Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam’s Razor,
from local artist S.C. Watson.
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
About the Author: S. C. Watson
S.C. Watson has been drawing and painting for as long as he can remember. Which is to say a couple of days, at least. Mostly self taught with traditional and digital media, he has been selling his artistic soul for the past two and half decades to the highest bidder, including, but not limited to Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games, Malfador Machinations, and various private clients, including independent authors.
When he's not working in his studio, socially distancing with his family or walking his art director dachshund, Rocky, he can be found wandering the Deer Harbor woods aimlessly muttering about masks, politics, and the artistic merits of taupe.
He likes sushi and is dismayed there isn't an established restaurant on the island.
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Haha! Good one Shane!
Knowing your personal concerns regarding AI and art, I thought you might appreciate this:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/24/we-have-been-working-on-a-prototype-cartoon-o-bot-nobody-will-know-the-difference
What does “trebuchet” stand for? Thanks
Ann: A trebuchet[nb 1] (French: trébuchet) is a type of catapult[5] that uses a long arm to throw a projectile. It was a common powerful siege engine until the advent of gunpowder. The design of a trebuchet allows it to launch projectiles of greater weights and further distances than that of a traditional catapult.
There are two main types of trebuchet. The first is the traction trebuchet, or mangonel, which uses manpower to swing the arm. It first appeared in China in the 4th century BC. Carried westward by the Avars, the technology was adopted by the Byzantines in the late 6th century AD and by their neighbors in the following centuries.
The later, and often larger and more powerful, counterweight trebuchet, also known as the counterpoise trebuchet, uses a counterweight to swing the arm. It appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the 12th century, and was carried back to China by the Mongols in the 13th century.