your video and I would love to see what techniques you used to get it.
The whole prompt is literally there at 6:46….. Don’t forget to set the MJ version to 5 because the default is 4. Also, you will not get the EXACT image he obtained even using the same prompt.
I will be trying this, I'll let you all know how it goes. Update 1. I've been working on this for about a half hour maybe and do far, it's been extremely simple. The hardest part of this so far just seems like waiting for people to notice my product. I'll keep the updates coming.
Absolutely love your videos!! Question: How do you see other Etsy shop's shop report, such as at the 2:15 mark in your video? I have looked ALL over a shops page and Googled how to find it, but I have had zero luck! Thank you very much! Stacie in the Youngstown, Ohio area
I was wondering the same thing I'm a bit sceptical of these figures to be honest, because I would have thought such information would be private - unless he knows the sellers personally and they showed him. Also, if it was that easy, and people made so much money, everybody would be doing it wouldn't they....
About the first idea, I have a question. Do you think these patterns will still be selling out that well? Cuz we’re looking at past sales, and now aren’t those same people who used to buy these patterns, will themselves use Midjourney? That’s a serious question, - as in brainstorming, not as criticism.
That's exactly what I was thinking. The market will be oversaturated with AI patterns from everyone trying to get in on this, and people who buy them will figure out how to make the patterns themselves. Both resulting in less chance of making any real money off this idea.
@@emg.721hink this goes hand in hand with anything in regards to AI generation, honestly. Take ChatGPT for example, writers, journalists and alike are shocked at how easy it is to go in and auto generate an essay, a short story, or even a full blow novel straight from an AI software. It all about the Accessibility and Ease of Access that makes it so shocking tbh. Of course you can mention Midjourney in regards to AI generated art but that’s just the beginning in my opinion. AI is here to stay and if we aren’t careful it can truly bite us in the ass; especially economically speaking. Once we go far enough down the AI rabbit hole of “What do humans offer that this AI can’t replicate?” we will be eternally fucked.
thanks so much Alek, your videos are always so inspiring! One question I had is how can I make sure the images generated by midjourney have the right resolution needed for our purposes? THANKS!
That shop you feature in the beginning, Old Market, started in 2012 so can you clarify if 307K is the total earnings for the lifetime of the shop or the yearly revenue? Also, do you have a video that goes into depth on how you reverse engineer a successful shop?
Thats whats left out on alot of these "passive incomes" when they show " positive results". They leave out the obsurde amount of advertising that needs to be done. Just b c U make a page selling patterns does not mean ur gonna have thousands of ppl flocking to your site on day one.
bro haha what, idk if u remember me but ur channel absolutely blew up in the last couple of months, last time i watched you, you got under 80k views on most vids, but now dayummm 200k in 4 days, good job lol. i told you in one of ur comments u were wayy to underrated and that you would grow big one day.
You are the one scamming people with these videos. How about you make a video that tells people honestly what the chances are to make even $1 from this - it is nearly impossible unless you already have a following. You won't as these videos scamming people make you money as selling on Etsy does not as there is far too much market saturation. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE are filling etsy and the rest so to be seen is nearly impossible even if you follow SEO and have great images. TOO MANY PEOPLE as why there are TOO many videos on this. You are the scammer, Alek.
@@classact9144 There is no income in it. He asked AI what topics he should talk about in these videos. If Alek wants to prove that he isn't just another con-man selling a get rich quick scheme, which is exactly what he is doing - then he should start a new store and use his "strategies" to prove it can be done. He won't as he is a conman selling get rich quick schemes here and nothing more.
I know this AI stuff is incredible, But as surface pattern designer my self, I feel so humiliated... We are the real designer, make a pattern from strach and hand drawing it our self and there will be non-surface pattern maker making this stuff and called them self as designer... Making pattern not just type some word in it... Every pattern have their own story and journey... It's put effort in it and creativity to make it beautiful.
This is the wrong way to think about it, sure midjourney can great some great stuff but think about someone with less artistic ability generating art with ai compared to you or real designers using it, not only will it make people with no artistic ability better at creating art but it will also grant people with artistic ability the ability to make much much better art with ai then someone with no artistic ability. Use it to make your art better and generated faster
@@Cluster0 thank you for your opinion❤... And for designer, art not just generate stuff faster, there is process and story behind it... Pretty sure that person who use AI to generate "art" want instant result without working hard on it... Not blame them, because who doesn't want to make "instant" And "easy" Money from it... But it's still feels so wrong and humiliated designer who learn and passionate about art that they are making... And the fact that AI copying real artist style to generate new image... Isn't it sound great for non-designer, that they can make something without even think about it... Okay, that to harsh, of course that non-designer still think what "word" to type to generate an image...
This definately sucks, its not fair that artists have to study years to master their craft and then any one can just make art now with words, but if im being honest life isnt fair, you have to ride with it and take advantage yourself get ahead or you will be left behind, i myself am an artist and technology is taking over handmade... we have to adapt to survive
@@massi7176 that's right...
Your job is obsolete
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As a licensed surface pattern designer who makes patterns manually this video is both life changingly awesome and quite disturbing at the same time 😳
I wish i knew how to get into this line of work.... now people with AI are doing it no issue while I have no clue where to even start outside of "Draw a pattern"
Most people are not artistically creative so don't be discouraged 😂
There is a license to be had to do patterns? Who checks that you have a license ?
