Indeed Emily. I have to tell you that anyone making it the commercial world today I give a tip of the hat to given that the competition is now world wide…

I actually attended fine arts school at the Corcoran in D.C., but realized that my bent was art that would largely be ignored in the fine art world. So, there just wasn’t much point in my pursuing that route.

Trust me as a kid who started “cartooning” around age 10, I shudder to think about AI then. But I did train (or was inspired by) All the Mad magazine cartoonist, political cartoonists like Herblock and even the Flinstones… Oh, I almost forgot Sendak

Well, I go with Hockney and other historians who consider the idea at all generally see optical devices as most plausible between about 1550 and the 17th century, when artists like Vermeer (active c. 1650s–1670s) painted. So, let’s just split the difference at 1600? 😸

I appreciate what you have to share as honest and yeah, even courageous

Ian, here’s another white guy in a beard I did. I’m really unsure where you are on issues of religion, but I offer this up in the spirit of Peace and Goodwill to All

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I suppose when the first “great art master” employed a camera lucida (which as you know was a trade secret for hundreds of years) that too was a total taboo…

Anyway, I love and respect your genuine talent!

I remain conflicted as to whether there is a net positive result to AI as means to generate visual content. I suppose where I began to embrace it was that I could start with my B&W line art and paint it with watercolor, or cell paint etc.

There is nothing in my AI that I can‘t do myself..

I try to convey the absolute brutal and bizarre nature of this death cult known as Christianity: This is one of my AI videos that feature my character creations.

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Wait! I was just getting ready to contribute this salute to the accuracy of End Times and Rapture predcitions!

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I kinda envision God like this: my original characters animated in AI:

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Hemant, I think this AI video I created with my own depictions of Yaweh and Son, just might help!

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Sure why not, a dumb populace is a malleable populace.
Perhaps this animation I created will help (my characters via AI)

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Greetings from Florida - I think this shot dates back to 2015 maybe earlier

Emily, even with this brief glimpse I recognize your genius. Someday, I’m gonna get serious, stay focused and finally complete a kid‘s book… But, right now I’m having too much fun doing AI animation with characters I’ve created…

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Have a Great Holiday Season! Which given our political reality won’t be easy…
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Now see what you’ve done!

This is a work in progress with Yahweh thumping on Satan as Son of Man cheers him on…

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thanks Dave…I’m creating a new story where as we know man and dinosaur walked the earth together.

I’m going to sell it to Prager U as part of a real evoulutionary science course for their college freshmen

I left at least 28 months ago. I don’t interface with anyone here that still has an X account.