My daughter, Mali Lovic, is often found working on one of the digital art creation tools on her iPad Pro. I asked her yesterday if she had anything to share and she sent me this one. I was a bit surprised because it doesn’t have near the level of detail that she typically adds to … Read more
Introduction Many of us are stuck. We don’t product interesting art. Maybe we did in the past, maybe we never have. Maybe we are uninspired. Maybe we’re burnt out. Maybe we just don’t see a way out of our lack of creativity. Here’s are 10 exercises that will help you break out of your rut … Read more
I really been thinking a lot about what kind of art styles will not be taken away by artificial intelligence like chat GPT, Gemini and Dolly. I’m thinking about art styles humans do better than AI because my daughter is really interested in becoming an artist and she is only 14 years old. Should we … Read more
Copying another artists’ work and trying to pass it off as your own, or not crediting the original author of an artwork you are displaying in your book, on a website, or in other media is called plagiarism and is illegal and NOT OK. How To Copy Other Art and Stay Safe from the Law … Read more
Well, we were looking at Dall-e this morning and trying to get a decent bird painting from it. We told it to paint an impressionist painting of a Hooded Pitta bird flying in the rainforest and got 4 samples. None was great, we thought the colors were over-dramatized (bright, garish). We told to tone them … Read more
Yes. That’s the answer. AI, AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), is going to eventually ruin the entire space. Some are optimistic and will only say it’s going to change the space. Yes, change it for sure. Like turning it upside down. Just like ChatGPT, Gemini, and some other AIs can do with music – create songs … Read more
In continuing my series on how to draw various fish in the ocean, I decided to draw a shark and show you how I went about it. Drawing fish is not that difficult and it’s a good subject to start with as a beginner. Drawing a shark is fun, though I didn’t put any big … Read more
If you’re considering learning how to draw or paint you’going to have to choose a medium to start with. You may choose to learn art skills on an iPad with a drawing app like ProCreate. Or, you could use a pencil and paper and paintbrushes and paints on paper or canvas – up to you! … Read more