About
My life has been accompanied by art and creativity throughout. Since my childhood, I have been fascinated by the creative process and the mechanisms of artistic effects on the viewer or observer. Visuals are important to everyone, whether they participate in the process as creators or as viewers.
In recent years, I have become increasingly engaged with image creation. Although I have drawn whenever I had the chance in the past, it was only recently that I felt a desire to engage more intensively with visual creation.
In my opinion, I cannot call myself an artist because, for me, art is a mysterious, almost mystical world that can only be experienced, but is practically impossible to describe and define. Therefore, I would never dare to call myself an artist, nor could I qualify my images as works of art, at least in the lofty sense of the word.
However, I am certain that every image I create is underpinned by definite emotions that closely determine the content, style, character, theme, and many other attributes of the image.
My goal is simply to try to create images that bring joy to others. I hope to succeed.
The nature and style of my images vary widely. Some are made solely for decorative purposes, while others are more abstract and might be considered "artistic" by some.
About the images
I create digital art prints in the commonly understood sense. The images are digital creations, made using various software tools. The creation process includes hand drawing with digital tools, retouching, and other image manipulation techniques, and even the increasingly popular use of AI. And of course, the final step is always the quality printing. I write more about this on the pages that provide a detailed description of the images.
It's important for me to state that I strictly determine the theme, style, nature, structure and details of the images. I consider it very important to control that the resulting image is "human" in the sense that it can engage human emotions.
Although the creation of many images is aided to varying degrees by AI, I never allow it to take control out of my hands. For me, AI is just another software that helps in realising my vision, but it never creates without my strict guidance. Although the style of my images varies, I always strive to create an image that could exclusively be made using freehand methods as well.
To achieve a quality result, I may use up to 5-6 different software tools for a single image. Although the majority of these software tools are traditional rather than AI, I still find it appropriate to describe my images as "AI assisted images".
About the name 'Vantarique'
Why did I choose a pseudonym for my creative work?
This, of course, is not my real name. However, as I embarked on this new path in image creation, I felt it important to break away from my previous activities. This includes the choice of name. The name has neither meaning nor significance, but it is an important part of my new direction in creation.