Good news out of the UK: court confirms "sweat of the brow" copies of public domain works aren't eligible for copyright. For years, UK museums have been asserting they own the rights to the photos and scans they've taken of the public domain materials in their collections, and charging licensing fees for using those reproductions. Since the original materials are in their collections, and they won't allow other people to make their own license-free copies, they effectively enclosed the public domain works back in copyright. The court has struck that down with an interpretation of the UK's 2009 copyright law which states that that kind of mechnical reproduction isn't eligible for any form of copyright protection at all.

hey people who paint (images of) highly textured surfaces like mountains and rock faces and stuff: how do you do it. how do you achieve that kind of look quickly/easily when you have a very detailed thing that it would be impossible to go in and manually paint every single pixel of detail for. what tools are people using

(trying to articulate this properly. like i'm painting a mountain. how do i capture the texture and colour changes of the rock faces without it all looking too same-y)

Has to be chill when being this tired... But it's nice. Bit of peace, quiet, and a hot drink.