End of Summer Update (Patreon)

Hi, wonderful creators, and happy almost-end-of-summer!

It has been a minute since I’ve posted an update. It’s been a bit of a long summer for me and my family. We suffered the very sudden loss of our 11-year-old rescue cat after he developed a blood clot, which was incredibly difficult. A few weeks later, we also lost my mom’s cat due to old age. She was about 18 years old and had been part of our family for such a long time.

So, it has been a bit of a rough summer, with a lot going on behind the scenes.

I’ve also spent quite a bit of time thinking about my goals and aspirations with AI, along with the ethical implications surrounding the technology and how I use it in the things I create.

There has been so much negativity surrounding AI lately. There are very real concerns about data centers, their impact on electrical grids in some communities, rising energy demands, water usage, and the environmental cost of rapidly expanding AI infrastructure. With so many difficult headlines, it has sometimes been challenging to feel as motivated or excited as I once did.

It can be hard when there is so much negativity swirling around something you genuinely enjoy doing.

Part of what keeps me creating, though, is that I want to use AI for positive and creative things. I want to help people create beautiful images, experiment with art, discover new ways to express themselves, and make designs they can use for their own businesses, projects, or personal creativity.

That is the part I try to stay focused on.

I’ve also found myself wondering whether people are still as interested in exploring AI creatively as they were a year or two ago, or whether some of that excitement has faded. I still really enjoy experimenting with it, learning new things, and seeing what is possible, and I truly appreciate all of your support and interest in what I share here.

And please always feel free to let me know what you would most like to see on my Patreon. More prompts? Tutorials? Creative projects? AI art experiments? Resources for making your own designs? I’m always interested in hearing what would be most useful or inspiring to you.

I’m still working on new designs and concepts, too. I’ve included a few little sneak peaks of some of the things I’m currently creating with AI. If you’d like to see more behind-the-scenes posts like that, definitely let me know.

Thank you again so much for being here and for continuing to support what I create. It genuinely means a lot.

I hope I can continue sharing creative, useful, and positive things with you as we move forward. 💛

Screenshot for opening scene of a sci-fi and cat themed video game I've been creating with AI:

Exploring how well Chatgpt can generate graphic novel pages:

Learning how to use Midjourney and Chatgpt can work together to create oracle cards: