Category Archives: my work

Today I saw my shadow on the Moon

created with new version 4 of Midjourney

I actually did see my shadow on the moon this morning.  CAT had to go into the office today so she had to get up at the ungodly hour of five AM to get there by 8:30.  I asked her to wake me up too because I heard their would be a Lunar Eclipse.  We both walked over to our bay window several times over the next hour watching the shadow of the Earth cross the Moon and eventually envelop it.  That was us – all of us – blocking the sun from the moon.

I created this image with the new updated version four of Midjourney AI which just came out a few days ago.  Some of the other image variations incorporated actual strong “shadows on the moon” but this one was the most dramatic image, so I went with this.

Here’s another variation that came out pretty good as well.

Man and the Moon

This was my first attempt with version 4 of Midjourney.  I didn’t really play with it much.  It’s supposed to be more “coherent” which will probably translate to “more realistic” which may or may not be better.  It all really depends on what you like and what you’re trying to do.  Version 3 is crazy and funky which I like, so we’ll see…

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I wanted a Cyborg painting, and it gave me a painting of a Cyborg

The Art Machine doesn't always give you what you want.

The Art Machine doesn’t always give you what you want.  I’m trying to get away from simple portraits – of characters just sitting there – but Midjourney isn’t good with verbs or action.  It likes faces (with the tops of their heads cut off) or vast landscapes with tiny characters that have their backs turned.  Still it’s a nice painting of a Cyborg…

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Wesley Crusher riding a unicorn into battle

Wesley Crusher riding a unicorn into battleThis one is just for fun.

Last month actor and writer Wil Wheaton who played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: the Next Generation, got a rare Dall-E invite, and used “Wesley Crusher riding a unicorn into battle” as his first prompt, “because OBVIOUSLY.”  You can see what he got here on his tumbler.

I decided to see if the Midjourney art machine was up to the same challenge.  After several tries with the Beta –test renderer that weren’t very good, I tried the good ol’ V3 engine and finally got this image.  It almost looks like a Star Trek uniform. It almost looks like Wesley Crusher.  …And he almost has legs.  It’s wonkey and creepy but we like that, ‘cuz that’s the way AI art should be.  A few years from now when AI art is perfectly realistic, artists will attempt to re-create this wonky style just like Instagram filters today try to make your digital pictures look like old fashioned faded film prints.  Because realism is nice but interesting is better…

Midjourney “thinks” and creates a portrait of a cyborg with an electronic brain

Watch as Midjourney “thinks” and creates a portrait of a cyborg with an electronic brain.

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