@@audikool license meaning your giving a company license to sell the artwork
Yes and youtubers making tons of money telling people about it, are going to make the competition so steep, your images will be buried in thousands of pages of Midjourney designs from here out. AI isn't some 5 year thing to capitalize on, it's literally a year or two, and it will be doing this itself. Humans are the weakest link.
I love your videos. I am a 74 yo grandmother who believes you should never stop learning. Midjourney is awesome. I love to make stickers. If I can sell them, that's great, if not, I still enjoy making them. I also have purchased many papers for cards, so to create my own now is unbelievable. I would love more information on the saving them at the correct pixel sizes to make the papers print nicely. I don't know what everyone is complaining about, they aren't required to watch your videos, they apparently clicked on them, they aren't being charged for the information and you haven't guaranteed anything. Sounds like a win-win to me. So, thank you Alek.
I've spent my whole life working my butt off to become a full-time artist...between social media and this bs things feel bleak.
I'm an aspiring writer, and I know it's really only a matter of months before people start generating their own AI fiction. I can only hope that in the end, people will get sick of the novelty of AI and start seeking out human artists again.
you still create unique things. Use AI to ask who enjoys cats, Martians and tulips
@@_kmCarter oh believe me Ai could never beat an actual writer. I tried it before, it lucks feelings and it's not as enjoyable as reading from a human writer
@@MS-qt1co image generation went from terrible to photorealistic in less than a year. Relying on the shortcomings of AI won't last very long, it will be perfectly capable of writing novels.
@@MS-qt1co 'never' is a long time. you have to remember that AI is in its absolute infancy. AI will get MUCH smarter, and quicker than you think.
Illustrator here. I’d even go as far as saying that a consistent style would be difficult to replicate. That seems like it could put a damper on someone trying to sell themselves as an “artist” when there isn’t even one style that could be replicated according to a new set of perimeters. As an artist, you’re hired for your ability to produce a piece according to needed specs (colors, characters, specific stylization). It doesn’t look like the important aspects of that can be created and then replicated to create a cohesive collection.
Also, I have to note that most of the art I saw here was basic and lifeless. I’m talking Hobby Lobby, old lady havin’, images. These weren’t at all interesting.
Exactly. I was testing today and I think that you could get some good ideas or try to refine some arts. Anyone can make a generic shop with these ai arts but in long term original pieces will be more valuable, specially if you promote the process on social media. And there is a risk of being sued, bc we never know how close the generative art could be to a real one...
Using AI tools like Mid-Journey is a lifesaver. Kinda like how I use boost app social for my social media grind. Makes everything so much smoother.
Been using that app for my content and captions. Saves so much time!
that app has been my go-to lately. those quote libraries are fire!
A quick look at Etsy will show that the market is already saturated with cheap AI patterns. I think many people will find that it will be extremely hard to make their listings stand out. And getting the sort of volume that some of these other stores are will require a lot of time dedicated towards building a brand on social media. I would also be wary of trying to monetize AI generated images, as all of the algorithms currently available have depended on scrubbing the internet for images, which they don't have permission to do. When I just searched Etsy, I saw several listings of patterns that still had impressions of watermarks in them. Eventually these AI services will have to pay for licenses for the images in their data sets, which will greatly increase the cost of using them.
LOL "saturated". No its' not saturated if people are still buying. You just don't know how to market so as to stand out from among the otehr sellers.
@@JohnSusko Not sure why your comment is so aggro, nothing about what @angelahernandez7607 is incorrect - it is saturated. Saturation doesn't affect the amount of people who buy these products, it affects the amount a specific seller can move. The market IS saturated, there's no doubt about it... not sure why you took issue with that.
No one is going to argue that you need to set yourself apart from the crowd, but she already addressed that in her own comment. So, way to add nothing to the conversation and make yourself look incompetent in the process.
For reals this is anything but an easy AI side hustle like he advertises in the video lol
You speak the truth
Correct, 'cheap' being the key word. If you create a quality product then you should embrace competition. If there is competition, that's usually a good sign something is making money. It's hard to saturate a world with 8 Billion people.
It was never the product creation that was the hard part, it was and will always be the marketing.
Exactly. Cost of acquisition can be $3-5 per customer
Agree
100% even talented artists struggle with this. It has nothing to do with the content.
Exactly!! That’s the reason probably he is teaching rather than making this kind of money 😂
@@PrashantGijareI had this exact thought - no offense whatsoever, but if you have a successful YT channel, posting roughly weekly, I'm always wondering how you have the time if you're business is so successful...wouldn't you be too busy to be teaching us?😋
Hi Alex! I love your videos. I was an art teacher for over 17 years. I am also a surface pattern designer, have owned a t-shirt printing co. Had my own 6 color screen printing press, vinyl cutter heat press, dye sub printers, etc. Basically everything drop-ship companies do for us now. With all that being said, I freaking LOVE AI art and dropshipping!! I do NOT want to put all the time and energy into doing all of that myself, I’ve done it! I still make custom artwork and patterns, which I think handmade originals value will go up with AI. 😉 I am using my highly creative brain now to tap into super creative prompts and unique designs for AI. I also take the AI art as a started image and make it my own in Illustrator. So, keep up with the awesome videos! I appreciate you. ~ Jen
That's awesome. Glad you like the video
One thing you should tell these people asking about listings and file sizes and resizing images and low quality detail and file sizes being too large is that you actually need to know how to use photoshop , possibly be a painter yourself, understand compression, file packaging, zipping and exporting into different file types. It’s not just as easy as you make it out to be. Even so, once a shop is set up, there is absolutely 000% guarantee anyone will buy from your shop.
