第二件linocut做了个（不太成功的）套色。刀工有进步，并且买了把1mm细节刀学习做纹理，但是因为画图的时候没想清楚细节不够准确。
我发现linocut帮我迈出了学画画的第一步！以前一直想学画画但是总觉得对新手来说有点intimidating，根本不知道从哪里开始。因为chatgpt说linocut从某种意义上来说不需要你很会画画更看重构图，我反而能没有心理负担地开始用我的儿童画法（😅）开始画脑子里的各种想法，遇到不会画的东西再去网上搜视频。我现在已经学会儿童画小猫了！下个目标是儿童画小树。
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You could whet your appetite with a couple singles: But the album flows so well that you can also just throw it on and enjoy the ride.
You could whet your appetite with a couple singles: But the album flows so well that you can also just throw it on and enjoy the ride.
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After an unusual pitch to investors, Anthropic has laid bare its challenges in becoming anything like a profitable, normal business in its IPO prospectus that was leaked to the FT on Tuesday. Posing an “existential risk to humanity” was among the messages reportedly intended to allure investors, as if to say, “We could make you rich, but also you might not live spend it.” The Reg has long suspected the apocalyptic schtick which has become de rigueur among AI model builders is suspiciously self-serving. It focuses attention on the supposed power of their technologies while also encouraging regulation of the sector once their claimed-to-be-race-winning horses have bolted. Nonetheless, the Financial Times points out that a third of Anthropic's prospectus talks about AI models with the ability to manipulate, blackmail and exhibit other unpredictable behaviours. Happy days. But what about brass tacks? According to the leaked figures, the maker of the Claude model favored among AI-assisted coders said it plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in the coming years. That’s more than a quarter of its hoped-for value of $2 trillion. The company spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year. Also according to the leaked doc, Anthropic made an operating loss of more than $8 billion last year, although revenue increased 12x to around $4.6 billion. While Anthropic courts investors with the end-of-the-world spiel, other news suggests we should question whether the underpinning of the AI economy is indeed sound. Oracle has promised to build $300 billion in datacenter capacity for OpenAI, a rival to Anthropic. However, it has issued a "force majeure" notice to Blue Owl, an alternative asset management company and specialist in private capital, according to reports. A force majeure is designed to allow signatories to opt out of contractual obligations in circumstances beyond their control. The concern lies around Oracle’s ability to get power to a large New Mexico datacenter, which Oracle says is going ahead as planned. Readers not drawn to the AI doomster narrative might pay heed to the other potential downside in the AI buildout, which is set to see $31.6 trillion in capital expenditure spent before 2050 to meet our supposed need for AI services. Current investment equates to around a third of all US economic growth, according to figures from August. Estimates earlier in the year put it higher. Were that to collapse, as the dotcom boom did, the effects on the world economy would be dire. With AI, discounting the worst that could happen does not offer much consolation. ®
PARIJS (ANP) - Bij scholierenprotesten in Frankrijk zijn veertig manifestanten aangehouden, volgens het ministerie van Onderwijs. Bij acties rond bijna 340 onderwijsinstellingen zijn tien gewonden gevallen onder leerlingen en schoolpersoneel.
Bij een school in de regio Parijs is een team van de nieuwszender BFMTV aangevallen, aldus de zender. In Bordeaux is volgens Franse media een brandweerman gewond geraakt toen er met een explosief werd gegooid.
Afgelopen week begonnen er op scholen in de regio Parijs protesten tegen het gebrek aan leraren, chaotische lesroosters en gebrekkige of ontbrekende voorzieningen op middelbare scholen. Een scholierenbond riep op dinsdag alle middelbare scholen te blokkeren. Dat is op veertig scholen gelukt, meldt het ministerie. De regering klaagt over geweldpleging en brandstichting.
Dinsdag werd als protestdag gekozen omdat vakbonden van overheidspersoneel dan betogen tegen het beleid van de regering en tegen het verlies aan koopkracht.
Het platform waarop statisticus Nicholas Polson publiceerde, heeft zijn profiel voorlopig bevroren en zijn artikelen offline gehaald.
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Elk regenseizoen vallen er in India en Nepal slachtoffers door modderstromen. Een dorp in de Indiase deelstaat Kerala worstelt twee jaar na zo’n drama nog steeds met de gevolgen. Maatregelen om herhaling te voorkomen zijn er nog nauwelijks. De wederopbouw leidt tot scheve ogen tussen hindoes en moslims.
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Dmitriev had meetings with representatives of the U.S. Treasury and Energy departments during his visit to Washington, sources told Reuters.
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2026 Update: Ten years is a long time in photography, and some of the techniques in this article have definitely aged better than others. But the basic idea hasn’t changed: if your portfolio is starting to look a bit samey, you don’t necessarily need more gear. Try changing how you approach the shot instead. Move, experiment with reflections and motion, look for unusual angles, or simply photograph something familiar in a completely different way. The technology has changed since this article was written, but getting out of your photographic comfort zone is still one of the easiest ways to make your work more interesting.
OR… are you still using the same camera you were in 2016?
In today’s world of digital photography there is an even greater demand and possibility to capture unique and different photos. Over time, every photographer will develop their own “cheat sheet” of techniques that they find pleasing, and more importantly, that their clients can use. There are numerous techniques and styles to diversify your portfolio, but here are six of my personal favourites to get you started.
