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Any child of the 80s could tell you that Filmations’ He-man and the Masters of the Universe was one of the coolest cartoons to grace the television screen. Next to Batman, He-man was my favorite character and this passion led to collecting several of the figures including the “rad” Castle Greyskull.

The basic storyline of He-man involved the character of Prince Adam (of Eternia). His task was to stop any evil plans constructed by the overlord Skeletor. The only way to overthrow the powers of evil was to transform into the muscle bound hero by waving his sword in the air and shouting, “By the power of Greyskull!”.

Several people I know hail the artwork of Thomas Kinkade while others (including me) think the Kinkade machine has run its course. Personally, when I think of great American art I think of Norman Rockwell. His paintings inspired me to become an artist and best of all included the essence of the human spirit within each stroke.

According to The Norman Rockwell Museum:

From Electronic Gaming Monthly:

Your average gamer these days is in his late 20s, young enough to still find new ways to destroy brain cells, old enough to worry about bills and 401ks, and wise enough to reminisce about the good ol’ days of videogames. But was the age of Pong, Atari, Mattel handheld football, and Donkey Kong really all that great, or are we just blinded by fuzzy, warm nostalgia?

John Martz of robotjohnny.com posted an intriguing article the other day in regards to graphic designers and artists in general being replaced by software. It’s a heated debate amongst the graphic design community especially considering the majority of artists believe computers simply could never replace an artist. It’s evident that a computer can however replicate the works of Picasso and Van Gogh but only based on a set of instructions (or algorithms) that tell the computer to reproduce the artwork.

My comment in response to his article summed up my thoughts;