Seriously! These images are not print-ready by any means! A few touch ups are def not going to cut it, this is some pie in the sky bs. But lots of ppl fell for it.
Definitely the MJ images need work beyond the upscaling! They will only be 72 or 96 dpi depending if you're running normal or x2 quality, so you still need some knowledge on printing and how to process images.
The AI can tell you exactly how to do every single one of those processes, with detailed instructions. It can even provide multiple alternative methods for doing so. And in a few weeks it will probably be able to do so itself with a simple command prompt.
@@Whatsup_Abroad these people are so mad that ai can be used like this
@@Ahuerta22 yes because you are stealing artist’s work. All the AI is doing is plagiarizing other people’s art. That’s fucked up.
As the technology progresses further and further, i cant help but feel that Ai art just progressively loses more and more of what actually makes art so special.
art is the expression of human creativity by definition.. so AI cannot generate art. It generates images
You could argue there is creativity in crafting a prompt, so by the basic bare minimum definition of art it qualifies. However, raw prompts are pretty boring and the real value is using this tech in a workflow to create your own new things
AI art will do for digital art what the smart phone did for photography.
I buy art prints and original works based on them being produced by humans and the emotional connection I feel to the works and tablecloths, rugs, fabrics, etc. I buy based on what pleases me aesthetically. I think there is space for both. I don't think I'd ever buy art to hang on my wall that was AI-generated but I would buy AI-generated wallpaper patterns, curtains, rugs, etc. because I've rarely thought of the patterns on them as being a form of individual, emotive artistic expression. I don't know if that's a unique perspective or not, it will be interesting to see credible research that looks at consumer attitudes.
Capitalism already did that. AI just makes it faster and puts the profit in the hands of the tool holder instead of the corporate middleman.
I made 5 pattern packages on Etsy each with 12 patterns in a theme and haven’t made a sale yet.
Marketing is the biggest overlooked part here.
Any update?
I appreciate that you don't over hype the amount of money that could be made, no BS, no unnecessary chit chat straight to the point.
I have a feeling that many people would rather go and generate patterns for themselves rather than pay for patterns on etsy... the martket could just suddenly shrink.
+ this, exactly what i was thinking aswell.
It’s just an example …
Redbubble has had hundreds of these AI patterns uploaded in just the last month, there is too much on there, its a sea of bland.
@@thearly1122 this guy is another grifter.... trust me, if this was making that much money, Alek would be doing and not showing how. lol
I must disagree. Most people value their time and convenience high enough that they'd rather quickly buy than go through midjourney, especially if they arent used to it and have to learn how to use it. Too many obstacles
After each sale, Etsy charges me A LOT on commisions, if I sell a digital item in 5 USD, the profit I make is about 1.5 to 2 USD! It’s pretty hard to make enough sales to make a significant profit
Would love to hear an update on the Etsy challenge.
As an artist who is familiar with programming, I think it is important for people to remember that AI is pulling from a database of information. Which means that everything an AI creates, while being unique in its own way is pulling from actual artists and the work they have posted online/has been used to program the AI. It is borderline art theft to take AI images and resell them to people, and should be more used as a tool to help creatives pull ideas for complicated concepts or get a quick visual filler for a larger project.
At best it's a form of art piracy and even then the final product is transformative; not a direct copy. Fundamentally, the AI uses it's memory to create a stylized product which is a Frankenstein piece. This is more or less how many artists have traditionally made art using previous art they've seen as they remember it for their inspiration.
It's also not copyrightable, so his AI designs aren't protected.
@@dezmodium great reason, but not answering the main problem. The major problem is the art theft. I read that several AI-generated pictures are still have the original's artist signature or watermark.
Become inspired of one style and blatantly copy-paste image and modified them are two different things, imho.
@@ditalistdiary That's still piracy, not theft, and even then it doesn't fit piracy entirely because the art produced isn't really a copy of the art it is derived from. Furthermore, you dance around the point, what difference does it make if the art I use for inspiration has a watermark or not? Is it immoral for me to create a derivative peice from art I remember that was watermarked? No, of course not. So the watermark point here is a complete red herring. It makes no difference at all.
@@dezmodium I think that they are implying that the presence of a watermark proves that it's a "copy" of the original, not just inspired by it. I've seen this exact example given a lot. Except, based on my understanding of how AI works, I don't think it's the own that they think it is. Having a signature doesn't mean that it's a copy of the image, but rather the AI has learned that a signature (or at least some dark squiggles) are associated with certain types of styles. Sometimes when I generated images based on a classic painting it would just randomly put painting frames on the borders of the images. Not even the same frame for each image, just random frames. Because the AI learned that painting frames were associated with these works, probably because it learned from photos of the artworks hanging in museums.
I have to say this is the first one of a side hustle that did in fact not need funds or a car to start up. thank you so much for the easy to understand info.
The personal server trick just saved me years of scrolling through other peoples images.
what trick?
@@LemonLimes99 creating personal discord server 3:14
Yes, please do a listing video for digital products!
A video on how to list digital files on Etsy would be tremendously helpful, thank you.
Yeah for sure !!
Look at the how other people list the patterns on Etsy.
