Friday, 17 January 2025

January 16, 2025

We drew at the Edith Bunker in Albuquerque, with Monty Singer and Brian Gonzales.  I collaborated with AMBER SPENCE -- she started a painting, and I started a drawing -- and we traded places during the night:

PAINTING
COLLABORATION

Animation of painting progress







I used AI to "Upscale" the above drawing in Deep Dream Generator, with "creativity" cranked up to 100%:

Using the "Art/3D? model

Using the "Art/Realism" model


DRAWING
COLLABORATION

Animation of drawing progress













I used AI to "Upscale" the above drawing in Deep Dream Generator, with "creativity" cranked up to 100%:


Collaborating was fun.  Maybe we should have a "Painting Swap," where artists bring their painting failures to the drawing session, and then exchange them with another artist

Daniel Allen's drawings






"What is this"

I uploaded my drawings to Google and asked questions -- like "what is this" -- after Google did a reverse search:

I uploaded my drawing to Google
to ask "what is this" and other questions




WHAT IS THIS? 

"This is an ink drawing on paper titled "Dve muške figure" (Two Male Figures) created by Uroš Toškovic in 1956."

Um...Google was close, but no...there is a drawing by Uroš Toškovic named "Dve muške figure," but it ain't mine.



 WHAT IS THIS? 

"This appears to be a pencil sketch of a seated female figure, possibly a study for a sculpture. The artist has used a unique style, creating a sense of texture and movement through a series of short, linear marks."

Google was pretty accurate this time.

"Upscaled" in Deep Dream Generator,
using the "Art/3D" model,
creativity cranked up to100%

"This is a digital painting of a woman in a seated pose. It features an abstract, expressive style with bold brushstrokes and a combination of black, white, and other colors."


I do not remember being able to ask questions in Google about my drawing before -- this must be a recent AI improvement.  At the end of last year I was able to talk Google into generating an image however.




The previous night (January 15th) I had my photo taken at Quelab:



Thursday, 16 January 2025

Southwest Wheels

These are all AI ART images generated in MIDJOURNEY -- initially based on photos from the old Quelab 2.0 location --  and in "9:16" portrait aspect ratio to be viewed as holograms on the Looking Glass Go:



HOLOGRAMS
for Looking Glass Go

The links below are PLAYLISTS of 3D views on the Looking Glass Blocks website (one needs to sign in first) --  which can be seen as "holograms" on the Looking Glass Go:

STREET DEBRIS





BIKES

NOT a CAPTCHA: 

You don't have to click any rectangle with a bicycle






TRAINS

Based on the AT&SF 2926 steam engine Albuquerque:





TREES

Feels a little like Texas Canyon, just east of Tucson:





HANGING CARS

Similar to the STORIES blog post of April 2024: