Wednesday 27 December 2023

SUMMARY 2023

2023 was a BIG YEAR -- for Figure Drawing, AI ART, and Printmaking:

Quick Links:

I'm pleased that these three separate pursuits have converged somewhat into one work  -- in the edition I made for the Southwest Print Fiesta Print Exchange 2023 -- as I used an AI model based on my drawing style to generate the image for the print:

This print is a convergence of --
My Drawing Style, AI and Printmaking

AUGMENTED REALITY
 Print Exchange
The print above was also enhanced (poorly)
with WebAR (Augmented Reality)

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BIG EVENTS
in the Desert Triangle
Tucson, El Paso, Albuquerque

Probably the biggest things that happened in 2023 were our print shows: the DESERT TRIANGLE exhibition in Tucson; the AMBOS LADOS exhibition in El Paso; and our BUCKET EXHIBITION in Albuquerque:

Desert Triangle Print Carpeta at the University of Arizona Art Museum in Tucson -- June 10th - December 21st, 2023:
Ambos Lados International Print Exchange exhibition at the El Paso Museum of History  -- March 18th - July 15th, 2023:

El Paso Museum of History -- Summary
Ambos Lados print exhibition
at the El Paso Museum of History


Our BUCKET EXHIBITIONS were part of the "Deck the Walls" exhibition, the final at the North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque (as the center is closing) -- November 10 - December 30, 2023:

We hung 88 prints
in 8x8 inch frames
at the North Fourth Art Center in Albuquerque


When you make a mistake in art Hit A WRONG Note In Jazz...

26 SUMMARY POSTS
for 2023
 
2023 was such a big year that I had to write 26 summary blog posts to get a grip on everything.  CLICK on the images below for more detail:

D R A W I N G S
2023 Best Drawings -- PENCIL


The best Pen&Pencil drawings of 2023


Best Abstract Drawings 2023


A I   A R T
Best AI IMAGES 2023


Do all my drawings look the same?

Lack of Diversity...
Do I lean on AI to be more diverse?


All my AI Videos this year are included in the playlists:
AI Videos of 2023 by KRRRL


Animated GIFS 2023


Art at Quelab


P R I N T MA K I N G



AI  FANTASY
Correcting my Drawing
in REAL TIME

I fantasize about having AI correct my figure drawing in REAL TIME (like Scott Eaton's approach) -- and it now seems more than possible, using LCMS:



Sigh...before November it all seemed so hopeless:

"Nevertheless, I still can't draw, and am now too old to learn. So from here on, my goal will be to make the model look like one of my drawings."

--from my book in 2017, "Finish My Drawings"


Me in 2014,
conceding that I still won't be able to draw in 2024


HOWEVER:  when Artificial Intelligence surfaced for me in 2017 (immediately after I published my book),  I wondered if I could "repair" my bad drawings with AI.

NOW:  AI might "correct" my drawings in REAL TIME, as I draw the model -- in November this actually happened, sorta, when LCMs (Latent Consistency Models) came out!


Leonardo.AI revisited
AI correcting my drawing on the tablet
Proof of Concept
(lcm_sdhk_controlnet_scribble_draw_colab.ipynb)


LCM Programs
AI in REAL TIME

Hugging Face:

Ideally LCM would "correct" my drawing in REAL TIME -- using an AI model trained on my drawings.  It seems like Krea.AI is promising to do this soon:

New PIKA 1.0 vs old PIKA LABS
SOON
Krea.AI will correct my drawing in REAL TIME
in my style

CSM has had a "Realtime Sketch to 3D" feature since December 14, 2023


HIGHLIGHTS
2023

Messing around in El Paso
at the Horned Toad Prints studio


The Rio Grande flooded in the spring


Art at Quelab
"Fireless" Fourth of July
at Quelab


July Summary 2023
(November 6, 2023)
They also demolished Griff's Hamburgers
at Central and Wyoming in July


Fat Crow Press -- Summary (September 2023)
I got on the cover of the newspaper
in Las Vegas, New Mexico



October 17, 2023
On October 14th we were in Mountainair
for the annular solar eclipse


Second Reception at the North Fourth Art Center
 -- BUCKET EXHIBITIONS
Ben Harrison printing with his feet
while playing guitar


December 6, 2023 -- first drawing session at Fusion
Quelab hackerspace flooded for the 2nd time
on December 6, 2023


December 9, 2023
David Kassan holding a can,
next to Raven the portrait model
during the opening at Artisans in Albuquerque


December 11, 2023
Robots Doing Art
incorporated my AI drawing model
into his remix

I discovered that in 2021, "Robots Doing Art" had used the AI model of my drawings (that I had uploaded) to create a few variations of the same

Bad Art Club
I ended the year in Albuquerque
drawing at the Bad Art Club


Alison Aragon called me on the last day of 2023 to report that the bronze sculpture that she made of her dad, Dr John A Aragon, was missing from it's location in Barelas:

Alison Aragon's sculpture of her dad
was missing from it's Barelas location


Exiting:  The Year of the Rabbit


or in Viet Nam, it was The Year of the Cat...


SUMMARIES from Previous Years:

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