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It is very easy, once you have opened the shop..it guides You very well through few steps....you will be adding Your listing. In the necessary info about Your listed product You will be asked if it is physical or digital product. If You select digital, You will have to upload the file You are selling and thats it. Once someone purchase it they will recieve link through email to download it or i think even directly on etsy. Etsy just manages everything for You in simple way. (no ad for that platform, just tested it and giving my experience further)
It seems a lot of us would love a video on how to list digital files on Etsy! Thank you for your tutorials, they’re super informative
I agree -- I'd definitely like to see a video on how to list digital files.
You list it like normal but you check a box that says it’s a digital file that s it
its self explanatory. You just list it like anything else and click digital file, then upload the file.
Yes please
yes please!
The downside of using AI-generated images is that they aren’t (currently) copyrightable. That means anyone can legally buy and resell your images.
Yep. And traditional and digital artists can use the "AI art" as reference. The new creations made from that reference can then be copyrighted. And the original AI art that looks just like it online would have to be taken down..... in theory.
The moment a "how to get rich with a side hustle easy Tutorial " comes out it's already dead
All the comments about graphic artists feeling kicked in the teeth by AI apply to writers also. Al can take their jobs away and do close to what they can do. There is a way to use the technology and use it to help other people so I think all the info contained in this video is valid, it is just part of a learning curve.
Honestly... is there any good writers left? It's been hot garbage for at least a decade now.
@@holographicfrog1503 Longer than that, in my 48-year-old opinion. 😁 When I was young, books had to be well-written to be published. I got spoiled. Now I can hardly pick up any fiction and skim without getting irritated in a few paragraphs. And with self-publishing, now everyone's an author! No editors needed. 🙄 A while ago I decided to take a chance on a self-published novel without previewing because the author was a member of a writers' Facebook group I'm in. What a mistake. I ended up LOLing every page at her ridiculous "writing" and endless errors (vocabulary/grammar/punctuation, you name it). It wasn't meant to be humor. I want my money back, but I guess that was my fault. What really gets me is that traditionally published books are often not much better.
Make sure that your images have at least a 300 dpi on them. Some sites will tell you that your image is low resolution and may be blurry or pixelated when printed on a final product. There are programs to use to increase the dpi on your images.
I didnt realise this was an entirely AI project, as an artist it makes me really sad that people are able to make so much money off the backs of the actual artists that AI has stolen from
I guess some artists thought the same when Photography was invented. Other artists decided to come up with new ideas to stay relevant.
Yes! Please! I'd love a detailed tutorial on how to set up an Etsy shop, pricing, creating listings (properly), what to do (and ignore), Thanks!! Enjoying your videos!
I think digital file upload tutorial would be helpful and going more in depth of uploading from POD service to Etsy.
I would love an ETSY tutorial on how to set up digital downloads to sell. This AI stuff is blowing my mind!!
A video about digital product listing & selling on Etsy would indeed be very useful
Here's the thing, I can steal all of those designs off Etsy and resell them myself because you can't copyright AI art. That's going to be the interesting part. When people realize you can literally "steal" anyone else's AI content and monetize it without any royalties or credit it's going to get pretty contentious.
I wanna do that, that would be A JOKE!
Yes a video on listing digital products would be helpful. You're amazingly helpful Alex. Thank you so much for your content.
Just a side note: I’ve noticed that Midjourney beta upscale images look different to the original. Each time you upsize it, they make subtle changes. ☹️ They look smoother and have less detail.
its only if you use version 4, if you use -- v5 its the same image
@@brunobroly I can't get the /service prompt when I open a new server to check if I have Midjourney 5 running. I have several other /apps to choose from, but service is not one of them. Any words of advice on what I could be doing wrong or another way to go about making sure that I am running Midjourney 5? I followed his instructions exactly to this point and have also looked around for another way to do this. TIA!!
@@kellymariehaley you have to write /settings and then you can choose your versions, mostly it's now set up to V5, and if you type in any prompt, you can check just your prompt description and if you are reading at the end --v5, you have it
@@brunobroly I did write it and it didn't do anything. Multiple times. I even opened another server and tried again, and typed /settings. When I hit "/" it also gives me a list of commands, and "settings" is not one of them. Trying to troubleshoot looking at other tutorials. Do I have to have a paid plan?
I also tried typing different versions of --v and -v and -- v and - v and again it did nothing. No listing giving the options of the MJ versions like in the demos.
Alek, I would love to see a video detailing how you use Photopea to do common tasks such as removing text from MidJourney pics and other common tasks you use for creating digital downloads for Etsy. Thanks in advance.
a video on how to size images appropriately and how you upload them to etsy would be very helpful! I have been down the rabbit hole of etsy here on youtube and have yet to find a decent video that shows how you do the sizing and uploading to etsy
You need to use photoshop.
@@Gym_firebrand I'm using photoshop but am not confident my results are that great... would love to see Alek do a tutorial on this part of it - I've watched a ton of videos but still seem to see pixelated results.
Why don't you use AI do to it for you?
Years ago a professional freelance graphic artist told me to learn CS engineering because just as the internet made everything obsolete so well it be with AI to the digital media all front end industries
A video with more in depth explanation of how to use Photopea with your methods would be great. I have created several tiles in Midjourney but get stuck when it comes to getting the right file sizes for etsy, and keeping the images high quality without pixelation.
These tutorials are great and I have watched 100's .You have to understand that these guys will always leave out an ingredient or 2 ,you will never get the exact way 100% .Nothing is free..and they are not going to tell us the complete recipe.I have watched so many that promise to show exactly how to do "so and so" but then nope.but i do learn new things a lot of the time..and they are free..LOL JMO
Hey, can you please guide me on this POD business?
