I am positively obsessed with today’s remarkably prolific artist, Tracy Porter. Porter, along with her husband, run the Porter Art Guild where she sells her art. I find her retro style with fantastical and modern touches to be so compelling. I never thought I’d respond like this to AI-assisted art. I guess in the hands of a true artist, AI can be a useful tool rather than a shortcut. Although the paintings are digital, she’s not using AI to cut corners. She uses it as one of many tools in her arsenal, and I think her results are thrilling.
“Tracy Porter utilizes a combination of a variety of tools, including traditional craft (painting, photography, drawing, etc..) and techno-craft (Canva®, AI, Photoshop®, Illustrator®, and more…), to create beautiful original digital works of art.”
I called her prolific, and I do realize that use of AI means you can get things done more quickly, but what amazes me is the sheer volume of ideas in this artist’s head. Porter contains multitudes…
You can see more of the amazing work by Tracy Porter on the Porter Art Guild website and on Instagram and Facebook.
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July 27, 2026 at 9:27 am
The mermaid ladies!!! 🧜♀️
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July 27, 2026 at 9:38 am
AI is today’s divisive art technique in much the same way that photography once was–it put the Art world on its EAR — was it art? Would it destroy painting? Then “digital art” came along and there was, again, much pulling of hair.
As an artist with about 50 jillion more ideas than time, the notion that I could get to the meat of work faster is compelling. And, just like photography and digital art and such, 90% of it is garbage. It’s that 10% where I see it as a potential elevation of creativity.
One of my favorite artists is Ray Ceasar, whose digital art is so amazing that I never get tired of it. What he is doing, and what this artist seems to be doing, is using a new set of tools. The question, though, is at what price?
My issue with AI is the harm to the environment. If, perhaps, we used it for those things that are important, groundbreaking, etc, and skipped the “what would I look like if I were a cat” and endless propoganda production, perhaps I could really get behind it. What I see, though, as we fight a shady AF AI Data Center in our community, is the amount of water used, the pollution generated so that we can make stupid memes and pretend we are talking to a person who doesn’t judge us.
It’s not ALL bad, but in the hands of capitalism, it is destructive and dangerous. Isn’t that always the rub?
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July 27, 2026 at 1:56 pm
First, “What would I look like if I were a cat” made me cackle loudly. The cat is now glaring at me from a corner of the room. And my issue with AI is mostly environmental. But i am endlessly fascinated by what human hands can create. I’ve been using Photoshop for 4,000 years, and I do respect how much artistry and skill goes into it. I can admire AI art as well, but I’d like to not have to go digging for the answer to AI or not when I look at something.
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July 27, 2026 at 10:09 am
interesting
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July 27, 2026 at 1:57 pm
I like their mood and vintage feel.
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July 27, 2026 at 3:04 pm
I am impressed by the painterly quality she achieves using digital tools and I really love her colour palettes. I would be fascinated to see her process to understand how she incorporates AI as a tool because, unlike most AI assisted art I see, I don’t see any obvious signs.
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July 28, 2026 at 3:23 pm
I had the same thought. I think her concepts are so interesting.
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