SFR AI imagining...it's fun!

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

It’s probably fun because it brings a vicarious experience.

Like turning 21 and the next day realizing it was not such a big Whoop!

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

 

[flybill]

I am no artist, but it looks like AI will soon make artists a thing of the past.

Not at all.. it's all digital atm. Real art takes creativity and passion.. AI can take something and manipulate it. If you describe something in detail it may create it the way you envision, but probably not on the first try!

Real painters , wood careers, knitters, sculpture artists and even cooks have creativity AI doesn't have and will probably never have. Until Skynet becomes aware! Then we're fucked!!

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

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This is art made from stencils based on a humans creative mind and carried out by a creative process since humans collectively worked together in places like Lascaux one of many prehitoric caves in France and prehistoric locations still evidenced in nearly every continent on earth.

 

[Mossback]

Ai-Da robot sells artwork for $1 million The AI artist's portrait of Alan Turing took 15 individual paintings and a lot of conversation. mashable.com

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Wow! What a thread. First.. I will state that being annoying is not my shtick. Secondly I will quote this "A true artist doesn’t sell out". IMHO most commercial artists (real artists) have to "sell out" to pay their bills.... but, IMHO, most of them envy the TRUE artists... that truly create (and teach!).... Free from the art director that was hired by Qualcomm to create an image of a cell phone.

 

[Capt Insano Emeritis]

Wow! What a thread. First.. I will state that being annoying is not my shtick. Secondly I will quote this "A true artist doesn’t sell out". IMHO most commercial artists (real artists) have to "sell out" to pay their bills.... but, IMHO, most of them envy the TRUE artists... that truly create (and teach!).... Free from the art director that was hired by Qualcomm to create an image of a cell phone.

The key for me has been to separate my creative job from my art and not rely on selling my art. It is by far the most unpleasant aspect.Bartering your value… is particularly unpleasant.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I spent much effort in finding and photographing rock art. One of my favorite books is

The Forgotten Artist: Indians of Anza-Borrego and Their Rock Art​

I've sat in many caves with a Nikon and a tripod..using the film, lenses and filters to capture what was left of these works from the "Forgotten Artist". Perhaps my study of these ancient images (made so long ago), has me captivated by the modern imaging technology.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Post #262 is a very powerful image..sincerely
But my OP was about making fun images with this new fangled AI crap. It's been a rollercoaster thread...I like that.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

It's fun! less than a minute..first try.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I'd like to be clear.. the above image is not a self portrait.

 

[Rio Grande King]

Do you know how Little Rio Grande King got such long arms, dearly beloved?

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Trout playing hockey... less than a minute.....I'm trying to make the point that this CAN be fun and it can be whimsical. IMHO those are good things.

 

[Rio Grande King]

As with the elephant's trunk, body parts can get distorted in the Limpopo. More to be revealed later.

 

[flybill]

It's fun! less than a minute..first try. View attachment 179587

How did you get a picture of me??

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Just imagine the time and effort that a true artist would have to invest in an image like this. It took less than a minute after I verbally "described" the image I wanted.. off the top of my head, first and only try.
Look at the beer bottle labels.... look at his shirt.... notice his girlfriend is passed out underneath him...I had no input to any of these "inclusions".
Personally I find this equally fun ..and equally frightening. But I like that.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Hooked ALE? Ruffles chip bags?....Finney Brew? Lunker Lager.?.. Lunker League?
Folks I had no part in any of that, I just made a very simple request for an image.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

And my rudimentary attempts at AI imaging are just that. Extremely rudimentary. I am intentionally showing what can be done in just a few minutes, from someone that does not know what they are doing. I like to make fun images....Try it ..it's fun.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

Ernie stated this.. "It’s probably fun because it brings a vicarious experience."..... That is Exactly the point (for me) of this thread. Imagine any image..describe it to Gemini ..within two minutes an image appears. The above is the instant result ..I could tweak it, work on it and improve it..... but it is "good enough" for just a short blast of joyfulness.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

At a Sotheby’s auction in 2024, versions of the art work "Comedian" (google Comedian artwork) sold for over $6 million — one sale hit $6.2 million. This was literally a banana duck taped to the wall. Some would say this was "true" art... And pay 6 million for it! The art world is wild.
With the advent of AI, I can simply have some fun with it...I'm only asking $5 million for this piece.... But copyright infringement could be an issue...