Mask

 

  Had to relearn masks in Photoshop as I forgot how to use them as not really a thing I’ve used much. Watched many ‘ easy’ ps mask tuts on YouTube and finally got the gist. I have older version of ps so some differences I had to work around. It was the alt click in the mask thumbnail that got me. Anyway I found that masks were invaluable in my style of using ps brushes on my artwork, controlling where you want texture/pattern etc. For my music mixes covers I generally I use a model’s face starting point as a blank canvas to experiment on, masking the original image so it’s changed enough to be unrecognisable or enough so it can be creatively used. Always working on variations of techniques for my visual ideas. Different atmospheres to create a certain mood ( that may or not be in the music I’ve choose). It can be random, luck or a guided hand, if it fits. Importantly as well they have to be done reasonably quickly as I’d have spent long hours sourcing and piecing the tracks together in a coherent way. Track listing and uploading. So two hours is max for me. With these tutorials I found I’d collected a lot of covers to potentially use in future mixes The one above, I thought wasn’t suitable, but still liked it, I’ve posted. Used old notebook paper, a script stamp and stained it with coffee. I think it’s about communication. Which I don’t do enough of. 

Finding Inspiration: The Intimate Dance Between the Muse and Music

 Title: Finding Inspiration: The Intimate Dance Between the Muse and Music

In the enchanting realm of music, where melodies soar and emotions intertwine, there exists an ethereal bond that fuels creativity and ignites the soul. This mystical connection, dear readers, is none other than the divine union between the muse and music.

Just as an artist yearns for a muse to guide their hand, musicians seek their own elusive muse to breathe life into their compositions. The muse, a whisper in the wind, whispers secrets and inspiration into their ears, coaxing melodies to dance across the keys and strings. It is a celestial collaboration, where music becomes the language of the heart, flowing with the essence of the muse's inspiration.

In the depths of a musician's soul, the muse is both a guiding light and a mischievous sprite. It can manifest as a fleeting melody that dances in the mind, teasing and tempting the composer with its elusive beauty. Other times, it arrives as a sudden surge of emotion, flooding the artist's heart and urging their fingers to dance upon the instrument with an unmatched fervor.

The muse, ever enigmatic, can take on many forms. It may be the gentle caress of a lover's touch, a vibrant sunset painting the

Guess who wrote this. 

It was my idea but I didn’t write it. 

My new friend, my friendly AI  robot.. I just asked it—

Guest: Please write a short blog post about the muse and it’s relation to music. In a slightly poetic style

And about 4 secs later it wrote this. 

I’m thinking more about how I do my music mixes and how I always feel I’m guided to the tracks I like. Amazing

Here’s where you can ask or task it (more than an it I feel) anything

https://chatg.io/chat/

AI Amazing

 My daughter has been up to AI goodness. I think she is very creative with it. She said there were much more proficient people doing it, but I said she has her own unique vision and point of view. It takes a while to learn the AI language and I’m impressed with what she’s achieved. Her Instagram with more of her work. My Futile Galaxy. 

I collected a few of them in a slideshow.

The Fleeting Beauty

 Got some lovely white flowers for my birthday, and naturally had to take photos. Slideshow, Some with close up and some with Hipstamatic filters

Black Tulip

 

 

justa close up of a black tulip with hipstamatic.. checking for size = extra large

FreeHand

 

 

 

hoping to free up, drawing with my finger not my pencil in Procreate

this works but not the others?

 I started a new blog so I could work this out

I left this player here because I wanted to figure out why I could get it in a post but not in a widget. Anyhow with a lot of help from the blogger help community especially the Diamond Expert, ( you can read the conversation here if interested ) it got figured out. 

I hadn’t copied the last bit of code from the small box where I got the code, it was hidden, and had left off the closure end bit, apparently, and was eventually pointed out to me. So I guess when pasted into a post it automatically got corrected or something happened to it to make it work. Anyhow I was able to get the bottom widget working. 

If you don’t know, then you don’t know, and it’s nice to be able to get help.  Thank you google blogger community 

Now I have a new blog and called it Experimental for want of a better title( the older one was full of stuff I may not be so interested in now. ) But can’t say how well I will keep this. 

Not particularly good at solving problems, but keep at it until it’s solved, one way or the other