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I Used AI to Transform My Coloring Book Pages
Listen, I know a lot of people out there are sick of AI, frustrated with AI and I know there are a lot of people out there who are very critical of it, especially when it comes to creative endeavors, and things of that nature. However, I have found that using AI to make the things that I already do even cooler is a fun and interesting way to use AI, and I’ve enjoyed in my most recent project transforming paper coloring book pages using AI.
By Slgtlyscatt3reda day ago in Art
Not Happy With the Shine of Your Diamond Painting? Read This First
If you’re new to diamond painting, your first finished piece may not look as shiny as you imagined. You sit there for hours, placing each drill one by one. You try to be careful with every step. In your mind, the final result should look bright and full of sparkle. But when you take a step back, it may look a bit flat. It may not have that strong shine you expected.
By Diamond Painting Lab3 days ago in Art
What If Truth Is Rejected Even When It Is Lived Well
It’s easy to assume that if something is true, and if it is communicated clearly, reasonably, and with goodwill, it will eventually be accepted. This assumption sits quietly beneath a lot of effort, especially in faith. We speak carefully. We try to be fair. We explain ourselves patiently. Somewhere beneath all of that is the hope that clarity and sincerity will be enough. But what if that hope misunderstands how truth actually moves through the world.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast4 days ago in Art
The first-ever footage of a sperm whale giving birth demonstrates that it is a team effort, with outside females helping the mother.
The first moments a baby whale spends in the water indicate more than just a birth. They exhibit a degree of concern, cooperation, and communication that scientists are just now starting to comprehend.
By Francis Dami5 days ago in Art
Mona Lisa painting
Few works of art in human history have captured the imagination of the world quite like the Mona Lisa. Painted by the legendary Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci during the height of the Renaissance, this iconic portrait continues to fascinate scholars, artists, and admirers centuries after its creation. Its enduring appeal lies not only in its technical brilliance but also in the mystery and subtlety that surround it, making it one of the most studied and celebrated paintings ever produced.
By shaoor afridi13 days ago in Art
Popularity Versus Art and The Shrouds We Cover Them With
The best artists are those who look at things as they are, not as they want them to be. However, sometimes they need to deal with shrouds that obscure judgment. The first type of shroud surrounds popular media, as popularity creates a shroud for the item that is popular, a shroud that both attracts fanaticism (so that anyone criticizing is wrong) and the wrong kind of criticism (if it's popular, well, art can not be popular, and there are those that wish to prove their artistic integrity by bringing down anything popular). The second type of shroud surrounds art, sometimes making something seem more artistic than it really is.
By Jamais Jochim20 days ago in Art
Why persistent hammering does not cause brain damage in woodpeckers
Woodpeckers use incredible speed and force to drive their beaks into solid wood, striking tree trunks thousands of times every day. For many years, experts believed that their skulls buffered each impact like shock absorbers.
By Francis Dami23 days ago in Art
How to Add Texture to Your Digital Coloring
First things first, the amazing artist who created this adorable hippo page and whose gel coloring tutorials helped me create this one by adapting the techniques to digital formatting: Anna Rose. Go, love her. Join her coloring club and come back.
By Maia Gadwall the metAlchemistabout a month ago in Art
Ken Wolverton
By Brian D’Ambrosio Along a dusty roadside of Cerrillos, connected weathered shacks lean into the landscape like a creature molded from the earth itself. Its walls are alive with color: horses rearing across mesas, dreamlike murals, and abstract forms that seem to vibrate with movement. Inside, brushes slant in jars, canvases are stacked against walls, and unfinished murals climb wooden planks. This is the world of Ken Wolverton, an 80-year-old artist whose life has been as itinerant and unconventional as the art he creates.
By Brian D'Ambrosio about a month ago in Art
5 Ways to Trust Your Creative Ideas
When I go through creative dry spells, I tend to think that generating more ideas is what is going to get me through it. However, I've learned the hard way that this isn't the case. But, having more ideas doesn't make us more creative. In fact, it can have the opposite effect.
By Kathy Tsoukalasabout a month ago in Art
Truth Is Often Rejected Because It Demands Change
There is a widespread assumption, rarely spoken but deeply believed, that truth will eventually be accepted if it is communicated clearly, patiently, and with genuine goodwill. When resistance appears, the instinct is to search for error in tone, framing, or explanation. The underlying belief is simple: if the truth were presented well enough, rejection would disappear. This belief is comforting, but it is false. History, Scripture, and lived experience all point in the same direction. Truth is often rejected not because it is unclear, but because it is costly.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Art
