Francis Deblauwe 𒉺𒊏𒀭𒋛𒄑 𒊌𒉡

Starting photo

Phone doodle: eenenzeventig

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

In the Spotlight - the Girsu Project with Sébastien Rey  - The International Association for Assyriology Dear Mar Shiprim Readers,  Over the next two months, we will take a virtual trip to Iraq, first to visit the Girsu Project in Tello, and next month to learn more about the upcoming RAI Read more

>>Girsu (modern Tello, in southern Iraq) was one of the principal cities of ancient Sumer and served as the religious capital of the state of Lagash. Continuously occupied from around 5000 to 1750 BCE …<<

Starting photo

Phone doodle: sumptuous 3

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

Starting photo

Phone doodle: excellent

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Starting photo

Phone doodle: dipping

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

Starting photo

Phone doodle: on fire

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

>>This gambit is … what the first President Bush did when he encouraged Iraqis to overthrow Saddam Hussein after his armies had been ejected from Kuwait. It’s a punt which signals that the White House will cede control of the situation to forces it can’t control or even well-understand.<<

An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War People will die and nothing will be accomplished

My thoughts

open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

Why All Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Are Historians SFF authors are the front-line practitioners who put the fruits of history’s craft into daily practice, sharing it in doses the public can consume, combining, treating, administering, customizing, …

My new Strange Horizons essay is up! With a deliberately provocative title!

WHY ALL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WRITERS ARE HISTORIANS
Yes, *all*
And, no, it isn't just for the reason you think...

I've been working toward this one for a while, very excited to share it!

Starting photo

Phone doodle: luxuriant 3

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

Starting photo

Phone doodle: yellow and purple

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

The Slow Death of American Cool American hegemony rested on cultural reach. That is ending.

people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. how many random people around the world built their identity around US signifiers. the decline of American cultural hegemony is going to have long term consequences we're only beginning to see. new post

'My Wife's Lovers', 1893 painting by Carl Kahler (1856–1906).

My old Iraq War & Archaeology project can be found at web.archive.org/web/20220320...

I will post my phone doodles here. All made starting from a photograph & then filtered/collaged/cut/mirrored/etc. w. free apps using only free features & w/o any AI. First 1000, I made them basically daily; nowadays, it varies. You can see all the previous ones at www.facebook.com/media/set/?v... .

Starting photo

Phone doodle: brooch

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

Same starting photo

Phone doodle: milk chocolate

#imagemanipulation #digitalart #noAI #abstractart

Starting photo