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Blue Peter’s famous ship-shaped emblem, one of children’s TV’s most instantly recognisable logos, was inspired by TV artist Tony Hart’s drawings, a collection has revealed. The children’s TV presenter and artist unwittingly designed the logo that would become the Blue Peter programme’s emblem whilst sketching ideas for his pirate Humpty Dumpty character. Now two prototypes of the ship … Read more
You won’t find them in the zoo! These medieval drawings of animals look VERY different to the real thing UK-based Daniel Holland has shared example of Medieval drawings of animals Artists behind these sketches clearly had never seen the beasts were drawing One drew an owl with a human face while another drew beaver with … Read more
Chinese researchers unveil AI that can turn simple sketches into fake photorealistic pictures The AI, called DeepFaceDrawing, was demonstrated by Chinese researchers It can extrapolate a rudimentary sketch into photo-like pictures The AI looks at facial features like eyes, hair, and lips individually It could be used by law enforcement for brining suspect sketches to life … Read more
Amazing rock art depicting ‘woolly mammoths and rhinos’ were created by an ancient man at least 15,000 years ago, says a new study. The petroglyphs straddling the border between Russia and Mongolia are 7,000 years older than previously thought. The finds at the ancient alfresco ‘art gallery’ have been confirmed in a detailed study by … Read more
An archive of early drawings and letters by children’s author Beatrix Potter have emerged for sale for £250,000. The charming illustrations date from the 1890s when the writer was honing her craft and had not yet become a household name. One drawing from 1894 shows Peter Rabbit seven years before the first of his famous … Read more
Facebook pages set up urging children to send rainbow drawings to the new Nightingale hospital are FAKE, NHS says The accounts call for youngsters to post their designs to addresses in the UK One claimed that ‘these will be put up on the walls in the Nightingale Hospital’ NHS Nightingale’s official Twitter page revealed the … Read more
Every parent has them: a collection of treasured daubings, lovingly drawn by their children, but barely recognisable to anyone outside the immediate family. With a couple of stick legs, two lopsided eyes and a blob for a body, their naivety is part of their charm and a poignant reminder of the innocence of childhood. But … Read more