# digital painting (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover digital painting. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eye Candy: Kamibashi Bridge at Nikko (Sacred Bridge) by Kawase Hasui](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/21/eye-candy-kamibashi-bridge-at-nikko-sacred-bridge-by-kawase-hasui/) _2026-08-21 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Kamibashi Bridge at Nikko (Sacred Bridge) by Kawase Hasui, woodblock print, 15 x 10 (39 x 26 cm). The image of this impression of the print is from the ukyio-e.org site. A member of the shin-hanga movement in the early 20th century, Kawase Hasui had training in the methods of both traditional Japanese and western \[…\] ## [Eye Candy for Today: John Chrome landscape etching](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/20/eye-candy-for-today-john-chrome-landscape-etching/) _2026-08-20 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Tree on a Mound, John Chrome, etching, 13 x 12 in. ( 34 x 32 cm), in the collection fo the National Gallery of Art, DC. English landscape painter John Chrome, who was active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, evokes a wooded scene with a wonderful selection of straight and wavy lines \[…\] ## [Matty Burnham](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/19/matty-burnham/) _2026-08-19 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Matty Burnham is an English artist and illustrator working in ink and watercolor. His subjects are usually architectural, often of modest little cottages and houses. He captures these with varied ink lines drawn with a fude fountain pen, which allows artists to vary the width and character of their line by turning the pen at \[…\] ## [Eye Candy for Today; John Frederick Lewis’s Lilium Auratum](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/18/eye-candy-for-today-john-frederick-lewiss-lilium-auratum/) _2026-08-18 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Lilium Auratum (Golden-rayed Lily), John Frederick Lewis, oil on canvas, 54 x 34 in. ( 137 x 35 cm), in the collection of the City of Birmingham Museum. I can’t find an image on their site, so the link is to a large image on the Peaceful Artworks prints and reproductions site. Like many of \[…\] ## [Peter de Sève (update 2026)](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/15/peter-de-seve-update-2026/) _2026-08-15 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ It s August! Headed for the shore, you lemmings? Looks like fun! I ve written about illustrator and concept artist Peter de Sève three times in the past, but that s not often enough to feature his delightful, whimsical and insightful illustrations. They are, in effect, beautifully rendered cartoons, and I never tire of them. Rather than going \[ \] ## [Rhythm games](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2026-08-15-ddr.html) _2026-08-15 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ Staying fit is important for health reasons, but I don’t particularly enjoy exercising for its own sake. To encourage myself to move more, I gamified the experience and looked into rhythm games. ## [Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Ferrario pencil drawing](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/14/eye-candy-for-today-carlo-ferrario-pencil-drawing-2/) _2026-08-14 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario, pencil on paper, 6 x 12 in. ( 21 x31 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. The link is to the Morgan Library page from which you can zoom or download the image. I recommend that, as my crops above are insufficient \[ \] ## [ilLumi](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/13/illumi/) _2026-08-14 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ ilLumi is an artist about whom I now very little, though likely a digital concept artist and illustrator, presumably from Japan. Most often whimsical, but sometimes straightforwardly realistic, the work often employs deep cotrasts between light and dark, with sources of illumination playing key roles. ilLumi doesn t appear to have a dedicated website, but there \[ \] ## [Eye Candy for Today: Manets Flowers in a Crystal Vase](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/12/eye-candy-for-today-manets-flowers-in-a-crystal-vase/) _2026-08-13 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Flowers in a Crystal Vase, Edouard Manet, oil on canvas, 13 x 19 in. (33 x 25 cm). In the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Manet is best known for his figurative work, of course, but I particularly enjoy his still life paintings. I m not always in tune with various styles of \[ \] ## [Frederick Cayley Robinson](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/09/frederick-cayley-robinson/) _2026-08-09 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Frederick Cayley Robinson was an English painter and illustrator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He carried some of the style and approaches from the late 19th into the early 20th, even as they were fading in popularity. Notably, he was influenced by the literary medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelite painters and other \[ \] ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/isf2v0UvgjTK) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Eye Candy for Today: Francisco Lojacono’s Olive Grove](https://linesandcolors.com/2026/08/08/eye-candy-for-today-francisco-lojaconos-olive-grove/) _2026-08-08 · cparker · Lines and Colors_ Olive Grove, Palermo, Francesco Lojacono, oil on canvas, 33 x 58 in. (84 x 147 cm). Link is to page with access to large image on Wikipedia. I don t know the location of the original. Italian painter Francesco Lojacono, who was active from the mid 19th to the early 20th centuries, was known for his \[ \] ## [Oil Pastel Horses and Mixing Colours](https://www.portablecity.net/oil-pastel-horses-and-mixing-colours/) _2026-08-05 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ After my adventures in soft pastel and gouache this year, I’ve been feeling the urge to go back to oil pastels, especially with what I know now about different paper and texture and how it changes the soft pastels. this painting is a test run of some of the things that I learned about soft \[…\] ## [Webmention Repost Test](https://www.portablecity.net/webmention-repost-test/) _2026-08-02 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ Trying to get these set up on this blog nicely – I’ll have to make a few weird posts to get this working, I think, so my apologies to everyone on my RSS who might get some noise in their readers today!Likes Azhdarchid now supports