If there’s one question that has followed me since I began my research in Digital Humanities, it’s this: After all, what is a virtual museum for? Many people imagine it’s just an online exhibition — a digital tour with photos of a collection. But that’s not it. A virtual museum can be much more than…
Mila entered a few local shops in a rural town in Galicia, Spain, desperately asking for help. She fled each time someone called the police. Hours later, her body was found in a garbage container. A few days went by, and the news vanished. She was referred to merely as “a woman of Brazilian nationality.”…
In a firm and unwavering stance, with her sword resting calmly on her lap, her bare chest exposed and her eyes blindfolded, the message of Themis is clear: she does not fear Man, nor does she need her weapon to uphold justice. This image, a witness to Brazil’s political history since the early days of…
If there’s one kind of Generative AI that appeals to me even more than those that create images from text prompts, it’s the ones that transform a sketch into defined, colored artwork. Personally, I wouldn’t use them to finalize one of my own pieces, but I’ve found these AIs incredibly useful for defining color composition…
Durante uma boa parte da minha vida eu sempre levei comigo algum material de desenho e até hoje, confesso que não me sinto realmente completa se não souber que tenho um caderninho e uma caneta de nankin à mão, mesmo tendo substituído os cadernos de estudos pelo tablet com caneta. O hábido de desenhar se…
Like any regular human who uses Facebook, I try to be part of communities related to the things that bring me joy. In my case, these are amateur drawing communities. I ended up inheriting a few of these communities (one of them with 79,000 members) from other admins who, for one reason or another, left…
The past few weeks have been a bit chaotic, and I ended up not updating the website. My bad… But let’s move on. I’m back, and I’d like to talk about a topic that sparked a great discussion in one of my amateur drawing groups on Facebook. The thing is, I personally think realism is…