nichtgraveyet

I don't come here a lot anymore. But when I do, I do so to see what's getting produced by the community. "What's popular today? Is it still provocative overweight anime horses and sexy lingerie model photography?" Usually it is...on the front page, at least. Having helped build this site into something-more-than-nothing I know that the front page, for all its purported attempts at sophisticated algorithmic-based sorting, is not really a reflection of the talents of the millions of members. However, it is a reflection of what's hot right now. And what's hot right now is AI-generated imagery. DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and probably 2-3 others that escape me right now. There are a number of reasons why you folks should not upload this stuff: Under the ToS of most of these systems, you don't personally own the art. The art is owned by the creators of the software that generated it. The art is generated by a system that scrapes the web looking for imagery it can categorize as something. It

It's time to celebrate another year around the sun, and this time we're trying something new — a party at Fella's Pizza Palace! Sure, the lights keep flickering and the door slammed shut suspiciously fast, but that's probably fine. The important thing is that it's DeviantArt's 22nd birthday, not that the mechanical band of mascots onstage seem to be alive... and also angry? Never mind that. Join us for fun-filled activities and an awesome, not-at-all-terrifying Birthday Badge! Four Evenings at Fella's Great party, right? Delicious pizza, soda, and cake is all you need to have a good time drawing with your fellow deviants. Wait, what was that? Oh! There's a band, that's fun. The music is kind of strange though... and that llama has a weird vibe. Let's get out of here. Uh, why is the door locked? Join the Fun! After opening a new pizza place, Fella started a band with his friends! They play fun music while you eat, and our lawyers say they've technically never hurt

I feel oddly curious as to how the powers that be are going to address the topic and submission of AI generated artistic images on deviantART. I would hope heated discussions are taking place. This digital medium is about to go big, I can feel it. I don't care so much whether it should be considered "real art" (fucking lol) or not, but I wonder how it's going to be officially acknowledged and integrated as a digital art medium here. There are AI imaging platforms that let a user generate images by way of feeding so called prompts to an AI, in a way describing in more or less detail what the AI should work with. Other platforms can be fed base images that the AI may transform one way or another. Is an AI generated image to be considered created by the person who gave an AI a job? How should crediting and licensing and copyright work in this regard. Already I've been seeing obviously generated submissions on dA, with no acknowledgement from the submitter that that's how the image

I've been a fan of br53199's work for a long time now. His photos are like vivid dreams. They are masterworks of color, texture, and form. But above all he captures human beauty in a way that is exceptionally unique and personal. I don't know anyone else who shoots quite like this, using such common environments so perfectly. I feel compelled write this little blurb, but honestly I cannot do it the photos justice. Please see them for yourself!

1 What is your name and where are you from? My name is Samuel Poromaa and I’m from Sweden. I was born in Kiruna, a small mining town, far, far north. But now I’m living in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. I moved here in 1982 because I wanted to study art, and I began my training at “The National College of Art Craft and Design” in 1983, where I studied painting until 1989. 2 How long have you been active on DA? I have been active for 12 years. 3 How did you start photography? Well, I was supposed to be a painter, and I did work with traditional techniques during the 90s, mainly as a painter, but I always had a camera with me, taking snapshots, taking photos as a “sketchbook” for my paintings. I did get my first camera, a Minolta, late in the 70s, so I guess I always been a photographer of sort. Late in the 90s I became interested in computers and what one can do with them as an artist. At the beginning I mostly experimented with all kinds of digital art, but as the digital

When we get better at photography, particularly street photography, what is the core skill that we are actually building? Certainly, we need to learn how to use the photographer’s tools: the camera, the lens, lighting, the usage of film or application of digital editing, and so on. And of course, the exact tools of the trade vary. What is crucial for one photographer is useless for another. However, I would argue there is one universal skill that comprises the foundation of photography: perception. The fundamental aspect of what we do is simply put as seeing. It is this ability which we need to learn, to improve, and to sharpen in order to get better at photography. What is Seeing? First and foremost, street photography happens in the mind, not in the camera. By seeing, I’m referring to your ability to look at the world and make sense of it through geometry, color, semiotics, and narrative. Through these, and other, aspects we all make different interpretations of what we experience

I discovered the work of leothefox a few years ago and was immediately enamored by his retro-scifi aesthetic and impeccable use of vivid colors and bold lines. When I first explored his gallery I had the feeling that these were all just scans of 1960s scifi novella covers. As I realized these are original contemporary works I was floored. The level of detail and the vintage feel are unmatched. Explore this gallery of endless vintage scifi art.

Hi everyone! I'm still here. Mostly just lurking on the DD's page submitting to @CRPhotography and @dAseniors . Anywho, here's a little feature from my watch list. Hope you are well!