This was intended to be a throwaway piece...I was showing my nephew, Matt, how Leonardo.Ai works, as he is also in the AI field, though not from an art viewpoint. I just quickly went through some steps to show him various parts of the interface & this came out...which I like. It's an idyllic scene in the mountains with an improbably blue-domed palace, a paradise image of sorts, perhaps. Now I think it's a keeper.
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| The Blue Palace AI, 2024, made with Leonardo.Ai |
This is a series that I wasn't planning to do, but it happened organically when I started experimenting with Leonardo.Ai's Universal Upscaler, which upscales (embiggens) but also adds in more than just interpolated detail. It really does very well working at a vast scale, although it sometimes gets carried away with itself, adding bizarre details (plus the usual extra limbs and the like), so I have to edit it from time to time. Below is a selection, you can see them all at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/billayton/albums/72177720318233270
The themes covered include the usuals: life, death, heaven, hell, good, bad, the past, the future, mythology, reality, and of course, our place in the universe.
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| A New Utopia, 2024, AI generated image |
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| Final War, 2024, AI generated image |
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| The Age of Enlightenment, 2024, AI generated image |
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| Exodus, 2024, AI generated image |
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| In Hell, 2024, AI generated image |
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| Life, the Universe, and Everything, 2024, AI generated image |
So I created a Bosch-style triptych in AI, with a central panel of a dark figure carrying a pink sphere, & the two outer panels depicting Heaven & Hell...on the left is the fountain of eternal life, & on the right is a tower over a fiery pit...two different gifts.
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| AI Bosch, The Gift, AI triptych, 2024 |
I was creating so many Bosch-inspired images that I've decided to create a blog on Tumblr specifically for them at: https://ai-bosch.tumblr.com/
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| BoschScape, AI generated image |
Today's output has been a little dark (Bosch, etc.), so here is a more uplifting image:
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| Sun God AI |
With this one, I used Leonardo.Ai's Alchemy Upscaler to improve image quality & upsize it. I'm not sure it made a huge difference, as all the little figures are quite small, so fixing hands & heads, etc. is not a major issue here.
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| Bosch AI Apocalypse v.2 |
I feel that this one ought to be in a low-budget horror movie...Hollywood, are you watching?
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| The Creature from the Toxic Lagoon AI |
I've found repeatedly that Leonardo.Ai does a pretty convincing & effective impersonation of Hieronymus Bosch, and its tendency to mess up anatomy (too many legs, etc.) only helps. Here's the Apocalypse:
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| AI Bosch Apocalypse |
So, I was in a bit of an Egyptian AI mood today...
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| Queens of the Nile AI |
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| War Colossus AI |
In this AI-generated image of Leda and swans, how many swans can you count? Partial swans are not to be included...
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| Leda and Swans, 2024, AI-generated image |
This is another image that wasn't exactly what I was looking for when I generated it. However, upon reflection, I decided it was worth uploading here, as opposed to the Tumblr blog where my more "finished" AI pieces live.
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| Annunciation, 2024, AI generated image |
Another oddity/experiment in Leonardo.Ai. With this one I extensively repainted and regenerated the original image until I had this. The original had a sea urchin on a man's head...
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| The Hat with the Eye, 2024 AI generated image |
Another recent ink drawing:
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| The Song of the Siren, 2024, brush & ink on paper, 14" x 11" |
In case anyone's wondering if I still make non-AI artwork, the answer is a definite "yes". Here's one from today:
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| Lost Among the Spheres, ink drawing 14" x 11", 2024 |
I typed in "the man who was a nuclear weapon" and got this faux movie poster with questionable spelling. You never know what you're going to get...coming soon to a movie theater near you...
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| The Man Who Was A Nuclear Weapon / AI generated image |
