Ben Hoyle

Today I tried my hand at generating a few inspirational posters. I’m sick of all the clichés you get online but wanted something to keep me inspired and sane. I started by asking ChatGPT (5.4 thinking) and Claude (4.7 Opus) to generate me 50 positive affi... See more

I was at an ambient night in Bath when the idea arrived. Dark room, low droning music, projector throwing patterns on the wall. And I thought: what if the shapes on that wall were alive? Not a visualiser in the Winamp sense — not bars bouncing or kaleidos... See more

The Goal We wanted to create a full set of 2D cartoon sprites for a casual mobile game — clothing items in multiple states (dirty, hanging, drying, folded) and character sprites with various poses. The sprites needed transparent backgrounds so they could ... See more

February’s double bill was all about love and all the odd ways it can manifest. My suggestions to the hat were Punch Drunk Love and Harold & Maude. The end choices out of the hat were a proper contrast: an Iranian drama about a lonely widow rediscover... See more

Breathless Watched Breathless. I liked it. Existentialist tone. Questions asked: - How do we know what we feel? - How does what we feel influence how we act? - Why are rogues attractive? - Look — we are free; what now? It’s surprisingly modern, even at 65... See more