My previous startup that I worked on was to solve the problem of "I want to paint, but I don't know where to start".
We used the deep learning style transfer to stylize pictures/drawings with Van Gogh Style.
Here's the best one that turned out great (out of 10,000 pictures we styled, this is what everyone loves unanimously)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07831NQJ7
Apparently the paint is classified as Hazmat, and it took us 6 month to get this thing approved to sell on Amazon. Which kind of killed the idea, as we had to pivot and do other things in order to stay afloat.
I always wanted to learn to paint, but I don't know where to start. I know the first few paintings is going to be ugly, and I don't really want to paint apples and oranges to learn. So this whole startup idea is to make it easy and fun to get started on painting and get the momentum going, because what you paint is idea(picture) created by you. And the painting methodology is simply filling in numbers with colors.
I hope one day I have the time to get back to this. I really believe in this idea.
I think you think too much about this. From my experience: I took an art class for about a year. It improved my drawing and painting skills a lot.
Sure, the problem is that your first pictures are kind of ugly. But you can compensate this by just painting the next one and not thinking too much about the outcome.
Furthermore, I realized at some point, that it really doesn’t matter what you paint. An apple and an orange can be highly satisfying.
Painting has two different aspects to it: producing a satisfying result and the flow-like state of painting. Although I have to admit that I found painting to be quite exhausting. It takes a lot of attention and energy to be focused for 2-3 hours.
We used the deep learning style transfer to stylize pictures/drawings with Van Gogh Style. Here's the best one that turned out great (out of 10,000 pictures we styled, this is what everyone loves unanimously) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07831NQJ7
Then we turn them into paint by numbers kit. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07H2VDKM1
Apparently the paint is classified as Hazmat, and it took us 6 month to get this thing approved to sell on Amazon. Which kind of killed the idea, as we had to pivot and do other things in order to stay afloat.
I always wanted to learn to paint, but I don't know where to start. I know the first few paintings is going to be ugly, and I don't really want to paint apples and oranges to learn. So this whole startup idea is to make it easy and fun to get started on painting and get the momentum going, because what you paint is idea(picture) created by you. And the painting methodology is simply filling in numbers with colors.
I hope one day I have the time to get back to this. I really believe in this idea.