Life, Insecurities, and AI Art Therapy by Polarsurfacewiz, literature
Literature
Life, Insecurities, and AI Art Therapy
I feel that I have been posting too much AI Generated art and I don't want people to think I'm too dependent on AI to make art with little effort. That isn't the case, I am just taking some time off of making more hands on art due to now having a part time job and working on improving myself. Life, work, and other responsibilities have just been making it hard for me to focus on starting or finishing any projects and my insecurities and lack of patience has made it hard for me to make something I feel satisfied with. I have family members who are younger than me and are better than me at art and other subjects that I love and even though I am so proud of them for their success, I also feel jealous and that is not fair for them or healthy for me. Don't worry, I am going to therapy and I am looking for resources to help me improve my art skills. I still want to make art by hand, but I need to improve on myself and that takes time and effort. AI generated art is just I took up doing in
How to draw animal noses by BeckyKidus, literature
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How to draw animal noses
Ah, animal noses. They are used to breath and smell with, they have two nostrils, humans are obsessed with poking them, and every pet owner has at least ten close-up photos of them. And, obviously, they can be challenging to draw. This, of course, means that they are worth writing a tutorial about... A tutorial you are reading now. So, without more ado, let's go look at some noses. Different types of animal noses Now, despite their similar purposes, noses show surprising variation. Some are long and can be used to grab things with, some can't. Some are on the flatter side, others are a bit more box-shaped, some look like a Y, some are just two nostrils and little more. (From the top left: Elephant, cat, dog, horse, pig, koala, rabbit, alpaca) Now, there are still similarities between all the types. A main one has been mentioned in the introduction already - the two nostrils (which appear dark, more often because of deep shadow than actual color). Noses are also symmetrical
The (reference) photo always lies a little by BeckyKidus, literature
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The (reference) photo always lies a little
The idea is that you capture a moment when you take a photo - and have an accurate depiction of how things looked at the time the photo was taken. As we all know, that isn't always the case. In fact, it's surprisingly often not the case. This means that both the photos you've taken can be incorrect, and that any photos you might find online might not be entirely correct either - intentionally or not. While some of the ways this can happen are obvious (blurred photos and lens flares, for one) there are others which might be trickier to find out. And so, here's a list of some of the most common "lies" you might see in photos. Technical issues These ones are purely a result of the camera and the way the camera is built, and mostly appear when taking a photo of a bright light source. Lens flares are by far the most common here, and are often caused by internal scattering of light inside the lens system. This also means you can have different kinds of flares depending on how the system is