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Isabella Bannerman's avatar

Hey Rina! These are really nice! Thanks for pushing back against the big bad AI, and making things your own way.

The paintings are very nice. Since it would be difficult to spend an afternoon in a park with you, this is the next best thing.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Thanks, Isabella! So nice of you to say that!😊

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Anne Gibbons's avatar

Rina, these are amazing! Love the artwork in both videos and the music is surprising, mysterious and kind of enchanting. Like Isabella said, I was glad you went with your own artwork. I was disheartened when you mentioned using AI and relieved when you ditched it.

You're a terrible painter?? I beg to differ!!!

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Anne, thank you so much for saying that— it means a lot to me since it’s coming from you (your paintings are soooo damn good!)🙂

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Anne Gibbons's avatar

You're very welcome, Rina!!! I think this is a case of seeing in someone else's work what we can't see in our own. As far as painting goes, I always thought I was doing something wrong, that I was mixing up colors too much, my palette a muddy mess. Then I started taking a weekly class and realized this was normal. Also saw how much we could appreciate one another's work more than we could our own.

I appreciate your reminding us to play around with no expectations, just exploring. It's true we need to do that or we'll be drawing humorless corpses!

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

So very true. Thanks, Anne!

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Liane Wakabayashi's avatar

Id love to learn how to make ambient videos. Very inspiring and calming, Rina.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Thank you, Liane. It’s not very different than making a video using photos— the difference is that you’re using your own drawings. You can put it altogether in iMovie or other video editing app. (I use both iMovie and VideoShop.) Royalty free jingles, sound effects, and music can be found online and on iTunes. I’m still learning, too! Thanks for the feedback!🙂

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Tim Wiesnerer's avatar

The music is a beautiful invitation to see your image from many different perspectives. 👍

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

🎶🙂

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The Bob's avatar

This was really well-written and I love the two videos. Thank you, Rina.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Thank you so much, Bob!😊

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Stephen Beals's avatar

Yes, I absolutely have a garden of dead ideas from which several unexpected ideas have flourished. Creating things works better than Prozac.

This is wonderful work. I think fellow creators inspire me more than anything else. Now I want to learn how to make one of these videos.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

“Creating things works better than Prozac”— so very true! Thanks, Stephen!🙂

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Hilary B. Price's avatar

I love your brain!

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Why? It’s gross, grey and mushy, hahaha!😁

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Alex Hallatt's avatar

Weird good.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Thanks, Alex!🙂

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Antonella Scali's avatar

I love these Rina!!

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Thanks, Nella!😊

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Mary Lawton's avatar

You're not "a terrible painter"!! This is all wonderful.

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Rina Piccolo's avatar

Some are pretty bad, Lol…. But thank you, Mary, so appreciate it!😊

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