Brushstrokes of the Day
Brushstrokes of the Day

Brushstrokes of the Day

Brushstrokes of the Day is a space where I share unique moments: photographs of flowers, skies, and landscapes, alongside digital illustrations created with AI. A creative corner to enjoy everyday beauty from new perspectives.


Jupiter tree

7 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, thank you so much for your continued support of my work.   A few weeks ago, I shared some photos similar to these on Reddit, looking for more information about them. Well, I was told that it's called a "crape myrtle" or "Jupiter's tre...

Oleanders

5 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hi, these flowers are called "Oleanders", but in Mexico we call them carnations (again, they're not related at all, haha). They are plants with very fragrant flowers, excellent for a garden. Besides being elegant blooms, they fill the garden with the...

Beautiful hibiscus flower

5 Nov 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, I apologize if I don't post very often; I'm extremely busy. This is a hibiscus flower, which in Mexico is called "tulips" (actually, they are two very different plants). I took this photograph many years ago in the city of Reynosa, Ta...

Solar halo

21 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, thank you for visiting this space where I share some of the photographs I've taken. This is one of my favorite photographs, taken a few years ago in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico (in the north of the country). It was extreme...

My mother's flowers

21 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

My mother passed away six years ago. At the beginning of 2020, we moved to Tampico, Tamaulipas, to help my father, who was not only grieving but also depressed. This is the small garden my mother left behind and cared for with such love, but oh well,...

Roses

15 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, I'm sharing a photo of a beautiful bouquet of roses that are part of a garden I found at a house in Tampico, Tamaulipas. It's part of an outdoor garden, so when I was passing by, I couldn't resist taking a picture. /// VERSION EN ESPA...

May flower

11 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you so much for your support in visiting these posts. We know these beautiful flowers locally as "Flor de Mayo", which are Plumeria rubra, an ornamental plant that is covered in yellow, pink, or red flow...

Creating anime characters with AI

11 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, welcome to a new post on this blog, and thank you for your support in the previous two editions ("Creating Anime Illustrations with AI" and "Creating Anime Girls with AI"). We conclude this section on creating anime-style characters u...

Creating anime girls with AI

10 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, thank you very much for your support of my blog posts. This post is a direct continuation of "Creating Anime Illustrations with AI" and a gradual restoration of some work published on Hive (where I have virtually no participation - as...

Creating anime illustrations with AI

10 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments marjuanm

Hello everyone, welcome to another post on my blog, which is a retelling of a couple of previous posts on Hive. Thanks to AI image generators like Bing and Leonard AI, we can create very professional images from an image or prompt. Using a prompt fou...