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“I’m not trying to save craft,” she admits. “Craft isn’t dying. It’s mutating. The question is: who gets to feed the mutation? If it’s only a bunch of Ivy League-educated ‘creatives’ with a grant, then yes, I’m the problem. But if we build tools that let the tukang (artisans) become the coders, then the machine becomes a loom again.”

Using their "super" artistic skills—which might allow them to bring paintings to life, see the "soul" of objects, or paint with impossible speed and precision—they rise to fame and reclaim their family's honor or build their own legendary studio. Royal Asian Studio - Jiang Youyi - The super ar...

: 3D character rendering, concept design, and digital painting. “I’m not trying to save craft,” she admits

: Shaping the visual identity of new intellectual properties in the fantasy genre. Yi Jiang - ArtStation The question is: who gets to feed the mutation