August 17, 2021

The Tuesday Night drawing group of Santa Fe drew together online using Zoom, because of the Covid 19 quarantine.

Petalica Paint

Petalica Paint

Petalica Paint

Petalica Paint

Petalica Paint

 VQGAN+CLIP: "In the style of Giger"

I altered the drawing on the left

with the VGAN+CLIP program

Petalica Paint

VQGAN+CLIP: "In the style of Moebius"

I altered the drawing on the left

with the VGAN+CLIP program

Photoshop Elements 2021

Deep Dream Generator

I appropriated the style 

from a faux Egon Schiele image I generated in VQGAN+CLIP,

to transfer to the red/brown drawing on the left,

using Deep Dream Generator,

to create the image on the right

Deep Dream Generator

Deep Dream Generator

• Drawings from the same session by John Tollett

KOMASUKI

Knife

I drew and cut into Expanded PVC Foam again.  I hated the drawing and the outcome -- however for the first time I loved using the cutting tools. High quality knives make a big difference (need oil)!

Failed relief print,

but making progress  --

the Japanese Komasuki knife (upper right)

is a real pleasure to cut with

Different AI Programs

Faces

Artbreeder -- I used this AI program to create fake women that don't exist.  This program also creates fake landscapes, buildings, albums covers, etc..

Artbreeder

Created in Artbreeder

(without any input of my drawings)

In Deep Dream Generator, another online AI program, I transferred a different style to the faces above:

Deep Dream Generator

Nvidia's Inpainting Demo -- I further altered the image above using this AI program:

Nvidia Inpainting Demo

But is it ART?

• Erica Marin was promoted to the Director of the El Paso Museum of History

• Random Creature Generator for Blender

• I was remembering when I met the Polish poster artist Mieczysław Górowski in Austin

• Masks are being mandated indoors again in New Mexico on Friday, August 20th, due to the rise in Delta Covid infections