Technologyamplifies.Artists decide.

An independent project studying how artists find and use their visual references.

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Georges Seurat, Aman-Jean, 1882–83 — detail

02 — Two directions

Space to explore.
Freedom to create.

Visual research. Creative identity.

Terracotta architecture photographed by Benjamin Damm, shown through a geometric crop

AedirisFind and compare references.In conception

Iridescent material photographed by Saifee Art, shown through a geometric crop

AegillisIdentity of creative work.Future project Say hello A conversation starts here.

03 — The intention

More room
for the artist.

Technology should leave you in control of your direction, your work and the choices around it. Three principles carry Mission Prometheus into creative work.

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01Agency

A tool can offer a perspective. What you keep and what you create should remain your decision.

02Consent

Describing a work should not grant permission to reuse it. Every use deserves a separate, informed choice.

03Interoperability

Creative work and its records should move between tools and services, without depending on a closed ecosystem.

04 — Start with the practice

Observe → listen → explore

First, the practice.
Then the tools.

Before choosing what to build, understand the moments that matter in an artist’s work.

01
A real situation.
A reference you were looking for. A decision you needed to make.
02
A closer look.
The tools, habits and constraints around that moment.
03
An open question.
Let what we learn guide what deserves to be explored.

Clay-covered hands shaping a sculpture in an artist’s workshop — Practice, before the platform.Photography — Mariam Antadze ↗

05 — Aediris / Concept illustration

In conception

From an intention
to a direction.

A pose. A light. A feeling you have not quite found.
What if your references helped you see why they belong?

Follow the idea

One intention“A figure about to move.”

Degas figure with a raised arm, a reference for gesture — 01 Gesture

Degas seated figure, a reference for balance — 02 Balance

Degas rehearsal scene, a reference for composition — 03 Composition

Prepared references · Edgar Degas, Dancer in Green, Seated Dancer, The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 1873–83 — details

06 — Behind Aestelier

Guillaume Schneider

I’m a software engineer and an artistic practitioner. With Aestelier, I’m researching how artists find, organise and use visual references to inform what to build.

Meet the person behind it

Joseph Wright of Derby, An Academy by Lamplight, c. 1769–1770 — detail

07 — Notes on the idea

01 Visual research