Tag: Creativity

Introducing the AI-Powered Text-to-Diagram Generator | September 30 2025, 20:57

While working on a book, I realized what kind of product I’m missing. It’s an AI diagram generator based on textual descriptions.

The idea is that the master document for the diagram is text. This textual description can be (and should be) quite detailed, so the generated diagram exactly matches the author’s vision. The diagram itself is not edited. That is, it can be edited – moving circles around, but ideally, after making changes, the system should update the text, generating from which will result in what the user adjusted.

The result — the diagram — should correspond as closely as possible to the description. If it does not match the description because, for example, it’s impossible to make a triangle with three obtuse angles, the system should do its best and provide a verbal response about what didn’t work. The user can then modify the task so that the system complies and produces the diagram correctly.

But then we understand that the author might have randomly achieved something that they liked with their flawed text. And if regenerated, it might turn out differently, and not necessarily better. Therefore —

You could ask the system to generate a diagram description from the diagram, which, if inputted back into the diagram generator, would result exactly in what the description was generated from. Yes, this description would be more verbose and complex, but it would more reliably describe the result.

So, from this point, you are no longer working with the diagram. You are working with text. If a diagram is needed — you simply compile the text into a diagram and it turns out as needed. But you don’t even work directly with the text. You work with this diagram-description text through an LLM, asking it to add some block, and the text changes, but changes in a way that everything doesn’t suddenly shift.

The final diagram should be in an object form, from which raster (PNG) or vector (SVG, EPS) images can be created.

It would also be great if such a system could take existing diagrams or diagram templates so that it could borrow styles and existing conventions on how to display what.

So, these are my fantasies. If anyone has ideas on how to implement this — let’s discuss 🙂

The Optical Illusion of the Changing Purple Dots | September 27 2025, 23:44

An interesting trick. To color the circle dark purple, you simply need to look at it and it will instantly change color. However, to revert it back, you just need to stop looking at it, and it will return to its original appearance (though you’re likely to look at another circle instead)

Classic Art with a Twist: Discovering Humor in “Рживопись” | September 16 2025, 19:12

Judging by the likes and shares, the previous collection was a hit, so here’s more! Context: Found a group on Telegram called “Pun Painting,” which was very delightful. Spent an hour during vacation using a script to download the paintings and apply their custom titles from their channel.

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Exploring Kal Gajoum’s Masterful Blend of Abstraction and Realism in Cityscapes | September 15 2025, 13:45

An interesting artist — Kal Gajoum (Canada, 1968). His works are amazing. Mostly cityscapes, but there are also a few still lifes. Judging by the number of works, Kal somehow manages to create these masterpieces almost like on a conveyor belt, yet you never feel like adding or removing anything from a single piece. For me, it’s the perfect balance of abstraction and realism. Enjoy 🙂

Creative Mashup: Exploring Telegram’s “Rzhivopis” Art Parodies | September 12 2025, 20:12

I discovered a hilariously wacky group on Telegram, “Rzhivopis.” I spent an hour on vacation using a script to download their paintings and overlay them with their custom titles from their channel. Then two more hours reviewing them all and picking out the best. Definitely subscribe, there are about 2000 paintings, I won’t post that many, but maybe next time there will be a second part of the funniest:)

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Seeing Shapes and Shadows: How Portrait Drawing Changes Our View of Faces | September 12 2025, 15:44

It’s interesting that even a little experience in drawing portraits makes one see patterns in other people’s faces that you wouldn’t think about otherwise. For example, you look at someone’s face, and some points on the face converge into an equilateral triangle. Or the shadow from the sun forms a notable pattern. Or some lines are strictly parallel or perpendicular. And at that moment, you feel like grabbing a pencil and trying to sketch it. At this point, it seems that achieving a likeness is a piece of cake.

Or you notice that a silvery dress is the darkest thing in the picture and probably needs to be depicted almost in black. With highlights, of course. This contradicts the notion that “a silvery dress is just a shiny white.”

Sometimes you look at someone’s face, reassured that the typical proportions are maintained, or, conversely, that they are not. There are also optical illusions. They are the most interesting. It’s when it seems that some point exactly divides a segment in half, but as soon as you measure, it turns out not to be the case.

It’s also interesting that our eyes deceive us about what lines are and what are not lines. Here, it would be more correct not to use the word line” but edge.”

Exploring Shepherdstown: A Hidden Gem in West Virginia | August 20 2025, 13:00

From the trip to Shepherdstown, WV. A small town an hour’s drive from home, founded over 260 years ago. Hardly any tourists, but the few small restaurants and shops compete against each other for the attention and interest of passing travelers.

From the street, there’s an open window at the Lost Dog Coffee cafe. Inside works a very colorful bartender and owner, Garth Emmery Janssen. The coffee shop’s Facebook tagline reads “Founded in 1995 by two crazy punk rockers. We are not normal. We do things correctly. it’s ❤️”

Oat milk latte, please. Dear sir, Garth answers me, that wouldn’t exactly be a latte then. But if you insist, of course. Okay, I say, make it the right way, it doesn’t matter to me. The coffee turned out delicious.

Next, there was an art studio, which I have already written about in previous posts, a handmade cosmetics store where the owner eagerly shares her chemical experiments on the quest for perfect creams and soaps, and where she sells prints drawn by her daughter, who, unfortunately, has grown up and no longer wants to draw.

A very homely atmosphere everywhere. And a nice little town. It lacked modernity, and yes, our regions are all like that, with dust from the past, modernity is somewhat cumbersome.

Exploring Gender and Identity in Michael Davis’s “Madam XY” | August 18 2025, 14:09

We arrived in Sheperdstown yesterday, where there is a studio of a local artist, Michael Davis. His works are very interesting. In the studio, an enormous painting hangs on the whole wall, which immediately brings a smile to those somewhat versed in art, as it’s a riff on Madam X, and the artist decided to add Y — clearly alluding to transgender identity. At first, I thought it was his wife he painted (she seemed to be in charge at the studio yesterday, but perhaps they just resemble the XY model, so I didn’t ask). The strap on Madam XY has fallen, just like in Sargent’s original version before he repainted it and relocated it to avoid complete moral outrage.

A very talented artist. I will definitely visit his classes. Initially, I said “as much as 50 minutes to ride”, but now I think about it and will say “only 50 minutes to ride”.

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Michael Timothy Davis Fine Art