I often joke on the channel that I’m a card-carrying member of Vignetteers Anonymous. I got a problem. I got a real bad problem. I love to vignette. I think it’s so powerful. And this talk probably won’t be that long because it’s...
Welcome to Easel Talk #36! Big shapes. This is going to be good, and it ties directly to our last talk on modulation. They go hand in hand, though big shapes are way more important. We’re talking composition today, while modulation handles value...
A Vision-Driven Approach to Creative Practice Hello, welcome to another talk. This is your host, Michael Francis McCarthy. The topic for today is my ideas about the correct place for AI in a creative practice. Mostly we’ll be talking about visual stuff here....
What Is Modulation? The definition: also known as gradation. It is always desirable in painting to modulate colors from cool to warm, from dark to light or from one hue to the next. Instead of just laying down a flat, unmodulated color, you...
Today’s talk is about the modern creator dilemma, mostly on YouTube, but this applies to any platform. How the Machine Turns Us Into Machines The biggest problem with the current setup is that the corporate machine is turning human beings into machines. Let’s...
This is the introductory post & video for my new channel and website. Here I’ll share music, thoughts on philosophy, AI, creativity, and whatever’s going on. No niche, or algorithm-chasing. This page is a window into what I’m making and thinking. Warts and...