Playform AI Experiments

I experimented in Playform by using their AI (artificial intelligence) to alter my drawings.

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Playform AI style transfer experiments

on my Krrrl drawings

FIRST BATCH

• Link to the First Batch training in Playform -- RRRobert

I first uploaded 30 of my three hour figure drawings as the "Inspiration" source, and then "trained" on 30 of Robert Atkinson's AI creations (made in Art Breeder) as a style source for 50 minutes.  The style variations on just one of the 30 drawing are shown in quick summary below:

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50 resulting variations in quick summary,

using 30 of Robert Atkinson's AI creations

as a style reference

(Webp file)

TRAINING STEPS

1) I chose "Style Transfer" in Playform:

I chose "Style Transfer"

2) I chose "Train a Model/Style Transfer," the last option:

 Train a Model/Style Transfer

3)  I input 30 of my long drawings in the "Inspiration" collection, to be altered by the drawings in the "Style" collection, ie those 30 AI creations of Robert Atkinson:

The "Inspiration" collection

to take on the flair of the images in the "Style" collection

4)  The drawings were altered in 50 steps, in 50 minutes:

The first set of AI alterations on my drawings

"INSPIRATION" Input Collection:

October 24, 2019

One of the 30 drawings I uploaded,

to be altered

"STYLE" Input Collection:

One of the 30 AI creations

by Robert Atkinson

that transferred their styles

to my drawings

Selected VARIATION RESULTS

The results are all 481 x 512 pixels: 

December 10, 2019

December 21, 2019

SECOND BATCH

• Link to the Second Batch in Playform -- KrrrlDrawings_AItwist

Then I "trained" on 30 of my own altered drawings that had previously been altered -- by the Deep Dream Generator AI program (like these), which added color and style elements to my 30 mostly monotone pencil drawings.  After 50 minutes this made a second set of AI altered Krrrl figure drawings:

My "Inspiration" collection of plain drawings

were altered by my colorful AI drawings

of the "Style" collection

An altered drawing set

in the middle of "training"

Selected VARIATION RESULTS

The results are all 387 x 512 pixels:

January 6, 2020

December 21, 2019

January 13, 2020

RESIZING

The results are low resolution images, no bigger than 512 pixels in the largest direction.  However there is a resizing by AI option in the program.  Just select an image you like, and chose the free "Bicubic"  option.  One can then increase the pixel dimensions to as large as 2048 in one direction:

Increasing the pixel resolution

inside the Playform program

EVEN MORE 

Once one has "trained" a set, he can upload up to 30 more images, and produce another set of images with that particular style:

Alter more images

March 30, 2021

I uploaded one of my Paint 3D drawings to Playform,

to apply the style from the "trained" First Batch

The altered result,

after I increased the contrast

March 30, 2021

Altering an image

from the "trained" Second Batch

Trained on the 2nd batch

Conclusion

• Playform online exhibitions

• Playform examples are on Instagram

• I experimented with Playform last September of 2020

• If you give Playform your phone number, they will give you 3 free hours of training time, and after that it is $5 an hour training time.

• Medium article about Playform

• The idea seems similar to the "StyleGan2" options in Runway ML (which also is not free).  I experimented with this last summer and wrote about it on my blog.  Runway ML also allowed me to download the "trained" PKL files.

• Deep Dream Generator will also do the same, transferring the style of one image to another using AI (artificial intelligence).  This is a free online program, but one has to sign up to use it.  They have also recently upgraded so that one can download higher resolution results.

• GANBreeder code is on Github

• Artbreeder is an option too