AI DRAWINGS
I pushed the six following figure drawings through the same steps using these online AI programs:
- VQGAN+CLIP -- with the prompts "pencil drawing"
- Deep Dream Generator
- Petalica Paint
- Waifu2x (the first four)
- AI Image Upscaler (the last two)
The middle figure was the input image for both the AI treatment above it, and the VQGAN+CLIP treatment below (plus a lot of editing in Photoshop Elements 2021):
prompts: pencil drawing
prompts: pencil drawing
prompts: pencil drawing
prompts: pencil drawing
prompts: pencil drawing
prompts: pencil drawing
The VQGAN+CLIP treatments are certainly very impressive, and I was pleased at how the other AI programs enhanced the results. However the VQGAN results have nothing to do with my original input drawing. They are something else completely.
Other Drawings
PRINT
The drawing
I then carved the foam board
OTHER
Tanya Rich attended the opening of the En La Obrera gallery in Mexico City on October 29th. I took a screen shot from the story posted on Instagram. The gallery is part of the serigraph studio Taller 75 Grados, located around the corner. Taller 75 Grados is where we produced one third of the Desert Triangle Print Carpeta, and also where we first showed those prints at their 32nd Anniversary fiesta in 2021.
Tanya Rich (or maybe not) standing in the balcony
of the En La Obrera opening
in Mexico City
On that same night, Friday, October 29th, I went to Hecho A Mano gallery in Santa Fe for the residency reception of Alfonso Barerra from Oaxaca. We also saw him at the Southwest Print Fiesta.
Earlier I saw Joanna Keane Lopez creating adobe arches as part of her art residency at Site Santa Fe. Inside they were showing her other pieces:
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Quelab was flooding when I got there before 8 PM on Saturday, October 30. I use this hackerspace as my studio.
One sprinkler broke
and poured thousands of gallons into Quelab,
caving in part of the ceiling
I was greeted before 8 PM
by this glazing of water in the entryway;
the water was over an inch deep
in some of the lower spots of the building
The water leaked into the parking lot,
and eventually covered a large part of the asphalt
The professionals arrive at about 11 PM
to help save the night
