Tag: art generation
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Getting organized
It’s been a very long time but I finally finished the little five by eight blackbook I’ve been working on for a sketchbook. It ended up being about a 2 year engagement with the thing. I don’t know why it took me so long to fill the damn thing up, but it took the time…
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Important / Interesting vs. Boring / Bullshit
Explanation of Above and Below 2026 edition I don’t remember exactly when or why it was brought to my attention but it was. I do know I was still in school at MICA and I also remember who brought it up to me. Eva Wyle, a professor at MCIA, is the individual who first told…
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Finding Balance (or something like that)
This is for me, personally. There is a need for balance in life. There are many different aspects to be balanced, and while certain ones are balanced others are simultaneously thrown into imbalance. There is no way I have found for everything in my life to be in accord with everything else. There is a…
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2026 Goals
Two years ago I set out on a completely unreasonable journey for my new years resolutions. They were so far overreaching that it was hilarious. It demanded a level of productivity from me that I haven’t had since I was in school, and probably not even then. Completely unobtainable. Then last year I just didn’t…
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Creativity vs Generativity
Creativity and Generativity are wildly different concepts and practices. To make something just for the sake of making something without any real thought or passion and / or just to make a quick buck is generativity. One generates a thing for a specific and artless purpose. As they say “trained rats could do that” or…
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Boy howdy
It has been a long time since I’ve been here doing the thing. It’s been over two months and I’ve barely had time to put pen to paper or fingers to keys. I have been making. Not much. But some. Really, I’ve been reading a massive book and loving it. I have been saying to…
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Pentaptych
(5 small bonsai) These need some color. However, I don’t really see myself doing all of that. This piece is probably abandoned. Probably. I could get some opaques like some acrylic or gauche and fill in the greenery, maybe a little more in some other areas. I could but also I’m fairly sure I’m out…
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Catch-22, Boredom, and The Flow of Time Pt. 2, Attempt Number 3.5
I’m sitting here listening to some LoFi relaxing hip-hop nonsense. Because its relaxing and boring as can be. I’ve written and rewritten this in my head about a thousand times, and on paper/the computer several times. I’ve lost county honestly. The assignment of “Attempt Number 3.5” is completely arbitrary. However, to begin in earnest: I’m…
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Pirolli Digital Sketchbook 