Friends' Exhibitions, AI and other catch-up thoughts

Three of our printmaker crew had exhibitions in September.  Plus I have some new thoughts on AI Art and other brain clutter that I want to post:

EXHIBITIONS

CODY KAMROWSKI

Cody Kamrowski

next to his self portrait

Cody Kamrowski was featured in the North Valley Studio Tour in Albuquerque, September 16th and 17th, 2023, in the studio of David Welch with Cynthia Wister:

Cody Kamrowski next to his self-portrait

North Valley Studio Tour 2023

in Albuquerque

JULIANNA KIRWIN

Julianna Kirwin was showing her lithograph that she made at Tamarind Institute at the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, opening on September 14, 2023:

Julianna Kirwin next to her lithograph,

with curator Augustine Romero

Lithographs by

Lena Kassicieh, Julianna Kirwin, Dora "Raiz" Chavarria

The exhibition was of the Tamarind lithograph workshop by visiting artist Luis Fitch, currently living in Minneapolis:

Luis Fitch

MARK WOODY

Mark Woody was showing two of his works at the Thirsty Eye Brewing Company, next to Exhibit 208 in Albuquerque:

• Andres Orlowski website online

AI ART

AI FANTASY

I am looking for a tablet device that I can hold in my lap while drawing the model.  In fantasylandia I would like AI to correct my bad figure drawing in real time.

Someone is recommending a Microsoft Surface, I'm leaning towards a Lenovo Yoga, and now I'm reading about drawing on a Chromebook.

Now I hear that the Samsung Tablet can be used as a second monitor.

YouTube:  Samsung Second Screen vs SuperDisplay vs SpaceDesk | Get the most out of your Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra!

***UPDATE:  I downloaded Spacedesk and it worked really well using my old Android tablet and Lenovo Legion gaming laptop.

OTHER

• K Allado-McDowell TED TALK ... this artist may update the AIKPHRASIS Project that Holly Grimm created (and I participated in)

Adam at Quelab is generating the best AI videos that I have seen so far:

Smooth AI video

made with Deforum

• also on TikTok
• TRAINING AI EDIT 2

AI comic book generator

(not working today)

• Ideogram -- is an AI program that mixes words with images
• bubble.io -- is an AI program that writes codeIdeogram 
• Stable Warp Diffusion

AI we do not have access yet:

• PERFUSION -- Nvida AI training in 4 minutes, from a 100 KB program   (YouTube)
• CONCEPT LAB -- generates NEW ART STYLES
• Simulon (for iOS)--  places 3D models in a specific location

PIKA LABS added some new functions:

-camera zoom in

-camera zoom out

-camera up

-camera down

-camera left

-camera right

-camera rotate cw

-camera rotate ccw

-camera rotate acw

The degree of camera motion can be fine-tuned using the -motion XX parameter, with options ranging from 1 to 4.

RANT:  Windows Update ELIMINATED the Windows Video Editor program, just as I was trying to make a big slideshow.  I had to reinstall the program -- Microsoft Photos Legacy -- which does not come up on a search on the Microsoft App store.  Why do Updates cripple, rather than enhance, the program?