There is some hype around the idea of artificial intelligence (AI) creating art that rivals the work of actual working artists. In many cases, this seems possible. The work created by the current systems are quite good. They also seem to offer a great deal of imagination. Though I think a few things may be […]
Read MoreAsked Stable Diffusion to make me some images of the most handsome man in the world. Are they really handsome? I don’t know if I would be convinced that these are truly attractive people. I mean, I can see the elements that would grant them favor in society. There are also elements that signal that […]
Read MoreI have become a little frustrated by the lingering pandemic habit of laying on my couch to get through the day. It has transformed into a television watching issue. It is eating my life. Going to have to get back to the things I love about life, which all relate to making things. Gotta get […]
Read MoreWhile driving home from work yesterday I was thinking about the future of “bargain” stores. An example is the where each day the price of the remaining products in the store goes down. On the first day boxes of random Amazon return items are opened up in the store. People line up outside to get […]
Read MoreThink I need to purchase a few gold frames for some new paintings. The ones from Jerry’s Artarama are pretty good. Can either go with the Arte ones, the Nouveau, or the Plein Aire. The very simple De Stijl frames are also nice. Now I just need to decide on the size. Should I go […]
Read MoreSpending a little time with the simplest edges of the technology. Deep Danbooru is a resource that analyses images and attributes text to the content. It seems to be a tool to give you an idea of what a trained image recognition system thinks it sees. This may help when formulating prompts for similar images. […]
Read MoreLet’s talk about the latent space created by training an algorithm about images of our world. At the moment I am using DreamStudio Lite as a gateway for creating images. Using it through a plugin for Adobe Photoshop. Following this description of the setup. Considering using this system to create images based on the work […]
Read MoreOkay. Thinking about creating a few web based services that people will consider paying for. AVERY Label printing service: allows you to choose from a few of the Avery layouts and will let you upload a list of names to print. Bookmark layout: a simple bookmark template that will help you print bookmarks Calendar printer: […]
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