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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Book Night at the Type Directors Club

Lauren Panepinto

This is going to be a short post because I am just coming home from the Type Director's Club Book Design Night and it's well past midnight. TDC Book Night is the one night a year most (if not all) of the Book Designers in all the Big Publishers in NYC get together to celebrate their own. And it took a long pandemic break, so this was the first time it's been held since 2019.…

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EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

Inner Fire

YESTERDAY’S POST

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A Hippo Hero

Justin Gerard

June 11, 2024 - Like many of you out there in the art community, I've been a bit down lately about the state of things in the art world. What with Adobe Photoshop updating its Terms of Service, to allow it to harvest our artwork for its AI, or with Windows updating its Terms of Service to harvest our artwork for its AI, or DeviantArt updating its terms of service to harvest our work for its AI, or Meta updating its terms of service to harvest our artwork for its AI, ....it seems like we might just be in a war with AI. And as this war has gone on, I have found myself having a harder and harder time wanting to post my work anywhere, or really to use the computer at all for that matter. I have…

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  • Bhaskar on A Hippo HeroLove this Hippo and your water color technique. Thanks for explaining and it's really hard to imagine that it's been done all with trad…
  • Doris on A Hippo HeroWhat a neat character! I would have never guessed that it was painted in watercolor - especially the step between stage 3 (that looks l…
  • Brian Cleary on Character In Context ShowCongratulations Greg and to the other artists on being a part of this amazing exhibit of actual art by created by human beings. It's im…
  • Steve on Character In Context ShowHi Greg. C. S. "Steve" Talley posting. We met at your demo at the Mitchell. My wife and I very much enjoyed meeting you and watching "Y…
  • Justin Gerard on A Hippo HeroEmil that is super encouraging to hear. Thank you for sharing that.
  • Justin Gerard on A Hippo HeroAgreed! And I mentioned this thing in greater detail in my last livestream. Perhaps I should have clarified that here, because I agree…
  • Johnny on A Hippo HeroIt’s important to note that Adobes TOS caused a lot of backlash because of vague language. They have since acknowledged this as basical…

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