Just wanted to leave this hear. My jaw drops every time I see work from Nick. Keep it up <3
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Can you elaborate?
Trollā¦ just move alongā¦
Not a troll. Nick is a popular designer in Glowforge-oriented social media groups. He also has several designs in the Glowforge Catalog and has made video content for the company.
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Nick is great but but youāll find the real GOAT on Toddās channel.
See, arenāt vague references infuriating?!
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Sorry, i was laughing so hard. I remember it meant something good, but my mental image of a goat pumping out complicated designs with a braid in the billy goat beard wearing little glasses at the tip of its nose had me rolling. When i calmed down a bit, i googled it. I really shouldnāt be here before coffee.
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So I asked midjourney to make āa goat using a laser cutting machineāā¦ and man, that goat has skills:
I mean he seems kind of stuck on backlit panels, but if thatās what sells on Goetsy, then so be it.
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I always read these like this:
āā¦ is a goatā = Bad. Calling someone an annoying farm animal or referring to a āscape-goatā
āā¦ is the GOATā = Great. Meaning the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T).
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OKā¦ now it makes sense!
I knew nothing about this Nick guy. Now I do!
Thanks!
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I think itās triple funny for me because yesterday i was attempting to draw a goat. No backlit stuff thoughā¦if thatās what sells, i should consider itā¦maybe when my goat stops looking like a blob with a beardā¦
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Iād never heard this at all until nowā¦but, I do know who Nick is.
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While this is a really random post with no context, Nick is an awesome designer. I love the work heās done with the new paper/plastic patternply material from Smokey Hills. I think Iāve got some of that stuff in my stash somewhere (unprinted), but I canāt for the life of me remember what itās called.
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āPatternPly Flexā
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Thanks. I actually meant that I couldnāt remember what the base material is called. 
I am pretty sure I have some of it from long before lasering became a home hobby.
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Really helpful guy* <3 love his work <3
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/03/tech/ai-art-fair-winner-controversy/index.html
Someone won an art contest with midjourney results. I skimmed, but didnāt read in detail.
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I read this article. Fascinating. I can see both sides. The āartistā was very upfront about how he created his pieceā¦and it was entered in the digital art categoryā¦so Iām not sure what the big deal is. Personally, I donāt think 'real 'artists have to worry about their work or the creativity being supplanted. Itās another art form.
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To me this looks kind of like the advent of digital photography.
There was a time when only Real Photographers shot photos for newspapers, and weddings, but then one day really high quality gear became affordableā¦ and the internet was full of lessonsā¦ and suddenly there was a glut of photos that people were literally giving away. Sure, lots of the photos were crap, but lots were good enough. Heck, even I have had photos in magazines and newspapers and I am no great photographer! People like me give the pros fits and devalue their work. I can understand why they hate hobbyists.
I reckon something similar will happen again to illustrators thanks to this kind of software.
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There is a lot of ongoing discussion about how this might be a little more complicated than something becoming easier because of technology. Here is another recent article along that line:
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Good article.
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