Visual contributor to @nytimes / Founder of Prompt-Brush 1.0 The First Non-AI Art Model / AGI member / Designer at Stripe Press / Teaching AI tools for designers @ SVA https://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3melt4gffdc2eThe Next Non-AI Generative Art Model is here. Prompt-Brush 2.0 https://pablodelcan.substack.com/p/prompt-brush-2011 Feb 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3melt4gffdc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3md46sjx43s2d https://pablodelcan.substack.com/p/the-maintenance-book-cover?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true23 Jan 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md46sjx43s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3mb4zt5mkxs2hThe tool for seeing time. "Your belief that there must be a way to do it all means you flinch from making difficult decisions about what's truly worth your limited time." —Oliver Burkeman https://open.substack.com/pub/pablodelcan/p/the-app-for-the-rest-of-your-life?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer29 Dec 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb4zt5mkxs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3m6mvsbyrhk2uA few special things are on sale, including the Prompt-Brush 1.0 book, hats and zines. Use code SALE2025 for 15% off. Delcan.co27 Nov 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mvsbyrhk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lz26rjoklk22Prompt-Brush.com / Now available! @chroniclebooks.bsky.social17 Sep 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz26rjoklk22https://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lyqi6klf3s2wPrompt-Brush.com13 Sep 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqi6klf3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lyqi5h77m22wPrompt-Brush.com13 Sep 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyqi5h77m22whttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lxutjy2hjc2zIt's almost here. The Prompt-Brush 1.0 book ships next week. After more than 1700 drawings, it's finally about to land in readers' hands. If you'd like to be among the first, pre-orders are open now — and they make a huge ditterence. Prompt-brush.com02 Sep 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxutjy2hjc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lwbxro3fl227Sharing a Q+A with Steven Heller, for the Print Magazine Daily Heller, on Substack. We talked about Prompt-Brush 1.0, drawing like a machine, and what it means to make “human” work in the age of AI. https://open.substack.com/pub/pablodelcan/p/on-becoming-a-robot-impersonator?r=3bfn7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true13 Aug 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbxro3fl227https://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lvnm6ppha22rMy new book just arrived—and it’s up for pre-order! If you’ve followed this project, now’s the time. Every early order helps! https://www.amazon.com/Prompt-Brush-1-0-First-Non-AI-Generative/dp/1797236636?dplnkId=7e328c8a-440b-4916-9a06-077ca3c1856f&nodl=105 Aug 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvnm6ppha22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lrb45zacak2xThe Subway Poster / I wrote about a drawing in the NYC subway—and the strange ways people responded to it. https://open.substack.com/pub/pablodelcan/p/the-subway-poster?r=3bfn7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false10 Jun 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrb45zacak2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lr3smgf62c2oA couple new book cover designs for Verso Books and New Directions.08 Jun 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3smgf62c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lnlp7j3lxs2mMore things to ask the machine. ⬇️ https://substack.com/@pablodelcan/note/p-160982282?r=3bfn7&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action24 Apr 2025 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnlp7j3lxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3llbqqxysk22kpablodelcan.substack.com26 Mar 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbqqxysk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ljlnpk7yu22uPrompt-Brush.com / Pre-order the book!04 Mar 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlnpk7yu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lj3fbsnghk2qCover for @nymag.com / American Wreckage / A wildly destructive month that may look mild in hindsight / a collaboration with Tom Alberty and Danielle Del Plato26 Feb 2025 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3fbsnghk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lhgzovkv3s24Prompt-Brush 1.0 is going to be a book! Pre-order yours at www.prompt-brush.com05 Feb 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgzovkv3s24https://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lgg7bvh5rk2tIllustration for the NYTimes article “What if No One Misses TikTok?”By @kevinroose.com https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/technology/what-if-no-one-misses-tiktok.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb23 Jan 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgg7bvh5rk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lgbs5v3inc2oCover image and animation for the NYTimes Sunday Business. “She Is in Love With ChatGPT / A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.”21 Jan 2025 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbs5v3inc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3letzxcn3r523Face 1.0 zine at the Delcan.co/Store $12 / From the new desktop application Face 1.0 that generates a unique face every time you press one button. 170mm x 250mm / printed on 45gsm salmon paper stock. Includes the Face 1.0 desktop application for your own use.03 Jan 2025 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3letzxcn3r523https://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ldqij647xc2xNew image for the John McWhorter column with a photograph of Eddie Cantor / also, if you have an hour to spare today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHw_SzN-Viw https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/opinion/silent-film-forum.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb20 Dec 2024 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqij647xc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ldojpv47c22tThe Prompt-Brush 1.0 project made it to the top 50 most read articles of @itsnicethat.com.web.brid.gy this year! You can read it here: https://www.itsnicethat.com/news/pablo-delcan-prompt-brush-digital-19012419 Dec 2024 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldojpv47c22thttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ldmo5xh74l2sA face by Alexander Calder at SF MOMA.19 Dec 2024 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldmo5xh74l2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ldjh6fei7e2mFaces 1.0 / I developed a new desktop application that generates a unique face every time you click on a pink button. It’s a completely useless yet amazing program. I’ve spent 10 minutes this morning staring at these faces, and I won’t get that time back.17 Dec 2024 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldjh6fei7e2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ldgl53qvmr2t“The Googly Eye Bandit” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/us/googly-eyes-sculptures-bend-oregon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb16 Dec 2024 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgl53qvmr2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lded7l4mjn2yBest book I read this year. By Meghan O’Gieblyn “God Human Animal Machine — Technology, Metaphor and The Search for Meaning”15 Dec 2024 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lded7l4mjn2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ld7gbowl6a2tA walk through San Francisco’s Chinatown13 Dec 2024 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7gbowl6a2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3ld7dcifgrf2tBest Book Covers of 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/books/review/the-best-book-covers-of-2024.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb13 Dec 2024 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7dcifgrf2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pablodelcan.bsky.social/post/3lcus6ymr6j2nNew cover for the @nytmag / The Most Dangerous Game / How Nuclear Escalation Spirals Out of Control / written by William Langewiesche / in collaboration with Danielle Del Plato, Gail Bichler and Claudia Rubin. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/magazine/nuclear-strategy-proud-prophet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb09 Dec 2024 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:menftji6acaccjdqxv2cwnmd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcus6ymr6j2n