I’m posting this AI art I created today, because I’m thinking about the children in Springfield Ohio who are afraid to go to school because of bomb threats. We need less lying made-up culture-war nonsense, and more discussion about the future.
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Looking back at some of my earliest AI renders and scrounging thru the thousands of rejected varriations, I’ve been finding several interesting pieces. This was a test image created when Midjourney was developing a “remaster” feature two years ago. It’s a variation on the second image I ever created, re-rendered using a later Midjourney model… maybe version 3 or 4, I’m not sure. Of course that newer version is now old and instead of seeing the improvement in the technology I’m looking at this render with new eyes and seeing it for what it is. I love the texture and contrast of the whole thing so I fixed up the composition and re-did the color correction.
Personally I’m getting less excited by the newest versions of Midjourney. The development seems to be barreling toward pure photographic realism, losing all the interesting artistic textures. I’m going to have to try to find ways to add additional prompts to get some of the abstract goodness back in current version 6.1.
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I had a different art piece to post today because tonight is the Presidential debate, but I think I’ll leave that one for another day. This image I created is more calm and centered and that’s what I think we’ll need after tonight.
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This guy has a lot of issues. He also has a tie.
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So, when I was a kid I had this thing about statues coming to life…
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Need to do all the creepy hand portraits now. AI art is advancing so fast the creepy hands will soon become a nostalgic moment in the past like pet rocks and bell bottoms.
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I was going for a 30’s movie serial vibe in this one. Not sure I got that….
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I finished two versions of this piece because I wasn’t sure which one was better. This is the closer version:
The closer version would probably work better on social media, but I really like the wider version a lot better, especially since I’m trying to design my artwork to be printed big (poster size and larger.)
Part of me resents feeling like I have to constantly cater to people looking at stuff on the internet aka on their phones. It really messes with my head when I’m trying to make creative decisions. I think I have to actively resist the temptation to reduce everything to the least common denominator of what will get the most likes when viewed on a small screen. It’s extremely limiting, not just because of the composition but also the subject matter. What will get an immediate reaction so you get the most likes? Subtly is lost and everything starts to look the same.
Social media really messes with your head.
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