Wednesday, 9 April 2025

April 8, 2025

Drawn at Art Buddies in Albuquerque:







STABLE DIFFUSION
VARIATIONS on the Original Drawing









PRINT EVENTS



Tuesday, 8 April 2025

April 7, 2025

Drawn at Art Buddies in Albuquerque:


My original drawing

I uploaded the above drawing to KREA to generate various AI variations of my drawing (using the Mechanical Figure Sketches model, I think):

This AI result
is very similar to the original

I like this AI variation as well,
even though it is not as faithful to the original drawing

I like the above result as well.  I did a reverse search using Google Lens, but did not find any images that were too similar to my AI drawings.  Am I generating ORIGINAL AI ART from my drawing style?  It just seems that there must be someone else generating similar images, since the underlying AI model is so generic:

I then animated the above image in KREA (with WAN 2.1).  The AI result was not pretty:

KREA (with WAN 2.1):
prompt: "dancing"


I also trained an AI model in KREA, for the video generation program WAN 2.1, based on 34 drawings from my book -- KRRRL book drawings.  These are the same 34 drawings from my book that I used to train for the Flux image generation model.  And the result was even uglier when I animated my AI figure:

KREA (with WAN 2.1):
prompt: "dancing"
with the AI model KRRRL book drawings

IF AI could "segment" my drawings, maybe it could also make SPINNING ANIMATIONS. This is probably possible, but not accessible to me just yet.

I refried my favorite AI image, by running that AI result through KREA again, using a different model -- Entangled Knots -- and then coloring it with Petalica Paint:

Triple AI'ed image
based on my drawing

Another more faithful 
AI variation on my drawing

A Deep Dream Generator AI variation
 from the above KREA AI drawing generation


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The custom "hat" die cutter that we ordered on Ebay arrived from the Ukraine:

To cut out EXQUISITE TESSELLATION tiles


It looks like the future is in ChatGPT in generating AI ART:

Monday, 7 April 2025

APRIL 2025 -- Exhibitions

2025 broke open in April with all kinds of art exhibitions in Albuquerque.  I finally met IVA MORRIS at her opening, though I did not post any photos here.  The most significant being the opening of the LIGHT, SPACE AND THE SHAPE OF TIME exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum on April 5, 2025:

LIGHT, SPACE and the SHAPE of TIME



AUGUST MUTH

AUGUST MUTH was showing his holograms in this exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum:


Last year I went to August Muth's talk at the UNM ARTSlab on November 14, 2024, where he showed his holograms and explained the process of making them:
 

August Muth was also featured in the talk during opening day:



LARRY BELL

LARRY BELL is a prominent LIGHT AND SPACE artist, and was prominently featured with his large glass sculpture in the gallery.  He lives in Taos and is one of the five living artists on the cover of the Sgt Peppers album:


Larry Bell's large glass sculpture






ROBIN BROWN

ROBIN BROWN had an opening of her paintings at Ancora Cafe in Albuquerque.  She paints with us at the Edith Bunker on Thursdays:








Denver skyline


Across the street from the Ancora Cafe
was this mural by StJame/ David Santiago




ABQ ARTWALK

The downtown Albuquerque First Friday Artwalk happened on March 4, 2025:




516 ARTS was opening during the Artwalk,
and I walked into a performance piece

AMY MAESTAS

Amy Maestas was showing prints
 at El Chante Casa de Cultura in Albuquerque

Amy Maestas' print




I bought Zimmy's print

Mystery Collage packages

BEN HARRISON

Ben Harrison showing his mural paintings
at 5th and Central during Artwalk

was having a live performance

selling his son's jewelry 

Ken Romig's drawings


YAUDI

Yaudi, Malcolm King,
made 31 shirts for the FUN-A-DAY exhibition

Amy Maestas also had an insect print
hanging in the  FUN-A-DAY exhibition





BRADLEY PEARSON

BRADLEY PEARSON had an opening for his drawings and painting at Differential Brewery in Albuquerque on Saturday, April 5, 2025:

Bradley Pearson in front of his paintings
at his opening at Differential Brewing