Mark Burgess
@markburgess.bsky.social
Artist and writer
http://www.markburgess.co.uk
http://www.markburgess.co.uk
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November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Excellent! I've not managed it yet - poor seeing and a problematic bit of sky for me - but will try again on Sunday.
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Excellent! I've not managed it yet - poor seeing and a problematic bit of sky for me - but will try again on Sunday.
👍 I always found it problematic that clients wanted roughs that looked like the finished thing but I needed to work on really rough roughs to keep the inking sparky.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
👍 I always found it problematic that clients wanted roughs that looked like the finished thing but I needed to work on really rough roughs to keep the inking sparky.
Miss Bates is a sublime creation.
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Miss Bates is a sublime creation.
Generative AI is so pernicious to the creative industries. Most people seem to have no idea of the effect it is having (or care). And the only benefit will be to make a few people very rich. [I like to make the distinction - iterative AI is generally good, I think, such as medical diagnosis]
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Generative AI is so pernicious to the creative industries. Most people seem to have no idea of the effect it is having (or care). And the only benefit will be to make a few people very rich. [I like to make the distinction - iterative AI is generally good, I think, such as medical diagnosis]
Studio work - I know how much hard work that was! (I have only the briefest experience - not for me.)
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Studio work - I know how much hard work that was! (I have only the briefest experience - not for me.)
Not ridiculous at all! 😉 And Polaroids - I remember them! Did you work for an ad agency in Soho? (I went to art school in London in the late 70s!)
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not ridiculous at all! 😉 And Polaroids - I remember them! Did you work for an ad agency in Soho? (I went to art school in London in the late 70s!)
Excellent, thank you!
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Excellent, thank you!
I think of generative AI as basically ending up like this:
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I think of generative AI as basically ending up like this:
There was an old lady in this village who always took her Dachshund for a walk that way. If it was cold, there would be a blanket.
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There was an old lady in this village who always took her Dachshund for a walk that way. If it was cold, there would be a blanket.
Nicely described in Trollope's Orley Farm.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nicely described in Trollope's Orley Farm.
When I saw them there was nobody else there. That was about 1978.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When I saw them there was nobody else there. That was about 1978.
As long as it gets you to the middle of a field... 😂
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
As long as it gets you to the middle of a field... 😂
A pointed reminder.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A pointed reminder.
Excellent - thank you.
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Excellent - thank you.
It's for getting stones out of (very small) horse's hooves. 😂
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's for getting stones out of (very small) horse's hooves. 😂
Ghastly. And yesterday was the Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ghastly. And yesterday was the Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine.