Here you can find all of my short form, discrete notes. Covering a range of topics, collated into ever-evolving, always in progress series, these are sometimes messy, occasionally conflicting, (hopefully) always thoughtful and critical insights into the challenges visual storytellers encounter. Heads up: I’m not a journalist, an academic or even a practised writer. I do not have the discipline and rigour of a professional researcher. I’m just a lifelong, independent artworker and educator, often working in a role that asks me to explore these issues from the point of view of real life users.
December 16, 2024
Generative AI > Critical Tools for ArtistsBefore I begin this series properly, I'd like to make some clear definitions of who I'm writing the majority of these notes for, and who I believe will benefit the most from them....
December 4, 2024
Generative AI > Critical Tools for ArtistsThis tweet, written by a specialist in the machine learning field, has been doing the rounds lately. Shared and co-signed by a lot of the enthusiastic early adopters of AI image making tools, it's finding a new lease of life outside of Twitter...
December 3, 2024
Generative AI > Critical Tools for ArtistsThis feels like a good place to begin. I remember when I realised everything was about to change - it was the end of 2017, and I had just seen some examples of machine learning powered photo editing capabilities coming out of Nvidia Research...