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Art & Music

Painting, drawing, digital art, 3D modeling, photography, design, music and dance.

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Nine Slice For Young Ladies

Nine slice isn't just a technical trick—it's the gateway to beautiful, intricate user interfaces that modern design has forgotten how to create. This deep dive explores how…

Skeuomorphism For Young Ladies

A manifesto on using AI to amplify bold vision. This piece merges the philosophy of ambitious dreaming with the technical practice of Skeuomorphic design—creating rich, tactile…

The Quest For Stars

A Traditional Pop collection celebrating human potential, authentic growth, and cosmic destiny. These four anthems remind listeners of their inner genius, warrior spirit,…

Surprise Holidays

A whimsical tale describes a group of creative “magnificent creatures” whose heads always reach for the clouds—poets, artists, thinkers, dreamers, adventurers, and troublemakers…

The Island Birds Of A Feather

I live on a small island in the Ohio–Indiana‑Michigan area, and while walking around my parking lot I’ve watched geese—tough, almost samurai‑like birds—that seem to travel south…

On The Art Apocalypse

The post reflects on the rise of generative‑AI art, using playful anecdotes—from a novice’s cheap portraits to an imagined collection of Sphinx cats—to illustrate how easily…

Paint-overs and Color Picking

Art is presented as a transformative force that enriches life through constant practice and a “beautiful heart,” while myths about freehand drawing can slow progress; mastering…

Towards Understanding How To Paint Hair

The post explains that hair should be treated as a three‑dimensional object, so artists must first sketch its 3D shape—using sharp edges and mid‑tones to define volume—and then…

Good Art Changes Lives

The post presents art creation as a progressive journey beginning with simple doodles, moving through pencils, brushes, and other tools such as blending stumps and painting…

Peg Leg Island

A description of Michigan—an enormous, Great Lakes‑filled state whose weather swings so wildly that it feels both Hawaiian and “Winter Wonderland,” making every season a surprise.

Kingdoms Of Lowbrow

The post presents Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien” as a musical hymn to the newly imagined realm of Lowbrow, a whimsical kingdom where ordinary creatures are…