I don't believe for a second that this guy is a writer. He's actually a man of few words if that blank page in front of him is anything to go by!Image by Copilot and TET.Two and a half years ago I wrote an article, Is Your Next Design or Writing Partner an AI? A Look at Artificial Intelligence and the Creative Arts with DALL-E 2, Jasper, and Rytr. It's worth a read just to see how far and ..read more

Do you get the feeling Red knows he's on the naughty list?The last minute Christmas rush is pretty much upon us but it's not too late to create completely custom Christmas Cards to send to family and friends. Send them by email or take them to your local department store print on demand service if actual, physical Christmas cards is more your style.Reallusion's Cartoon Animator 5 is perfect for ..read more

Younger artists, who enjoy drawing characters and telling stories, may find themselves gravitating towards animated cartoons. While hand-drawn animation was traditionally done with pencil and paper, nowadays it is more commonly created on electronic devices like iPads and pen display monitors. This shift to digital platforms has made animation more accessible to young artists, allowing them to ..read more

Have you ever wanted to send your friends and family fun, 2D animated, holiday messages, or just create 2D animated characters that you can make move and talk without learning difficult to master animation skills or spending hours drawing frame by frame?Reallusion's Cartoon Animator 5 is a professional quality, 2D animation studio software that is also very easy to produce impressive results with ..read more

Zack in Time is an independent, 2D animated series about a biracial 13-year-old  teen, who has trouble fitting in at his new school, until he finds a time-traveling watch developed by a secret government agency. Created by Christian Haynes, who I featured in December of 2021, and produced by Imhapie, the production has now launched a Kickstarter (which runs until October 25th ..read more

I first heard about Glif through a YouTube video that mentioned you could get access to Flux Pro (the latest 'game changer AI' generative image model) through the site for free.While I had a vague notion from the video of what Glif was, I wasn't expecting it to be so easy to get started with, and so good with my very first results.Glif is an easy to use, low-code platform for creating tiny ..read more

LTX Studio can generate consistent characters across storyboard panels - even if one character is a dragon!While text to image, and text to video (and image to video) AI tend to be getting a lot of the press, the real exciting aspect of generative AI implementation is how it can be used to speed up creator workflow.Being able to realize your creative vision in a shorter length of time can lead to ..read more

Mobile productivity apps have become so capable that they can be great alternatives to their PC/MAC equivalents or serve as great tools in their own right when you're away from your desk.While some apps simply mimic their desktop counterparts, others offer well thought out, touch-friendly interfaces that are easier and more fun to use.Every so often I check out what's available for 2D animation ..read more

Generative AI sequence of a woman in a business suit. From sketch to refined image using Krita AI Diffusion - by TET Generative image AI, where you describe an image with a text prompt to an Artificial Intelligence model and it produces a new image based on your prompt, is gaining a strong hold as a tool for many artists.Krita AI Diffusion brings generative AI image tools right into your ..read more

I'm not a big fan of Adobe because of their overpriced subscription only model for their Creative Cloud Suite of applications, but that doesn't mean I don't like their software. Adobe Express is a free Canva alternative with cloud based art and design tools for creating graphics, videos and more, for all kinds of projects and social media (they even have a free AI prompt to image generator ..read more