CREATING ART THE AMATEUR WAY

I created this image on a Compaq computer, pixel by pixel, back in the very early 90s. Never could I have imagined back then the technology that we would experience, and enjoy, what we have at our finger tips now.  Computer drawing pixel by pixel in the early 90s She has had her eyes closed all these decades as if she was sleeping but now, in 2025, Grok Imagine has woken her up. 

Some time ago, in summer 2022, I decided to paint a picture of a metal goose that I have in my garden room.  It's quite large at about 60cm tall, comical, and cheerful, and I found myself wanting to paint something fun so I got out my Schmincke Horadam watercolours and set to work. I've never framed it or wanted to put it on my wall, but maybe one day it will be a nice gift for someone. It's not my best work by any means as I painted it just for the fun of it so I didn't labour over it, but I do like it. It makes me smile.  The goose, the bee, and the butterfly Metal garden ornament, a goose Since I have had access to Grok Imagine, I have become somewhat hooked on it.  It's fascinating, to me, to watch my paintings come to life and although the animations are superior to my work, I do get something out of it. I get, not least of all, inspiration for other paintings.  The copyright of animations from my original work remain mine.  

Three decades ago, in the early 90s, and long before technology because seriously advanced, I created a portrait pixel by pixel of a Rastafarian on my old Microsoft computer. I think it was a Compaq. Seriously, pixel by pixel. It took a while. Today, all these years later, I turned that pixel portrait into a video in all of about 10 minutes.  And here is the video, created using Grok Imagine.