anthropomorphic
These images were created for John at The Window at Delaware Street. He requested I generate ai images tied to the theme of “driftwood” for an exhibition. These are composite ai images created with one of my models on exactly.ai. Many thanks to John for the opportunity to create for The Art of Driftwood!
Images generated with exactly.ai
I’ve been using Freeform as a digital sketchbook and to track series of ai generated images in a sort of look book. It’s a great way to quickly create pages with image groups and it prints nicely. It has remove background and snap to grid features that help making quick layout.
Images generated with Stable Diffusion 2.1. Layout in Freeform
Images generated with Stable Diffusion 2.1 and Exactly ai / Durer. Layout in Freeform
So at that point last summer, I was generating lots and lots of ai images for concept and visual iteration. Playing with these images led to some fun digital collages.
Invaders Digital collage with ai 2023
Illuminate Me digital collage with ai 2023
Liar Digital collage with ai 2023
Meta ai’s Llama-3 feels pretty much like Bing’s Dalle-3. Images generated with the same prompt seem to live in the same family. Here are more pepto pink images to compare to those from Bing in the previous post. Though these are supposed to be ceramic they look more like glass to me.
Images generated with Meta.ai
Things started to get more interesting when I realized I was an early adapter for durer.ai (renamed exactly.ai). I had access to model creation using my own images. This enabled me to develop a “signature look”, and ownership of the images.
I used images I had previously created with ai and photos of my artwork to train models. This better aligned my ai iteration to my imagined ideas… sometimes. Much of what is generated is not up to snuff, but the impact of using my own artwork and the element of random generation has led to new veins of thought.
Image generated with durer.ai (now exactly.ai)
Screenshot of durer.ai model creation page and images used to create the model. Images generated with durer.ai- now exactly.ai, stable diffusion 2.1, ai craiyon, dream.ai, and photos of my then recent ceramic work (positioned sideways)
So it may seem easy, but having images in your mind is a far cry from what you may get with text to image prompts. It’s an art of sorts to push image makers to create something that is “successful.” The process is similar to photography in that many, many images need to be generated and then the best is selected through an editing process. Image generation has the added step of writing, tweaking and re-editing the prompt many times to try to veer the generator in the desired direction. As I continue to generate images, prompt writing is a constant challenge. The prompt is a living, always changing and evolving part of my ai project creative process now.
Images generated with stable diffusion 2.1
As I was trying different image generators I discovered durer.ai, which has since become exactly.ai. Its models at the time provided a varied and complex range of more mature art styles, and for me an interesting photo-realistic aesthetic. This generator has continued to pique my interest as it has matured.
Images generated with durer.ai (now exactly.ai)
Here are a few results using a “cute creature generator” from deep ai. The anthropomorphism angle is always an interesting one.
Images generated with deep.ai