November 17, 2023 -- Portrait

The portrait session on Friday nights is free, but the artists had to give their drawings to the sitter. This session was at Art Buddies in Albuquerque:

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Gary Cohen's drawing from the same session

BLENDED in MIDJOURNEY

using AI

I blended two of my portraits using AI in Midjourney to get a different result:

Midjourney

Midjourney

Blended in Midjourney

Midjourney

Blended in Midjourney

WithPoly Textures

Midjourney

Blended with #4 image and a texture ball

(transparent background)

WithPoly Textures

Midjourney

PIKA LABS

EzGif

CSM.AI

DOWNLOAD: "Portrait_CSM.GLB" (4.24 MB)

LCM

I experimented with a realtime LCM (latent consistency model) program on Google Collab -- lcm_controlnet_scribble_draw_colab.ipynb.  Once the Collab started up it gave me a Gradio link, to use the program in my web browser.

Basically one draws in the left window, and AI generates an image -- in REAL TIME -- in the right window.  I also uploaded one of my drawings and added a prompt: "drawing of a portrait of a man."

The AI works fast, and generates a new image every time I draw a line, sometimes even sooner than that.

Realtime Latent Consistency Model

lcm_controlnet_scribble_draw_colab.ipynb

Ideally I can set up an LCM so that I can draw the model on a tablet, and AI will correct my drawing in real time -- better yet, based on my style.  Krea.AI will do just this, I think, and I'm on the waiting list.

Previous Portrait Sessions:

• September 29, 2023 -- Portrait
• September 15, 2023 -- Portrait
• September 8, 2023 -- Portrait
• August 25, 2023 -- Portrait
• June 9, 2023 -- Portrait
• June 2, 2023 --Portrait