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Nielsen's 'Aladdin' for Liner Notes
28/02/2025
My latest article for Liner Notes brings alive the story and music to 'Aladdin' ~ with the help of AI
My most recent project was a fully illustrated listening guide to Carl Nielsen’s wonderful music for ‘Aladdin’, which I wrote for online classical music quarterly Liner Notes.
The previous four articles that I produced for the magazine were all illustrated in the ‘traditional way’ ~ with graphic-style ink drawings (finished in Photoshop) ~ whereas this time I was able to adorn the ‘Aladdin’ story with some rather lovely vintage-style watercolours (as well as calligraphic lettering and border designs) all generated by AI ~ although I should add that I had to do a considerable amount of work to bring all these elements together within the layouts ~ essentially playing picture editor, page designer, and ‘retouch’ artist !
The previous four articles that I produced for the magazine were all illustrated in the ‘traditional way’ ~ with graphic-style ink drawings (finished in Photoshop) ~ whereas this time I was able to adorn the ‘Aladdin’ story with some rather lovely vintage-style watercolours (as well as calligraphic lettering and border designs) all generated by AI ~ although I should add that I had to do a considerable amount of work to bring all these elements together within the layouts ~ essentially playing picture editor, page designer, and ‘retouch’ artist !