Nothing Artificial About Our Intelligence

One thing you don’t have to worry about is whether the VGoT is a bunch of “AI art” -- because it is not. We’re proud to be human-driven and real.

Joe circa 2005 in his basement screen print studio making the first posters that would become the VGoT.

I’ve been doing this for a long time. When I got started as a young man, draftspeople were still using pencils and T-squares at a drawing board. Film cameras were standard, and I shot 35mm color slide film. The internet still felt shaky in 1997 and it hadn’t caught my attention yet. I was reading paper books, paper newspapers, and drawing in paper notebooks. A real paper sketchbook is still part of my process.

That process is important to me, and having an AI make your art for you just takes all the fun out of it. As a kid, I loved building models not because I wanted a plastic airplane, but because I wanted to sit with the project to fit the parts properly and watch it come together. I imagined this was a tiny aircraft factory and we were bringing the planes together, part by part

I’m still putting together a big model of a big idea that’s really all my own. This is a bootstrapped, self-funded project that survives on its wits and ability to deliver. I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve made and the service we offer. It causes me to want to do better, to bring better work, to offer up more, and honestly, there is so much more coming out of me that I can’t wait to start showing you my new stuff.

Thank you for your support! Each new project exists because of you. I’m a real person and I appreciate it ;-)

Regards,

Joe