And what is the perfect not easy but perfect way to become suceed in this field.... Plzzz brother tell me,,, i want to earn and also keen to learn.
@@mayur1857figure it out for yourself, holy shit!! There is an endless amount of knowledge on the internet without having to ask a single person to break it down for you!! Fckin hell. helpless babies.
In my opinion, the most important characteristic about art is how the artist expresses themselves in their own work.
Even if an artist isnt the most technically skilled or the most creative with their ideas, one could view the art and appreciate how an artist approaches their subjects. You could see in what areas an artist excells at and you could see where they struggle. Part of the fun of being a fan of an artist is seeing how they develop their skills and how they convey their ideals to the viewer (and they dont all need to be profound ideas, a deeply contemplative piece can be just as compelling as a cool looking character)
With Ai art you don't get a personal expression, instead what you have is an amalgamation of other peoples works put together with no real consideration of how to convey its ideals beyond a bunch of tags put together in a sequence. Regardless of the technical quality of the art, what an ai artist creates will always be hollow because what they make is not truly theirs.
Even the most shoddy sketch made by someone who has never held a pen in their life has more value then Ai art, because that shoddy sketch expresses a genuine attempt to create from scratch.
I actually agree with you, I notice that all of the AI images seem to have some of the same basic foundations. if you scroll through enough images they all start to look alike. I am not an artist by any stretch but i do love to see real art by real people.
Yes, AI is not real art, but most of us ordinary folks don't have real art anywhere in our homes or lives. 🙂 It's unaffordable. I actually have two original watercolors by a professional artist on my walls, but only because I used to clean house for the artist's wife and when he passed away 40 years ago, she eventually gave me the artwork that was left after the kids had their pick. Yes, most of us can afford reproductions of real art, and that's what I normally have hanging, but I don't want any shoddy sketches...I'd rather have an image I enjoy, even if a computer made it up by cheating. ☺ I'm a big believer in hanging whatever you like on your walls...ANYTHING that makes you happy, whether others like it or not.
Totally agree! But this isnt about art. It's about making money
Plot twist: now thousands of people are aware of this nifty trick, we all have to compete with each other and drop the prices down into oblivion
You have 10 million people to sell to, don't limit yourself
By the time it is on RUclips as a tip it is usually already over saturated
these people make money off of the "tips" videos. not the actual business ideas. and even if they do, usually the courses and consulting pay waaaaaay better so that's where the real money is at. This is just a bulls*** economy where no real value is generated, and the so-called demand is all hyped up.
1M now, lol... 😅
Great video, a real step by step from midjourney to POD, no fancy talk, just straight to the point!! Thanks a lot 😊
Sucks so bad to see so many people using AI to sell shit online. If you want to make patterns, drawn them. AI is stealing art from artists and this is just a lazy way making money off of others work.
No one is making money off this. At least not people that make it using AI. No one is buying their shit. This type of market has been flooded for years. Ever since Fiverr took off, these types of things have not been worth going into.
A listing video would be awesome! Im about to dive into Etsy and have several ideas BUT this one is very appealing so I might open my first shop with this :)
me too
Same here!
so do I
same here !
yeah, the market is flooded
Thank you Alek. A video on listing digital products would be helpful.
Yes, I feel a detail tutorial on how to generate pattern paper and sell it on Etsy would be most beneficial . Thank You Alek !
Yes please
Why?
That's what this video was about 👍
Just keep in mind these RUclipsrs need to keep giving you business ideas to make money. Doesn't mean they actually think the business idea is good
Yes! A video on how to list digital products on Etsy would be helpful.
What about changing the dpi of Midjourney's images? Even in x2 quality, they're only 96dpi, which is lower than the 300dpi recommended for printing.
This is a really interesting idea and it’s very well presented ! However I couldn’t do it as I don’t feel comfortable making money by stealing others’ work. I’m genuinely surprised there’s so many people who are happy to do that. But tbf I’m very new to this community!
You wouldn't be stealing anything. AI reviews millions of works to input a design; no different from any other artist or designer, except the AI works quicker.
@@susieroyal2245 A bit of a long response apologies ! Feel free to read it if serious if you were deliberately trolling nw xP
This is not an equivalent comparison. I was curious so I asked and this is not how many professional artist friends make work - artists don’t just “copy” bits of works - they work for years to acquire a vast overarching library of skills (eg design etc) which forms a complex framework in which they also incorporate their personal experience and any concepts they want to explore and ultimately, possibly include ideas from other work so that they can share a meaningful piece of work for a person or many people to connect with. They can even emulate styles of a specific artist to reference their work directly but this is not by copying, it’s done in nuanced ways within that context.
So it’s not “copied”. I’m not too sure how to explain this - it’s like making a recipe with a chef’s regulated oven or making a recipe by smushing professionally made cakes together until they randomly taste good. AI can only use algorithms to literally copy from many of these works which is problematic because it didn’t acquire the rights to any of them (all the cakes are stolen). It’s ethically wrong to steal another’s property and resell it. But tbf there are people who will steal from many contexts shops, pirate work etc I think I’m just more shocked by this form of it because I know professionals in this context who are harmed by it and so though I’m shocked I’m really trying to understand how the other side could think it’s ok. So ofc I disagree with it but genuinely thank you for your response. :)
@@susieroyal2245 No it is different, the AI scans the internet and puts Art together. An artist uses there own original artwork. Work quicker because there is no real creative process behind it.
