Thoughts

Photoshop AI is Slick

Even folks who aren’t comfortable with full on AI-generated images are going to find the new built-in AI feature in Photoshop super valuable. Here we’re not talking about having AI create an entire image for you. Instead, this is about FIXING your own images and making them useful to you when before they maybe weren’t. […]

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The Mixer Brush: Your Creative Bridge From Generative AI to Fulfilling ART

— My forever refrain is and shall remain, “Generated content in AI is fine (very much like acquiring stock images), but you must DO something creative with it. You are here to live an ARTISTIC LIFE, not an AI-generated life.” This normally amounts to creating models and content ready to extract and carry over into […]

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It Adds Up

— I find it valuable at the start of each year not just to look ahead at what I might wish to accomplish next but also to look back over the year now passed so as to take a little time to actually feel proud of all I’ve done. Because it’s easy to forget. In […]

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A Willingness to Explore

— So many photographers and artists wish to grow and improve, yet when it comes time to work they retreat to what is most comfortable and familiar. Granted, when you are first diving into a new style or approach, you may need to spend time there to get really good and master whatever it is […]

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Living Your Truth

— What sets the most prolific artists apart? Are they so prolific because they’re talented? Or are they so talented because they were first so prolific? Maybe there’s no separating the two. Because you can’t help but see the connection. Have you noticed how much work our most talented artists turn out?  They’re positively relentless. […]

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