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No, that\u2019s not a copycat of my other site \u201cGameover\u2019s Atelier<\/strong><\/a>\u201c: there you may find a number of not necessarily ordinary stock images, some of them exclusive to the site, but not the ones where emotionally I left a piece of me. Those you\u2019ll find here<\/strong>. You may find those images (painstakingly selected among several thousands) here and only here<\/strong>. You may watch them at leisure, if you wish you may buy a print of the ones you like, or contact me if you\u2019re interested in downloading the original. They aren\u2019t pricey at all \u2013 quite the opposite, I daresay \u2013 but there\u2019s a hidden optional price that you are free to ignore: making me happy by telling me why you like them and how you\u2019re planning to use them. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Messing about with paints and colors has ever intrigued me. My first \u201cprofessional\u201c abstract oil painting\u2026 er, I abandoned it anonymously in an underground garage in Milan for my life mate claimed that merely watching it gave him a mighty headache \u2013 and I was nearly tempted to agree myself \ud83d\ude09 Surprisingly enough growing accustomed to digital painting was initially anything but easy: I found significantly more difficult to get where I wanted with keyboard and mouse than with palette and brush (and to think that I dare call myself a computer specialist!). But over time I got more and more familiar with the \u2018new\u2019 techniques by playing out of the box with the parameters of the \u2018artistic filters\u2019 of so many pieces of software, and now I\u2019m wondering if today I\u2019d still be able to grab a real, physical brush by the right end.<\/p>\n All the paintings you\u2019ll find here are based on original photographs of my own, \u00a9 Luisa Fumi. Let’s begins in a different way: actually I’m posting some single offers framed and ready to be shipped asap. Sound interesting? Please, have a look here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n That\u2019s another passion I share with my life partner (how else would he put up with me?), namely collecting ancient books that for a lifetime we dug patiently out of junk shops and flea markets or bought for a song from heirs eager to get rid of poor grandpa\u2019s worm-eaten library. That\u2019s how Antikstock<\/strong><\/a> was born, another website I\u2019m very fond of. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Basically, three very special collections Beginning now: \u201cAI & I curated\u201c No, that\u2019s not a copycat of my other site \u201cGameover\u2019s Atelier\u201c: there you may find a number of not necessarily ordinary stock images, some of them exclusive to the site, but not the ones where emotionally I left a piece of me. Those you\u2019ll … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1003,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions\/1003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luisafumi-digitalart.com\/POD\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI\u2019ve been practicing with AI tools for quite some time, I tested and discarded several of them, and the first thing I learnt is that, intelligent as it can be, a tool is a tool is a tool<\/strong><\/em>: what you get depends on you<\/strong><\/em>, on your fantasy and on your skills, not on it<\/em><\/strong>. With a bit of luck you may get from it the bizarre, the unexpected, sometimes even a trifle of inspiration, but hardly that vague, elusive, dreamy quality that hides in any piece of art \u2013 the \u201cpushbutton art\u201c will have to wait a little longer yet \ud83d\ude09
\nBe as it may, a properly used good AI is still a precious creative tool. The best one I came across is Midjourney, so far unparalleled for aesthetics and quality. It took me quite a while to get it tamed, to develop a special way of prompting it, to build up my own personal styles (yes, Midjourney\u2019s sophistication reaches that far!), but it was worth the while.
\nNow getting a good picture from Midjourney is \u2018just<\/em>\u2019 a matter of stubbornly trimming my prompts over and again until I\u2019m satisfied with the outcome, of upscaling and downloading it, of applying (manually, on my computer) the filters I see fit, and of postprocessing the resulting image to my liking. Hard work? Maybe so, but it’s a lot of fun too!<\/p>\nComing soon: Photography and digital painting<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nWell, that was a while ago. In the meantime several digital painting techniques came slowly to light and I found them way cleaner and more practical \u2013 no brushes to wash, no T-shirts stained beyond repair to throw away, no hopelessly hard-sealed color tubes, just \u201cmy rifle, my computer and me\u201c :-)))<\/p>\n
\nBeyond my digital paintings you\u2019ll find here also some original photographs of mine and a few 3D-renderings that IMO suggest enough to deserve a frame on the wall.
\nHere too you may purchase a quality print of them, or contact me if you\u2019re interested in the original. <\/p><\/blockquote>\nBeginning: Antique engravings and prints<\/span><\/h2>\n
\nThere\u2019s a strange fascination in leafing through those ancient dusty tomes, through venerable weathered pages stained with mold and here and there penciled on the margins by hands long since turned to dust themselves.
\nBehind the pictures engraved on those pages (photography was then still in its nappies) there\u2019s nearly always an interesting story, plenty of \u2018why\u2019s\u2019 and \u2018how\u2019s\u2019 to be investigated, and here all too often Wikipedia is none the wiser or provides merely the beginning of a long enthralling search.
\nAnd once the mystery is cleared up there\u2019s the satisfaction of scanning those respectable pages without damaging the book, of restoring them to their glory of yesteryear, of seeing them as they must have looked when the book was printed.<\/p>\n
\nHere you\u2019ll find a selection of engravings and prints that may look great framed either in their largest format or as a set of delightful small pictures smelling of antique. There<\/strong><\/a>, right around the corner, you may find the originals in digital form \u2013 just follow the link on the page where you found your picture here<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNext F.A.Q. \u2013 Printing, shipping\u2026 how long will I have to wait? And how outrageous will be the costs?<\/h4>\n