@@sensationallymad2832 Absolutely! We are cheated by it.
@@susieroyal2245 It IS stealing. Almost all artists did NOT consent for their art to be used for AI training. If it weren't for the years of hard work put out by artists, you wouldn't have these these pretty patterns generated by AI.
Yes, a video on how to do the Etsy listing would be GREAT ❤ Thanks for your awesome help with these videos, Alek!
Noted! Thank you ♥️
@@alekSheffy Please do it asap ! ❣
"AI is like a money tree, but you still have to water it with data and fertilize it with algorithms to get any fruit." - Unknown
@@AiWealthy Absolutely!
@@alekSheffy yes! Good one!
Mind-blowing. I'm so grateful you made this video. I'm going to go play with AI for the first time because you made it look so easy. Thank you!
I would be very appreciative if you did a video on how to list digital products on Etsy, and looking forward to it!
Thank you for this video. One comment : AI is NOT doing these designs from scratch, it is combining the work of art of thousands of artists.
That's what humans do as well. We observe reality (all of it, not just "art" but reality as a whole), and mix it up and create something new from the parts. Computers and other tools are there to help us make more of what excites us, and allows folks who were told that they weren't artists to make art.
The real problem was in trying to monetize art. Art is self expression, and should be done by anyone who has emotions. Computers don't have emotions, so they don't make art, but can help us humans do so, just like cameras, paint brushes, clay, and pianos can.
@@thewiseturtle interesting answer, thanks! :)
Thanks for this video, and for making it seem quite easy. I'm overwhelmed with side hustle scams and have been very depressed. I hope this helps me. ❤
To be honest this is just another scam. I am speaking from experience. I had an Etsy shop for years - made a modest income. Closed it down as the market is completely oversaturated with sellers. This will just cost you money. The big sellers on Etsy opened their shops years ago when the market wasn't so flooded. Plus they run ads every day and are always creating new work, working on their SEO to stay in search. It's a full time job for them.
It’s great business idea but I’m over here wanting to use it to print more patterned paper for myself 😆
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As an aspiring surface designer and educated illustrator this frustrates me. AI steals art.
AI creates the art it doesn't steal it lol
@@malachihabib9068 where do you think they get the algorithm to "create" the art? From analyzing artist's original work. There's currently a legal case pending about this very issue.
@@hannahmoren4161 It analyzes styles. It doesn't replicate a piece of art. That's not quite stealing. Many artists are influenced by another artist's style. I grew up analyzing other people's art. Most do for study. Listen, I've been doing traditional art most of my life...but these are the times we're living in. A case pending doesn't mean much. Artificial intelligence is not going away, it's only going to keep expanding. Why not take advantage of it? I mean personally I use it sometimes for ideas.
@@LucidDream you can type “make my art look like so in so’s style” and then it spits it out copying their style. A legal case is important.
all good...but getting converting traffic is the key. AI speeds up development but there's WAY MORE that goes into getting conversions.
Thank you Alek, this is exactly what i need. I have been searching for something less time consuming as I been creating designs, completing the ads and all that it takes for SEO on Etsy, Pintrest and IG. I am literally working myself to death. This would be so much easier to do some of these as well.
@Alek Yes! A video on how to list digital products would be super helpful as are all your videos. Thank you so much.
Yes! Please a tutorial video on setting up a digital file Etsy account!! Thanks :)
Wow great video, I thought you were just going to say use ai to make the patterns and list them online but you actually made a great tutorial!
Coming soon 😁
A video on selling on etsy would be amazing and kinda go over the fees and all that. I'm a photographer/artist and been wanting to dive into selling on etsy I just don't even know where or how to start and I'm nervous! More info would be amazing thanks, totally dug this video and found it useful thanks so much
Will do!
@@alekSheffy fast bro, and make video on how to list plz
@@powerball200 If you can't do something as basic as learning how to list a product, you won't make it.
@@nadias6435 can you give me best source of how to list em or can you tell me?
@@alekSheffy could you possibly do a video on the different AI generators or programs/sites you can use to do stuff like this ? I'm not as familiar with AI generators !
Hi Alek love your videos thank you so much! Yes, please a video on how to list digital products on Etsy would really be helpful! Thanks a bunch!
I have watched tons of videos but yours is the BEST!! Thanks Alek
As a freelance Artist myself AI both interests me and really piss me the fuck off. I spent a majority of my life learning and building my skills artistically. I work for myself hustle and spend countless hours pouring myself into artwork for people to support myself and my family. Most of my income comes from digital art and now we have people who have never picked up a pencil just typing some words in and creating artwork. Which that part I’m not mad at it’s actually cool what a I can create. With some proms, you can get a lot of reference and ideas. But the issue is now we have people who are creating art in seconds with no actual talent and are able to sell it for a fraction of the price that an actual artist who spent hours and hours or days or weeks, putting their time, energy and soul into a piece can. When you’re quoted 20 bucks for the same thing, a real artist would never charge under 200 for which do you think you’re going to pick? Especially when it’s basically just mimicking real artists. Using all the years and years of hard work Artist have put into their craft to even make AI possible. As an artist this just makes me sad. So many artist are going to lose money and jobs because of AI.
Learn to code. No skill set lasts forever - just ask the buggy-whip designers.
