Richard H Fay - Artist/Illustrator/Poet/Polymath
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scifi, fantasy, & horror artist, illustrator, & poet
multi-genre print-on-demand artist, designer, & photographer
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multi-genre print-on-demand artist, designer, & photographer
My PoD shops:
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https://www.zazzle.com/store/richardfay
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An art movement is a trend among a group of artists of the same general period to move toward a particular style, philosophy, and objective. Examples of art movements include: Cubism, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Street Art, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco.
AI is not an art movement.
AI is not an art movement.
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
An art movement is a trend among a group of artists of the same general period to move toward a particular style, philosophy, and objective. Examples of art movements include: Cubism, Surrealism, Realism, Pop Art, Street Art, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco.
AI is not an art movement.
AI is not an art movement.
The low income for most writers was a pathetic situation prior to the advent of generative AI and AI-produced slop, and AI is just making that situation even worse.
Want to write as a hobby? Go for it! Want to make a living writing? You might have better luck playing the lottery!
Want to write as a hobby? Go for it! Want to make a living writing? You might have better luck playing the lottery!
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The low income for most writers was a pathetic situation prior to the advent of generative AI and AI-produced slop, and AI is just making that situation even worse.
Want to write as a hobby? Go for it! Want to make a living writing? You might have better luck playing the lottery!
Want to write as a hobby? Go for it! Want to make a living writing? You might have better luck playing the lottery!
AI may stop writing from being marketable.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
AI may stop writing from being marketable.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
I actually know of one small-press publisher who dropped out of the field due, in part, to the influx of AI submissions.
Sure, go ahead, write that novel, but expect to publish it yourself, and don't expect to sell many copies.
Pro writers, especially novelists, were already a dying breed prior to the advent of AI. AI is merely nailing down the coffin lid.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Pro writers, especially novelists, were already a dying breed prior to the advent of AI. AI is merely nailing down the coffin lid.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
I stopped submitting written works to publications around the time AI became an issue, not because of AI, but the AI issue reinforces that decision.
Reference image versus my art
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reference image versus my art
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
Image of dragon attacking an elephant from a medieval manuscript versus "Nessiterix Attacks an Elephoid".
The re-published and re-priced (now $3.99) Kindle edition of my double-length speculative poetry collection, COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS, is live on Amazon.
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The re-published and re-priced (now $3.99) Kindle edition of my double-length speculative poetry collection, COSMIC JOURNEYS AND GOTHIC VISIONS, is live on Amazon.
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions : A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/gOdQrD9 #Amazon via @Amazon
Share your pictures. No words. Just pictures
November 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Share your pictures. No words. Just pictures
I don't trust AI. I don't trust that the info AI provides is accurate, or even real.
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I don't trust AI. I don't trust that the info AI provides is accurate, or even real.
Yes, the process IS important in art. That's why we have different artistic forms/subdivisions like the seven major ones: sculpture, painting, music, theater, film/cinema, literature, and architecture, and different artistic media such as clay, oil paints, watercolors, and so on.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Yes, the process IS important in art. That's why we have different artistic forms/subdivisions like the seven major ones: sculpture, painting, music, theater, film/cinema, literature, and architecture, and different artistic media such as clay, oil paints, watercolors, and so on.
I'm glad I wrote nonfiction articles for publication in small-press venues before all of this generative AI and AI overview business flooded the internet. I found many a primary source via Google search. Nowadays, the results are often too full of garbage to be useful.
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm glad I wrote nonfiction articles for publication in small-press venues before all of this generative AI and AI overview business flooded the internet. I found many a primary source via Google search. Nowadays, the results are often too full of garbage to be useful.
Was telling Michele how writing poetry for sharing online versus writing poetry for submission to various publications has actually freed up my creativity and range as a poet. Nowadays, I'm able to write whatever I want to and not worry whether or not it's worthy of publication.
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Was telling Michele how writing poetry for sharing online versus writing poetry for submission to various publications has actually freed up my creativity and range as a poet. Nowadays, I'm able to write whatever I want to and not worry whether or not it's worthy of publication.
Don Quixote
A knight in rusted armor
With crestless tinpot helm
Atop his addled head
Tilts wildly at windmills
To impress a titleless lady,
Proving his mad love remains
Forever and always
Undefeated.
A knight in rusted armor
With crestless tinpot helm
Atop his addled head
Tilts wildly at windmills
To impress a titleless lady,
Proving his mad love remains
Forever and always
Undefeated.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Don Quixote
A knight in rusted armor
With crestless tinpot helm
Atop his addled head
Tilts wildly at windmills
To impress a titleless lady,
Proving his mad love remains
Forever and always
Undefeated.
A knight in rusted armor
With crestless tinpot helm
Atop his addled head
Tilts wildly at windmills
To impress a titleless lady,
Proving his mad love remains
Forever and always
Undefeated.
I'm a self-employed freelance artist and small businessman. I'm not firing myself. As long as people keep buying items featuring my art (and they have been so far), I'll keep doing art for items in my print-on-demand stores.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm a self-employed freelance artist and small businessman. I'm not firing myself. As long as people keep buying items featuring my art (and they have been so far), I'll keep doing art for items in my print-on-demand stores.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
I'm also a poet. AI hasn't stopped me penning poetry.
