November 5, 2024
Digital Art

Procreate not adding AI to its design and drawings products

Procreate, a leading name in digital art tools, has made a bold decision not to integrate generative AI into its products. This move underscores the company’s unwavering commitment to fostering and preserving human creativity while addressing the ethical concerns raised by its dedicated artist user base. By taking this stance, Procreate asserts that generative AI

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Local artist feature: Chlese Henderson

Special to the LPJ. Just like everything else in life, the art world has seen some major evolution in recent years as our technology advances and access becomes more widespread. We’ve seen artists evolve from painting and drawing on paper to now applying the same skills and techniques to a digital medium. Chlese Henderson is

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Digital Artwork Market Overview, Share Analysis, and Growth

Digital Artwork Market The latest market intelligence report published by CMI with the title “Global Digital Artwork Market 2024, Growth Opportunities, and Forecast” provides actionable insights on Consumer Goods industry. The report provides demand analysis, industry insights, competitive intelligence, and customer database. The Research report on Digital Artwork Market presents a complete judgment of the

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Photoshop vs Krita: I just abandoned Adobe. Should you?

It can be argued that Adobe’s Photoshop was the world’s gateway to digital art. At almost 35 years old, it’s not only loved, but also globally integrated into all of our design and production workflows. Krita, meanwhile, may have been named ‘digital art’s best kept secret’ in our best digital art software guide, but it

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Artists Sue SEC Over NFTs as Securities

Two artists have filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), contesting the agency’s assertion of authority over non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Jonathan Mann, a musician renowned for his daily songwriting, and Brian L. Frye, a conceptual artist and law professor, are seeking declaratory judgments that their planned NFT projects do not constitute securities offerings. Mann’s

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The shiny metal creases of Ezra Miller’s AI-enhanced photos

Miller has been using generative processes long before the AI boom began in the early-2020s. The 28-year-old discovered digital art as a teenager through his curiosity in coding. He taught himself to make interactive websites, and “from there I fell into the rabbit hole of digital art, and tried to find my own language and

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Nowadeus: New immersive and digital exhibits sets sights overseas

Inspired by overseas digital art exhibitions, a new immersive exhibit has reached windy Wellington’s The Grid Art Space. When I first saw the name of the exhibit ‘Nowadeus’, I wasn’t fully sure how to pronounce it. Until artist Tim Christie corrected me and said it was pronounced like “nowadays”. Inspired by deities, Christie took on

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Contemporary dance work confronts perils of digital age

Vuyelwa Phota in Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre’s new production, autoplay. PICTURE: Oscar O Ryan Darkroom Contemporary Dance Theatre will present a new, full-length work by Louise Coetzer, autoplay, from Tuesday September 10 to Saturday September 28. Staged in a secret location in central Cape Town, patrons are invited into a multi-faceted arena where the performance

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NFT art is on the way up: “fusions with traditional art and auction houses willdrive its growth”

There’s been a lot of chatter about NFT trading recently, but doubters have been over the top with their concerns. We mustn’t get too bogged down by the critics – the future of digital art is bright. Digital artists are some of the most forward-thinking creatives that the industry has to offer and their latest

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