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INSPIRATION vs PERSPIRATION

Greg Ruth

As artists we always in making our work, dance with two partners, and we are often held to the same regard as most pop cultural ideas of art making, the artist pondering some vital landscape... the artist receiving like a ball of light the revelation of some new piece... When in fact more than 80% of the total experience of making art is sweat and grit and work. It speaks well of the distilled and…

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Daytime Reverie

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The DragonCon AI (And More) Story

Arnie Fenner

November 3, 2025 - This past September the internet was buzzing about the headline: "Police Called On Artist Accused of Selling A.I. Art at Dragon*Con!" There was a lot of cheering by artists online, but the headline was more than a bit deceiving: reading about the incident revealed that security was called when the vendor apparently got lippy with the convention staff after he was informed that selling AI images was against Dragon*Con's policy and he had to shut down his booth. I've never seen the show's list of rules and restrictions so I don't know how clearly the policy was stated, but, regardless, it was within the con's rights to show anyone the door when they felt it appropriate: it's their party and they can revoke anyone's membership at their discretion. The police were there to ensure he…

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