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A New Series on Artificial Intelligence! Fahrenheit AI

This is actually a real person writing without aid of artificial intelligence, well actually spellcheck just fixed two things already… Fahrenheit AI is a new Ink Kitchen series on artificial intelligence and it’s meaning for our industry. It is a creation by our brilliant colleague and friend,  Michelle Moxley Hruby (@notoriousrandd) Episode 1 is a…

Misprint Monday: Bad Magic

In theatrical magic, misdirection is a form of deception in which the performer draws audience attention to one thing to distract it from another. We do this bad magic to ourselves sometimes. I try and remind my colleagues that when there is a difficult print or new technique, your attention will focus on that and…

Unlocking AI Magic Eye by using Midjourney and Chat GPT

In today’s world, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing creative fields in fascinating ways. One such groundbreaking exploration involves the collaboration between Chat GPT and Midjourney’s extensive AI toolbox. Chat GPT acts like an advanced thesaurus, capable of learning communication styles and tailoring responses to the user’s needs. Initially, I thought about testing different versions of…

Analog Is Not Dead, Poster Printing Now

You would be hard pressed to find two individuals who care more about providing free screen printing information and education to as many people as possible than our own Rick Roth and legendary flatstock printer Andy Mac aka Andy MacDougall. (You’d also be hard pressed to find two funner people to have a beer or…

The Great Pretender

Consider this: a customer, let’s call her Jane, wants a specific design – a vibrant orange and red sunset bleeding into the cool indigo of a bustling city skyline. The skyscrapers should glisten with the last rays of the day, while the city begins to twinkle with nightlife. She mentions that she loves the impressionistic…

“Hey MidJourney, hold my beer” -Adobe Photoshop (Beta)

MidJourney is so cool. It’s open-ended, gives you a dopamine hit with its speed and randomness. I can force genres out of it, and famous images. I can feed it source images and get pretty cool stylizations. I can even /blend images and /describe images. For the most part, MidJourney is an exploration of the…

A Life of Color Separations- Shop Talk with Dave Gardner

If you’re looking for a dose of inspiration, you are in for a treat with this Shop Talk with industry legend Dave Gardner, the inventor of simulated process printing, the “underbase” print, creator of the iconic Harley Davidson t-shirts of the 1980s and now Director of Creative Embellishment at  Gildan. When he started there were…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Garment Decoration

Is AI a tool or a threat to a creative business? It depends on how you chose to look at it. In this Shop Talk we had Michelle Moxley, Innovation Director at  @MRPrintingEquipment  , and Dave Gardner from  @GildanCorp  discussing the pros and cons of using AI in your art workflow. This talk was based on Michelle’s…

Ai Whispering and Reality Screaming

I saw many industry friends at Long Beach, and we had a great discussion about Ai in the Ink Kitchen. I want to thank you so much for your participation. It was great to interact with everyone again finally. I appreciate all the input, feedback, and ideas. How often can we experience something terrifying, interesting,…

30 Days Rubbernecking AI Generators

Art feeds the soul and is our connection point and even our purpose. Art heals us. I have made a career out of being artistic. In some aspects, the landscape is changing for commercial art with new Ai technology. Ai generators may forever shift the fine art landscape as well. I spent a month in…

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