Do I view gatekeeping in the world of publications as a negative? Yes and no. I think there are times the gatekeepers in that world get it wrong, and I think there are times they let their personal biases influence their decisions, but I understand that it's a part of that world.
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Do I view gatekeeping in the world of publications as a negative? Yes and no. I think there are times the gatekeepers in that world get it wrong, and I think there are times they let their personal biases influence their decisions, but I understand that it's a part of that world.
As an artist, the only time I came close to playing the role of gatekeeper was when I ran the Niteblade Art Blog for the editor of the fantasy and horror zine Niteblade (not that artists were ever knocking down my door in their eagerness to be featured in the blog).
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
As an artist, the only time I came close to playing the role of gatekeeper was when I ran the Niteblade Art Blog for the editor of the fantasy and horror zine Niteblade (not that artists were ever knocking down my door in their eagerness to be featured in the blog).
Just as with the terms "artist" and "creative", AI bros fail to understand the meaning of the term "gatekeeper" (a person who controls who is granted access to a category or status). No one gatekeeps access to status as an artist — the act of creating art makes one an artist.
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Just as with the terms "artist" and "creative", AI bros fail to understand the meaning of the term "gatekeeper" (a person who controls who is granted access to a category or status). No one gatekeeps access to status as an artist — the act of creating art makes one an artist.
Having dealt with genuine gatekeepers (editors) in a genuinely gate-kept field (publications), I must say AI bros sound ridiculous when they call non-AI-using artists "gatekeepers".
No artist who wasn't also an editor has EVER dictated whether or not my art would be seen.
No artist who wasn't also an editor has EVER dictated whether or not my art would be seen.
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Having dealt with genuine gatekeepers (editors) in a genuinely gate-kept field (publications), I must say AI bros sound ridiculous when they call non-AI-using artists "gatekeepers".
No artist who wasn't also an editor has EVER dictated whether or not my art would be seen.
No artist who wasn't also an editor has EVER dictated whether or not my art would be seen.
Added a bunch of my recently penned poetry to my Azure Lion Productions blog.
richardhfay.blogspot.com
If you missed these poems when I posted them to social media, now they may be found in one place over on my blog.
#blog #poems #poetry
richardhfay.blogspot.com
If you missed these poems when I posted them to social media, now they may be found in one place over on my blog.
#blog #poems #poetry
Azure Lion Productions
richardhfay.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Added a bunch of my recently penned poetry to my Azure Lion Productions blog.
richardhfay.blogspot.com
If you missed these poems when I posted them to social media, now they may be found in one place over on my blog.
#blog #poems #poetry
richardhfay.blogspot.com
If you missed these poems when I posted them to social media, now they may be found in one place over on my blog.
#blog #poems #poetry
A reminder that I'm back to keeping a blog over at Blogger:
richardhfay.blogspot.com
I've posted a lot of my poetry to my blog.
richardhfay.blogspot.com
I've posted a lot of my poetry to my blog.
Azure Lion Productions
richardhfay.blogspot.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A reminder that I'm back to keeping a blog over at Blogger:
richardhfay.blogspot.com
I've posted a lot of my poetry to my blog.
richardhfay.blogspot.com
I've posted a lot of my poetry to my blog.
There was a bald eagle perched atop an evergreen tree when Michele and I went to the local Market32 earlier this afternoon. The bird was just sitting there as if posing. Sadly, my phone didn't take the greatest of pics of it, but you can tell it's an eagle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There was a bald eagle perched atop an evergreen tree when Michele and I went to the local Market32 earlier this afternoon. The bird was just sitting there as if posing. Sadly, my phone didn't take the greatest of pics of it, but you can tell it's an eagle.
Our marigolds have finally given up the ghost. They're done! A frost the other night did them in. Took these pics earlier this week.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Our marigolds have finally given up the ghost. They're done! A frost the other night did them in. Took these pics earlier this week.
The paperback edition of my double-length (129 pages) speculative poetry collection has now been re-published through Amazon's KDP, at a lower price ($6.99).
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The paperback edition of my double-length (129 pages) speculative poetry collection has now been re-published through Amazon's KDP, at a lower price ($6.99).
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions: A Speculative Poetry Collection a.co/d/beXbdbg #Amazon via @Amazon
#poetry
Scientists talk about science.
Historians talk about history.
Folklorists talk about folklore.
Artists talk about art.
Poets talk about poetry.
Writers talk about writing.
AI bots claiming to be one of the above rarely talk about things related to their alleged field.
Historians talk about history.
Folklorists talk about folklore.
Artists talk about art.
Poets talk about poetry.
Writers talk about writing.
AI bots claiming to be one of the above rarely talk about things related to their alleged field.
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Scientists talk about science.
Historians talk about history.
Folklorists talk about folklore.
Artists talk about art.
Poets talk about poetry.
Writers talk about writing.
AI bots claiming to be one of the above rarely talk about things related to their alleged field.
Historians talk about history.
Folklorists talk about folklore.
Artists talk about art.
Poets talk about poetry.
Writers talk about writing.
AI bots claiming to be one of the above rarely talk about things related to their alleged field.
Way, way back art — colored pencil illustrations of ironclads I did for a social studies report in 8th grade (circa 1981).
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Way, way back art — colored pencil illustrations of ironclads I did for a social studies report in 8th grade (circa 1981).
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.
They're a bit rough, but you can definitely tell what they're meant to be.