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  • Greetings!

    Greetings!

    Hello and welcome to my art blog! My name is Gunnar Quist and I’m so glad you stopped by. I’ve been a professional artist for over a decade now, specializing in a unique blend of pointillism and pixel art. Art has been a passion of mine since childhood. Lately, I’ve been fascinated with AI generative…

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  • My First Painting

    My First Painting

    In my last post, I spoke about my earliest influences in computer art. That medium has fascinated me since I was a kid in the ’70s. However, I was drawing and painting before I saw my first video game. Granted, I was just in kindergarten and my art skills were not great. But ever since…

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  • A Kid and His Pixels

    A Kid and His Pixels

    As I said in my first post, where do I begin? Perhaps it’s best to properly introduce myself and describe some of my backstory. I am in my 50s and so my story could be quite long. So I’ll just focus on my first experiences with computer art. I was born in 1970 in Oak…

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  • Pantanas

    Pantanas

    The title of this series is a portmanteau of “pantone” and “fantanas.” The latter a reference to an old soft drink ad campaign. In September 2021 I dived into painting again by experimenting with image processing of nudes, textures, and colors. Although I started with found photos from the internet, it was satisfactory for what…

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