Prompts Didn’t Make These: Deep Style is Still HereThe first wave of generative AI content was roughly from 2014–2021, before Dall-E and other text-2-image (prompt-based) generators reached…2d ago2d ago
Reincarnated: AI Art & the Lessons of Kendrick LamarYears ago I started using Deep Style (neural style transfer) and created an image archive of styles that range from text and stock images…Dec 30, 2024Dec 30, 2024
Making GenAI Art: A Year in ReviewThe year 2024 marks the eighth year I’ve been making images using generative AI tools. That’s right: 8 years. I discovered ‘Deep Style’ aka…Dec 23, 20246Dec 23, 20246
Afrofuturistic World-Building with PatchworkWorld-building refers to the process of developing a detailed and plausible fictional world for a novel or story. This process is often…Dec 12, 2024Dec 12, 2024
Countering Bias in the Machine: The Importance of Art in AI DevelopmentResearchers like Google’s Alexander Mordvintsev are passionate about emergent phenomena and data visualization. Mordvintsev is credited for…Dec 7, 2024Dec 7, 2024
Digital vs. GenAI: From Deluxe-Paint to Generative AIDeluxe-Paint was a digital paint program aka ‘bitmap graphics editor’ created by Dan Silva for Electronic Arts and published for the Amiga…Dec 2, 20241Dec 2, 20241
Tableau Vivant: The Living Pictures of Kendrick LamarA tableau vivant refers to a static, living picture containing actors, or models that are usually in costume, carefully posed, with props…Nov 27, 2024Nov 27, 2024
Artistic Intelligence: Machine Learning, Art Ed & Gen CThis week I facilitated a full-day, pre-conference workshop and gave a keynote at the New York State Art Teachers Association or NYSATA…Nov 23, 20241Nov 23, 20241
Celebrations of Life: GenAI & the Essence of PortraiturePortraits can give a sense of importance to a person and their life; it can make a person more widely known; it can also give immortality…Nov 12, 2024Nov 12, 2024
The Art of the Concept: Costume Design in the Age of GenAIThe key to becoming a successful concept artist is to digest as much art as you can, learn from your peers… — Nadia StefynOct 30, 20241Oct 30, 20241
