Is there are point to making anything when computers (or someone else) already has?
Author: Matt Shanks
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Are we complicit in providing ‘addictive’ content, dressed up as ‘art’ or ‘good marketing’?
The secondary job
Am I a software designer who practices art ‘on the side’ or is it the other way around?
Mis en place
Might I make better work if, at the end of everyday, I put everything back in its place – just like they do in commercial kitchens?
Artificial intelligence and art
Are artists under threat from generative artificial intelligence? Or is the ‘competition’ we see just misunderstood?
It ain’t gonna draw itself
What happens to an idea if I’m too scared to draw it? If I don’t feel skilled enough? If I’m just not ready?
Like a machine
Should artists aspire for robotic-like accurate and consistency like those who are the best in their sport?
Escaping the gravity of commerce
Who or what am I really looking for when I put our work out in the world? How do I know it’s any good?
The craft of digital drawing
The problem with digital art is that there’s always a piece of software between me and the work, but maybe that’s what makes it a craft?
Extending the antenna
Where do ideas come from? How does one make something from nothing? Perhaps it’s about recognising the importance of a state of receptivity?