Webmentions by Bruno Dias.Azhdarchid now supports WebmentionsSurely my presence is \[…\] ## [Webmentioning with a bookmark…](https://www.portablecity.net/webmentioning-with-a-bookmark/) _2026-08-02 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ Testing them all, woooo This one’s a bookmark! And here’s where I write about the bookmark specifically! And here’s more info I can add that won’t show up inside the webmention, I think? ## [Webmention Reply Testing](https://www.portablecity.net/webmention-reply-testing/) _2026-08-02 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ Getting fancy with these! Reply testing! This one I want to know exactly how much text I can send around, because I want to be able to think about exactly what part of my reply should show up on someone else’s website, y’know? So I am going to be verbose in here as a test \[…\] ## [Webmention Testing Continues](https://www.portablecity.net/webmention-testing-continues/) _2026-08-02 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ doing the ol’ self-mention to see how my site plays with these: Liking my own webmentions post, which I like for good reasons, which I have learned go here inside the mention! And then continuing my post outside of the mention! ## [Sketching, Lifedrawing and Studies from Early Summer](https://www.portablecity.net/sketching-lifedrawing-and-studies-from-early-summer/) _2026-07-31 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ I’ve been making stuff and it’s been pretty varied! Hard to figure out how to talk about it all except as a big ol’ artdump, so, here! Have some art! ## [Learning about webmentions!](https://www.portablecity.net/learning-about-webmentions/) _2026-07-30 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ Trying to get these set up on this blog nicely – I’ll have to make a few weird posts to get this working, I think, so my apologies to everyone on my RSS who might get some noise in their readers today! Shoutout to Bruno and also surasshu and Natalie and everyone else in the \[…\] ## [Sparkling Creek](https://www.portablecity.net/sparkling-creek/) _2026-07-12 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ ## [metallic bee](https://www.portablecity.net/metallic-bee/) _2026-07-11 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ ## [Anthony Ettinger on LinkedIn (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wCVA7MRpVtdj) _2026-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Public LinkedIn profile at linkedin.com/in/anthonyettinger. ## [Scuba diving](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2026-07-05-scuba-diving.html) _2026-07-05 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ I wanted to try out scuba diving for a while. This year, I signed up to a club and finished the first qualification. ## [Trials of the Stargazers, Eidolon Folio for Swords Without Master](https://www.portablecity.net/trials-of-the-stargazers-eidolon-folio-for-swords-without-master/) _2026-06-21 · Shel Kahn · the portable city_ Well I mentioned earlier that I was also painting a whole folio for Swords Without Master, a wildly ambitious thing to do in addition to art directing, but I did indeed take it on and in the end: I finished it! ## [Three AI projects](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2026-03-08-three-ai-projects.html) _2026-03-08 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ Recently, I built three small AI-related projects. The common theme was simple: using LLMs to write custom software is now easy enough that it is often worth trying an idea instead of debating it for a week. ## [A year of Jane Street puzzles](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2026-01-11-jane-street.html) _2026-01-11 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ Jane Street is a hedge fund with a strong puzzle culture. They have published a math/computing puzzle every month since 2014. Anyone can submit a solution, and each month’s puzzle page lists the people who solved it. ## [Gaudi guide](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-05-26-gaudi-guide.html) _2025-05-26 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ When visiting New Zealand a few years back, we stumbled upon Urbantics scavenger hunt. It feels like an escape room outdoors, solving puzzles while getting to know the city’s history. I enjoyed it and tried to create a Barcelona guide in a similar format, as I’ll likely be there with my parents later this year. ## [Electronics](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-03-31-electronics.html) _2025-03-31 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ The last time I had contact with electric currents was during physics class in high school more than a decade ago. Paradoxically, the contact was a non-physical one: we would calculate answers to some theoretical, closed-form problems without building any real circuits ourselves. ## [ATC game](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-02-24-atc-game.html) _2025-02-24 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ I find the work of air traffic controllers fascinating, scary, and powerful as they can move the planes with the power of their voices. To act on this feeling, I made a simple game prototype in which the player is an ATC trying to land the airplanes safely. ## [Small Multiagent Vision for Large Language Models](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-02-09-multiagent-llms.html) _2025-02-09 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ Multiagent algorithms are not in the mainstream focus nowadays, in particular, LLM development rarely incorporates them. This post explains why I think the characteristics of LLMs make them ideal candidates for multiagent algorithms. ## [LLM says buttons](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-01-16-llm-says-buttons.html) _2025-01-16 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ The default interaction method used with contemporary Large Language Models (LLMs) is a text chat: user asks a question, LLM gives an answer. Inspired by Will Whitney’s post and conversations with Varun Godbole , I propose an alternative interface that could be implemented with current technology. ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DnNmAl1LqBaJ) _2025-01-15 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Turing Machine game](https://sygi.xyz/posts/2025-01-10-turing-machine.html) _2025-01-10 · Jakub Sygnowski · Jakub Sygnowski blog_ I recently found a copy of a Turing Machine game under a Christmas tree. While not related to the actual Turing machine , it’s a cool game with some interesting mathematical properties. In this post, I describe and analyze the game.