1 – Put Yourself in the Picture
You see a beautiful vista and think the only thing that can improve it is having a person in the photo, to convey a sense of scale. But, you haven’t seen a single person in hours and are unlikely to see anyone anytime soon. This is when you can be your own model, and put yourself in the photo.
- Simply set your camera on a tripod and attached your cable release.
- Work out where and how you will appear in the photo (sitting down, leaning, etc.).
- Compose the photo and take a trial shot to ensure the lighting and composition work.
- Set the self-timer on your release for enough seconds to allow to get to the spot you need to get to (I find that 10 seconds is more than enough time for me).
- Press the release start the timer, then get into position (take your time, you can always add more time if you need to).
- Look at the result on your camera and make adjustments as needed (where you stand, etc.).
- Repeat the process until you are happy with the result.
It will take a bit of trial and error, but the key is to make sure the photo looks natural. The great thing about putting yourself in the shot is that you also have a model release (providing there are no other people in the photo).
2 – Tilt-Shift Photography
Without getting into huge detail, this type of photography, also known as diorama effect or miniature faking, is essentially a technique that uses the illusion of blurring parts of the photograph, to turn a real world scene into something that looks like a miniature model. This effect can either be created while taking the photograph using a tilt-shift lens, or more commonly, in post-production using Photoshop or Lightroom (there are plenty on tutorials showing the step-by-step process available).
Tilt-shift photography is a great way to add diversity to your cityscapes.
Photos that are taken from a high view point looking down work best (not directly from above), and you need to ensure that the main point of interest is sharp, as that will work in contrast to blurred parts of the image. Experiment with some of the photos you have and you may be surprised by the outcome.
3 – Silhouettes
One of the great aspects of photographs that utilize silhouettes is that it simplifies the photograph to a basic level, of showing the subject in a two dimensional format. There are no textures, just a general outline of the subject. To capture successful silhouettes you need to find a subject that is easily recognizable in this basic format (i.e. people, buildings, etc.).
Simply compose the photograph keeping the sun in front of you (it doesn’t have to be behind the subject), and if your silhouette is not dark enough, stop down the shutter speed a couple of stops (shooting in Manual mode, or use -2 Exposure Compensation in Aperture or Shutter Priority) until you get the desired effect. Remember to make sure you turn off your flash. The best time for silhouettes is at the beginning or end of the day, when the sun is low in the sky.
Successful silhouette photographs need to be a form that people will easily translate, something recognizable.
4 – Using Motion Blur
Motion blur is a truly fantastic way of adding dynamism to a photograph. Whether it’s the blur of movement of objects, people walking, playing sport or dancing, water, clouds in the sky, or even light trails from passing cars at night, a photograph with the correct motion blur can stand-out in any portfolio. Digital photography makes it incredibly easy to experiment with motion blur. The key is to ensure that it looks intentional, and not like camera shake.
To capture any sort of motion blur you will need to play around with the shutter speed. Put simply, the slower the shutter speed, the more movement you will capture, thus meaning more blur. Depending on the speed of the object, and also your creative vision, you will need a different shutter speed. Motion blur usually works best if there are sharp parts in a photo that contrast against the blur, so when using slow shutter speeds you will often need a tripod.
Motion blur is a great way to convey movement and speed and can add real dynamism to your images.
5 – Bleached Effect
This is one of the Lightroom preset effects that I love using on certain type of photos. Usually for portraits where the light is fairly flat and uninteresting, and I feel the photo feels gritty, harsh, and could benefit from muted tones. There are lots of different preset effects in Lightroom, and sometimes it’s worth having a flick through them to see if there are any that can enhance a photo. Like always, the great thing is that you can always revert to the original.
There are plenty of presets on Lightroom. Have flick through them and you might find something that enhances the photo.
6 – Unique Angles
Capturing unique photos is becoming more and more difficult, so sometimes you really have to think beyond the obvious eye-level shot. Get above objects and they look completely different. Get close to them and you start to capture details that people normally don’t see. Crouch down and capture a low angle, suddenly the scene takes on a completely different look. Next time you have captured the first photo, to go beyond that and capture a few more, but at completely different angles.
I had to stand on my chair to capture this photo.
This list is by no means all encompassing. Infrared photography, HDR, black and white photography, the list goes on and on. The important thing is to experiment and try out new techniques that you enjoy, find pleasing, and also help the final outcome. Over time you will build up a set of techniques and you will actively take photos for use with those techniques.
Now it’s your turn. What are your favorite techniques? Share them below.
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Dé toekomst van smartphones is kennelijk zeven jaar geleden ook al uitgevonden. Dat zeggen tech-experts. “Het is echt opmerkelijk, maar de grootste innovatie op het gebied van smartphones van dit jaar, de vouwtelefoon, is zeven jaar geleden ook al eens uitgevonden. Een opwindend resultaat!”
Hoe het kan dat de belangrijkste ontwikkeling op dit gebied van consumenten-tech jaren terug ook al eens is uitgevonden, weten wetenschappers nog niet zeker. “Misschien hebben ze het vijf jaar geleden gekopieerd van wat ze nu hebben uitgevonden. Maar we zoeken dit tot op de bodem uit hoor.”
Mooi om te zien dat de concurrentie eindelijk is waar Samsung al jaren geleden mee begonnen is: een vouwtelefoon. Bekijk de nieuwe Galaxy Z Fold8 modellen op https://www.galaxymatch.ai/
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