OPEN STUDIO THOUGHTS EP18

Well the Emsworth Arts Tail is over, thoughts, next steps and AI Animation 🎨 After the Art Trail | Studio Reset, AI Animation Experiments & What Happens Next The Emsworth Art Trail 2025 is finally over… and now comes the big studio reset. After 5 full days of exhibitions, conversations, visitors, and open studio life, it’s time to pack everything away, dismantle the displays, and turn the gallery space back into a working artist’s studio again. In this short studio update, I reflect on the art trail experience, discuss future plans, and share some early experiments animating my artwork using AI tools. ✨ In this video: Packing down the studio after the Emsworth Art Trail Behind-the-scenes look at dismantling exhibition displays Reflections on visitor turnout & art sales Thoughts about the future of open studio events Plans for future exhibitions & selling original artwork Progress on a new hand-coloured Darkwood print Experimenting with AI animation for traditional drawings Bringing static artwork to life with motion & atmosphere 🖼 Featured Artwork Ongoing colour version of The Breach of the Wall of Containment Darkwood sketchbook scenes Animated harbour sunrise artwork AI-enhanced motion experiments using original hand-drawn art 🤖 Traditional Art Meets AI Animation One of the most interesting parts of this year’s exhibition was experimenting with subtle AI-assisted animation. Not AI-generated artwork — the drawings remain entirely original and hand-created — but using animation tools to add movement, atmosphere, blinking characters, and environmental effects to existing pieces. Some worked brilliantly. Some… definitely didn’t. But the process is opening up new creative possibilities for the future of the Darkwood world. 🎥 What’s Coming Next Now that the art trail is over, the channel returns to: New paintings & drawings Sketchbook development Darkwood world-building Traditional art process videos Digital scanning & print production More experimental animation ideas 🌍 About the Channel This channel follows my journey as a UK artist creating: Pen & ink fantasy artwork Surreal landscapes & creatures The evolving Darkwood universe Traditional paintings & sketchbooks Studio vlogs and exhibition preparation 👍 Support the Channel If you enjoy: Behind-the-scenes artist content Traditional art techniques Fantasy world-building Studio life & exhibition prep Experimental art ideas 👉 Please like, subscribe, and follow the journey. 🔍 Keywords (SEO) artist vlog uk, emsworth art trail, studio reset, art exhibition breakdown, darkwood artwork, ai animation art, traditional art and ai, fantasy art animation, sketchbook artist, art studio vlog, pen and ink fantasy art, behind the scenes artist, open studio event, artist life uk 📌 Hashtags #ArtistVlog #Darkwood #ArtStudio #FantasyArt #AIAnimation #SketchbookArt #TraditionalArt #ArtExhibition #StudioLife #BehindTheScenes T