Meaning (Patreon)

Caesars Palace - Jerk It Out

I recently watched a video from Patreon where a guy mentioned that people generally follow creators because they relate to your cause, not just for the content itself. So I thought it would be worth mentioning something I haven't written about here before.

You don't know me very well, and I think it's time for a proper personal introduction.

I have an engineering education—specifically in Rocket Science. When I learned that "it's not rocket science" is actually a whole meme, I had a really good laugh that day. Currently, I work as a programmer doing backend and algorithmic work (not the social media feed algorithms like on YouTube or Instagram, but mathematical algorithms). The funniest part is that back in school, I had the lowest math score allowed on a graduation report card. That was probably because I was constantly doodling with a pen during all my classes, and at home, I spent all my time at my "Socket A" AMD PC with 256MB of Samsung RAM.

I’ve enjoyed taking photos for a very long time—people, landscapes, the night sky. When I finally got my colored HP printer from 2008 to work, printing became a part of this hobby too.

I'm not a fan of traps, I don't watch anime, and I very rarely read manga.

However, back in the Flash Player era, I played a lot of adult-themed games and visual novels. I literally remember the weather outside my window and how it matched the atmosphere in Witch Trainer when it was still in beta, and how eagerly I waited for the final release.

In college, I bought a book about Hugh Hefner simply because there was nothing more interesting in that small bookstore, and I wanted to buy my very first book with my scholarship money. By the way, the book turned out to be super boring to me—biographies just aren't my thing.

All these experiences tie together into the meaning behind what you see here. The entire Playboy empire was created by hundreds of photographers shooting different people, featuring articles across various eras, yet all the imagery, poses, and overall mood belonged to a single magazine driven by the vision of one person. At their core, they were all unified by the same thing: the author's taste.

The goal of this Patreon isn't to run an AI assembly line or to craft one flawless master prompt. I want to showcase what I personally find cool—to generate a large volume of work to select the best, and then refine those selections even further. It's about applying color filters to the golden images so they carry something raw renders lack—like adding just enough black pepper to a dish so you don't taste it directly, but it completely transforms the aroma.

I think this resonates when I see people commenting that they haven't seen work like this before, even though that's hard for me to fully process, because I'm just doing what anyone else could do too. I suppose this is my own take on that "Playboy," and I'm happy every time I see ratings and criticism. Because as I wrote before, the best painting is the one you want to add something to.