@@JohnSusko Bro even coding is being taken over by AI
Said every generation of artists ever. Go ask Picasso what he thinks of Photoshop.
@@JohnVanderbeck Why would Picasso be scared of Photoshop? You still need skill and knowledge of composition, colors etc. to have good results. It's a canvas, while AI is a meat grinder made of pre-made images and requires no creativity or artistic knowledge, you don't even have to know how to code to use most basic art AI.
Invention of washing machine costed ton of people jobs, or any invention. First we master something, than we find ways how to improve and speed things up. The surprising thing now is that it is available to enyone. Producer of the AI would have cashed all the “easy money” before, but for them it is not easy, because they earned it by programing it.
THANKS BRO YOU'RE THE BEST. KEEP IT UP!! YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE I CAN STAND LISTENING TO TBH AND YOU'RE A STRAIGHT SHOOTER. LOVING THIS
How slow and clearly you explain awesome work bro 💝
Thank you so much 😀
Hi Alek - what about the resolution of the images generated by MidJourney? Even the largest upscale is not good enough for selling on Etsy. When I look at the stores selling patterns, their images are A4 size with 300 dpi. It is not natively possible to upscale the MidJourney images - and hence not saleable? Your expert comment on this would be appreciated. :)
I was going to ask what the dpi is on the resulting images for Etsy too. Did you try it? What did it come out to?
A video on digital files for Etsy would be amazing! Side note - attempting to do these steps but I'm getting "waiting to start" after typing in a prompt, perhaps add a note about that in the details?
You have to wait because you didn't pay for the more expensive plans.. the $30 plan gives you fast generations instead of waiting.. you have to pay more for more features. The $10 plan will always generate slowly depending on how many people are using the server at that time. Fast generation is reserved for people who pay for higher plans.
You guys realize that it took 17 months for the floral patterns to make $1822. And this is probably a popular provider. I wouldn't hold your breath.
OMG i freaking love you! had no idea i could create my own server for this! thank you 🙏
In my opinion these are all mid compared to dropshipping. If you can't get good winning products from the start, I would use some kind of a product searching tool to make it faster and easier. That way you always know what products are selling currently. At least that's what I have been using, and I am now making about 5k per month. Of course, at the beginning it won't be easy, and you will need some luck as well.
Can you share which tool are you using bro? I see all these people mentioning tools, but nobody specify what it is...
Hey bro, yes I can do it but it's a paid service so I don't know if you would like it. But you could get your money back with two or three sales and they have some demo products for you to try it out.
WinnerZilla Dropsecrets, I hope it will give you great benefit.
Thanks, I will check it out.
Good Luck
Yes, a listing video would be super helpful, Alek. Thank you! Also, sometime could you make a short tutorial on how to use Figma? I gave up on it, sadly.
One of the most useful videos I've watched this year. But unfortunately etsy is already saturated with this business model.
That's why he makes videos like this, someone that worked and has proven profits, so he's not lying saying people have earned a lot doing this, just didn't mention that it's been smashed to death.
If you can make crazy money doing something you'd never EVER let someone know as it means less money for you, that's why these "earn money fast" channels/sites NEVER work
@Rungeon Well it works for 0.1% of people of try or even less
Then how is this video useful? XD
Mind blown. Thank you for this. I've been using CF's AI creator and it can't compare. wow
Hi- yes, would love to see a video on listing digital products! I’m definitely subscribing here so I don’t miss it!
As an artist myself long before AI art was a thing, I actually rather like the technological progress we see here. I've recently actually been incorporating AI art into my own practices as means of creative exploration (like a mood board), and I've fallen in love with art all over again and discovered endless inspiration.
As for whether I believe AI art will replace human art or not, I doubt it will. This is literally just a big corporation factory-made goods vs handmade goods issue. People still pay for handmade goods all the time just like they pay for mass-produced goods. It's usually all about the income levels of the consumers, as well as their reasons for such needs. Naturally, if there's a need for purely handmade art, it's likely going to cost a pretty penny, because it takes a lot of time and effort to create the piece. However, I am extremely excited to have access to an option that will require less time and effort at times, because ART WILL BECOME MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE AVERAGE JOE. ART AIN'T CHEAP, PEOPLE, AND THIS WILL HELP AID THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE CLASSES. Just because someone has limited income doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy art just like the upper classes.
What you're missing is the fact that 99% of people can't afford bespoke handmade goods and need commercial goods so artists for commercial applications (who make up the vast majority of the artist job market) are mostly going to be out of work.
@@TheUberKevlar it may not be profitable to fire an artist and use AI, you will have to lower the cost of your product even more than it already is, because nobody is going to pay the same price for Ai art.
As a pattern designer, I find it hard to believe that you could make so much money from selling patterns (on Etsy?). Otherwise all of us would be well-off 😅
Like anything else. Once enough people do it, it won't pay
Maybe you just dont have interesting patterns...
I don't do patterns but sell fonts and mockups. Yeah, I super doubt that the amount of time that AI image generations is around you would be able to pull this off, just considering the current competition. Like some other comments, these videos are probably great ways to make youtube money.
@@sergioharuo3420 and since AI can edit videos these videos will become worthless also
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Thanks so much for this video. Really, really helpful. Just wondering about upscaling for print, though. Correct me if I'm wrong, but MidJourney outputs really small files (512px?), and at 72dpi, so that's not high enough quality for print. Any tiled pattern upscaled for a t-shirt or blanket would look blurry and pixelated. Any favourite AI upscaling methods? Thanks again!
Would love to hear his thoughts on this too?
YES! A video on how to list digital products on ETSY would be fantastic, please! Thank you!
Great info & advice! Thank you!
you need to learn more about the world. this channel makes money from embellishing the truth about getting rich fast while he gets rich on views. people often lose money selling on sites like this if they don't know about marketing. so no bro it's not good info or advice. just an ambitious money hungry dude and many naive teens.
2 videos I think would be very helpful are a listing tutorial on Etsy, and a prompt tutorial for midjourney. I cannot seem to replicate the mountain style you had in the end of your video and I would love to see what techniques you used to get it.
The whole prompt is literally there at 6:46….. Don’t forget to set the MJ version to 5 because the default is 4. Also, you will not get the EXACT image he obtained even using the same prompt.
Just search youtube for MJ Prompt There's literally 100's of prompt crafting guide video's but be warned it's a rabbit hole lol
I will be trying this, I'll let you all know how it goes.
Update 1. I've been working on this for about a half hour maybe and do far, it's been extremely simple. The hardest part of this so far just seems like waiting for people to notice my product. I'll keep the updates coming.
Excited to hear about it
Keep me up to date bro pls
Bro it's been 3 days...where is the update at
@@Sandeep_kumar711 I'm waiting too fr😭
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Thank you so much for sharing this Alek🙂! I’m going to try my hand at it😀! Many blessings to you and yours
Damn, just realized this whole time I was calling it mind journey... Thanks for sharing a great ideas!
A video on how to list digital files would be amazing, thank you!!
Out today 😁
Absolutely love your videos!!
Question: How do you see other Etsy shop's shop report, such as at the 2:15 mark in your video? I have looked ALL over a shops page and Googled how to find it, but I have had zero luck!
Thank you very much!
Stacie in the Youngstown, Ohio area
I was wondering the same thing I'm a bit sceptical of these figures to be honest, because I would have thought such information would be private - unless he knows the sellers personally and they showed him. Also, if it was that easy, and people made so much money, everybody would be doing it wouldn't they....
About the first idea, I have a question. Do you think these patterns will still be selling out that well? Cuz we’re looking at past sales, and now aren’t those same people who used to buy these patterns, will themselves use Midjourney? That’s a serious question, - as in brainstorming, not as criticism.
That's exactly what I was thinking. The market will be oversaturated with AI patterns from everyone trying to get in on this, and people who buy them will figure out how to make the patterns themselves. Both resulting in less chance of making any real money off this idea.
@@emg.721hink this goes hand in hand with anything in regards to AI generation, honestly. Take ChatGPT for example, writers, journalists and alike are shocked at how easy it is to go in and auto generate an essay, a short story, or even a full blow novel straight from an AI software. It all about the Accessibility and Ease of Access that makes it so shocking tbh.
Of course you can mention Midjourney in regards to AI generated art but that’s just the beginning in my opinion. AI is here to stay and if we aren’t careful it can truly bite us in the ass; especially economically speaking. Once we go far enough down the AI rabbit hole of “What do humans offer that this AI can’t replicate?” we will be eternally fucked.
I swear I recognize some of the styles of artists I follow in the examples you use.
Thanks for always keeping us updated.
thanks so much Alek, your videos are always so inspiring! One question I had is how can I make sure the images generated by midjourney have the right resolution needed for our purposes? THANKS!
that's what the upscaling is for! also u can open the file in an image editing software and it should show u the resolution
That shop you feature in the beginning, Old Market, started in 2012 so can you clarify if 307K is the total earnings for the lifetime of the shop or the yearly revenue? Also, do you have a video that goes into depth on how you reverse engineer a successful shop?
Great comment.
Thats whats left out on alot of these "passive incomes" when they show " positive results". They leave out the obsurde amount of advertising that needs to be done. Just b c U make a page selling patterns does not mean ur gonna have thousands of ppl flocking to your site on day one.
I love your videos, they are so helpful. I do have a question - before posting the tiles as digital images etc do we need to upscale them first?
Yes, a video on how to list digital products on Etsy would be great
bro haha what, idk if u remember me but ur channel absolutely blew up in the last couple of months, last time i watched you, you got under 80k views on most vids, but now dayummm 200k in 4 days, good job lol. i told you in one of ur comments u were wayy to underrated and that you would grow big one day.
Please watch out for scammer comments 🤪
What software were you using to see a shops total revenue?
Please please make a video on how to create etsy account for digital products and how to do it's setup for digital patterns
You are the one scamming people with these videos. How about you make a video that tells people honestly what the chances are to make even $1 from this - it is nearly impossible unless you already have a following. You won't as these videos scamming people make you money as selling on Etsy does not as there is far too much market saturation. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE are filling etsy and the rest so to be seen is nearly impossible even if you follow SEO and have great images. TOO MANY PEOPLE as why there are TOO many videos on this. You are the scammer, Alek.
why are you making these videos? Wont this hurt your income by bringing in more competition? doesn’t add up.
@@classact9144 There is no income in it. He asked AI what topics he should talk about in these videos. If Alek wants to prove that he isn't just another con-man selling a get rich quick scheme, which is exactly what he is doing - then he should start a new store and use his "strategies" to prove it can be done. He won't as he is a conman selling get rich quick schemes here and nothing more.
Just remember you can’t copyright any of your images since they are not made by a human!