visualarts
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What’s The Point of Expanding Album Covers with AI?
The beauty of a good album cover is that it can perfectly encapsulate the mood of a dozen or so songs in a single image or illustration — and that’s a difficult feat when you only have a square-sized canvas to work with. In order to depict the world that an album takes place in,…
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Melissa Barrera Is Reuniting With Her Scream Directors for a Mysterious Universal Monster Movie
Radio Silence — directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella — successfully rebooted one of horror’s biggest franchises with Scream and Scream VI. Now they’ve tapped the star of those films, Melissa Barrera, to join another movie reviving a beloved property from horror’s past, in the form of a mysterious Universal Monster…
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An Ode to Mondo, Featuring All the Posters Currently on My Walls
Mondo has had a huge impact on my life. As far back as I can remember, I always loved movie posters. Growing up, I’d buy posters at Suncoast or take them from my video store, and tack them to my wall. If they ripped, I’d just throw them out and get new ones. Years later,…
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Notre-Dame Repair Reveals Another Historic First: 800-Year Old Iron Reinforcements
Scientists working on the scorched interior of Notre-Dame de Paris have found iron was used in the cathedral’s construction in the mid-12th century. It’s an unexpected discovery that changes how researchers thought the church was built, and provides surprising insights on the iron trade in 12th-century Paris.