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Christopher Ryan

@ckryanco.bsky.social

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Boulder, Colorado, programmer for media companies and photographer / digital artist -- I love the intersection of art and tech.

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Feb 9

Shapes series (Spheres). A real model composited into a digital world. #art #digitalart #photography #compositeart #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #model #cgi #artnude #fineartnude #shapes #sphere

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · 3d

Prison of the Mind series I. Not AI. #art #digitalart #photography #compositeart #3Dart #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #model
#modelphotography #cgi
#artnude #fineartnude

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · 12d

A better photo of the encaustic painting from Open Studios in Boulder

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · 15d

A bit of fun at #Boulder, #Colorado, Open Studios tour. Encaustic isn't my usual medium, but Charli Ornett had wax and small boards available at her studio -- so I gave it a try. I love the sculptural quality of wax. #Encaustic #OpenStudios #art #painting #monochrome #blackandwhite

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Aug 15

Haven't posted here in quite a while, but the #sunset on my walk at Twin Lakes in #Boulder #Colorado was to spectacular not to share.
#photography #nature #hiking

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jul 21

I took a fish tank to a night photo shoot at a swimming pool. Not bad results for a first trial. #art #photography #model #blackandwhite #bnw #underwater #swimmingpool #abstract

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jul 7

Final image will be "Cyborg City 3000 - Where Guns are so 2025", with a beautiful cyborg in a utopian world. But there's a mushroom cloud on the horizon...

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jul 7

Image 3 in this series will be "Suicide City 2055 - Lots of cold, dead hands", with the model posed multiple times in a circular firing squad

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Gun series (2 of 4 planned images that the NRA will *not* like. Model Pam S in cgi-generated worlds. No AI. #art #photography #digitalart #model #cgi #compositeart #studiophotography #guncontrol

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jun 17

Dark Angel series - complete. An early experiment with compositing a real model into a cgi/digital scene. #art #model #photography #digitalart #cgi #scifi #compositeart

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jun 16

Dark Angel series 2. An early experiment with compositing a real model into a cgi/digital scene. #art #model #photography #digitalart #cgi #scifi #compositeart

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Jun 15

Dark Angel series 1. An early experiment with compositing a real model into a cgi/digital scene. #art #model #photography #digitalart #cgi #scifi #compositeart

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · May 27

Perfect admission that AI "art" is pure thievery. #art #AI

www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

www.theverge.com

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · May 10

Ice fragments in Boulder Creek. For #BlueSkyArtShow -- which has a theme of #Lines today
#ice #winter #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmonochrome #bnw #naturephotography

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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · May 10

Over 400 British musicians, writers, and artists ask Keir Starmer to back a rule requiring developers to be transparent about using their material to train LLMs (BBC)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · May 3

Well, it seems the "Explicit" label was removed after all...

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · May 3

Shapes series (Dominos). Model M composited into a digital world, from a new shoot. #art #digitalart #photography #compositeart #3Dart #monochrome #classicmono #bnw #blackandwhite #model #modelphotography #cgi #artnude #fineartnude #shapes #dominos

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 26

For #BlueSkyArtShow #Earth theme. Somewhere between Denver and LA. I normally get an aisle seat. But with late-afternoon sunlight, the window was magical. #art #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #blackandwhite #bnw #classicmono #monochrome #aerial

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 23

Whistling past the graveyard... I miss the old Post.

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 23

I thought Bluesky was getting better at label appeals. They slapped an "Explicit Sexual Content" label on this, despite the fact that it was self-labeled as non-sexual/artistic nudity. The appeal was ignored. This discourages self-labeling.

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 22

Shapes series (Spheres). Model M composited into a digital world, from a new shoot. #art #digitalart #photography #compositeart #3Dart #monochrome #classicmono #bnw #blackandwhite #model #modelphotography #cgi #artnude #fineartnude #shapes #spheres

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 19

The Book of Dreams for #BlueSkyArtShow which has a #Dream theme. A real model composited into a digital world. #art #digitalart #photography #compositeart #monochrome #bnw #blackandwhite #model #cgi #artnude #fineartnude #3dart

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sandalwood dreams. For #BlueskyArtShow -- #Peaceful One of my first #composite pieces. #art #photography #digitalart #dream #dreams #dreaming #meditation

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 8

Light painting with Sara 2. All illumination was from a hand-held flashlight in a dark studio. #art #photography #model #portrait #fashionshoot #longexposure #studiophotography #modelphotography #coloradomodel

Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 5

Ahna in the studio. For #BlueSkyArtShow #Silhouette

#art #photography #studio #model #coloradomodel #monochrome #classicmono #blackandwhite #bnw

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Christopher Ryan @ckryanco.bsky.social · Apr 2

Light painting with Sara. All illumination was from a hand-held flashlight in a dark studio. #art #photography #model #portrait #fashionshoot #longexposure #studiophotography #modelphotography #coloradomodel

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