GPT-Researcher – On the Edge of AI Agent Viability
INTENTION The purpose of this article is to share my experience attempting to implement GPT-Researcher on my M1 silicon-based MacBook Pro. I’ll provide an overview of the process, including my struggles, lessons learned, and high-level reflections on AI agents. This article also includes links to helpful resources, pain points I encountered, and tips for navigating […]
AI and Children’s Book Creation
I recently received a comment from a Linked In user on my shared article about collaborating with Adobe Firefly on a portrait: Is generative art held in the same regard as hand rendered work? Would the audience have a negative or adverse response to generative art compared to hand rendered work? The question came from […]
PORTRAIT PROCESS COLLABORATING WITH ADOBE FIREFLY GENERATIVE AI
Can generative AI be used to help an artist set up a composition or concept for an illustration? I’ve been experimenting over the past number of months with various generative AI tools and trying to sort out my own feelings and thoughts regarding Generative AI. I used Adobe Firefly as the Generative AI target here. […]
THE EVILS AND BENEFITS OF AI
Can we use AI in an ethical way as artists? Can it become a valuable tool for us under the right circumstances or is it all evil? I recently came across a video by the Corridor Crew on YouTube. https://youtu.be/H4Kqbm1WirU We Made Famous Cartoons Into REAL Humans. This video is a year old, and you […]
Galadriel – Fanart for The Rings of Power the New Lord of the Rings series coming from Prime Video in September, 2022
Yesterday, in a hazy, covid induced fog, I completed this painting of Morfydd Clark as Galadriel. This fanart piece was created in the vein of the work that I have been doing in relation to the Wheel of Time TV series since 2019. Taking the actors cast in the show and depicting them as the […]
Improving the Artists Ability to See
As you may know, I have been on a journey to create 100 portraits. I am counting the piece I posted today, depicting Tom Holland, as #60/100. This process has stretched out far longer than I had hoped. My goal was to complete 100 portraits in 2021. I realized at about number 50 that that […]
100% Effort is Contextual
I always tell my kids that I don’t really care what their marks are looking like in school as long as they give 100% of their effort. I believe if they apply this mindset to life, they will ultimately succeed. We all have different levels of passive talent. However, if we learn to apply ourselves […]
Procreate on iPad Pro – Review
Hey gang! A few months back we were fortunate to be able to pick up a couple of Apple iPad Pros for Pulp Studios Inc. I’ve had the opportunity to play around with this new toy (AHEM! I mean productivity tool) and have been pushing myself to create paintings in Procreate. As you may know […]
Anne Procreate Portrait
Hey gang! Here is my first Procreate portrait process video! Enjoy!
Solo A Star Wars Portrait
Hey gang! In this video you can see my process of creating this portrait of Han Solo or Harrison Ford. I used photoshop to create this piece. I hope you like it!