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electric_blue68

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25. As a Visual Artist: I -often enjoy- my Art Making, as well as the Results...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:28 PM

Jan 14

Of course, sometimes it's somewhat hard to (more rarely) quite hard to achieve the results I want; so I keep learning, and try to practice new things/approaches.

Some easier creating either happens because I have a natural affinity for certain aspects, or, I've practiced enough through earlier decades to have it emerge easier now. 👍
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I remember a ?FB item where an artist had ?a video showing them drawing ?water droplets on paper with the light coming from one direction, shadows going in the opposite one.

Someone commented how easy, and fast it was.
The artist replied something like: how many years of practice it took to make it appear easy. 👍🖊

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CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don't Like Making Music [View all] highplainsdem Jan 13 OP

Playing music is already a super power. May become a rarer super power. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 13 #1

No, it's not a "super power" maxsolomon Jan 14 #23

Everyone can learn cursive handwriting. Yet now, it is a superpower boomers use to impress youngsters Bernardo de La Paz Jan 14 #24

Misleading headline. speak easy Jan 13 #2

No, it isn't. If the headline had read "No one ever enjoys making music" it would have been highplainsdem Jan 13 #4

Nope. speak easy Jan 13 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Jan 13 #6

Creating music; poetry; art is at the center of human existence... EarthFirst Jan 13 #3

I feel like this will eventually lead to a renaissance of the live performance. bullimiami Jan 13 #5

Stupid little manchild Clouds Passing Jan 13 #7

As my stomach churns Lulu KC Jan 13 #8

Bullshit. Basso8vb Jan 13 #10

He lost me at, "I think..." (n/t) PJMcK Jan 13 #11

If you're using AI to "make music" you're not making music. CaptainTruth Jan 13 #12

My analogy is a homeowner who has great landscaping. Igel Jan 13 #19

That's a great analogy. CaptainTruth Jan 13 #22

... says a person who doesn't make music. JoseBalow Jan 13 #13

Creating something worthwhile isn't SUPPOSED to be "fun" Rocknation Jan 13 #14

Or perhaps AI is... xocetaceans Jan 13 #17

He is so full of s-it FakeNoose Jan 13 #15

The part of the podcast interview that is mentioned in the article's headline is within a few of minutes of 22:17 in... xocetaceans Jan 13 #16

Ah, what even I would call "flooding the zone" with, um, yeah. n/t Igel Jan 13 #20

"...the future of AI runs the risk of flooding the arts with insipid and uninspired trash..." LudwigPastorius Jan 13 #21

AI is cancer Blue_Tires Jan 13 #18

Agree IA8IT Jan 14 #27

As a Visual Artist: I -often enjoy- my Art Making, as well as the Results... electric_blue68 Jan 14 #25

I'm sure Elton John just hated composing music. Mosby Jan 14 #26

There's magic in the creative process, whether it be music, literature, art, design, or any other creative expression. patphil Jan 14 #28

What a fucking MORAN!!!! /NT sdfernando Jan 14 #29

Does he know any people? chowmama Jan 14 #30