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Starting something new. 'Sold a lie' I wanted to document the first few hours of the development of an idea. I’m using AI for this one. I wanted to explore generating images from open-source software that are the starting point and not the end point using a bit of reverse engineering. I am going to use the AI generated landscape and AI generated disabled person to make something slightly different to my previous work. I typed in ‘businessman using crutches seen from the back’. The algorithm came back with some strange looking crutches, they are not representative of my walking aids and the majority are white businessmen, which suggests a disability and racial bias of the coding. I’m going to keep both these aspects. I want to produce something new that incorporates the cardboard aspects and an element of three-dimensional work within the landscape painting. I have ideas for this and am looking forward to sharing them soon. #landscapepainter #disabledartist #exeter #sustainability #acrylicpaintingart  #landscapepaintings #system3acrylic #system3paint #landscapepaintingnow

I recently came across Khroma.co, a tool that's been a real game-changer for me when it comes to picking colors for my projects. Khroma has a really easy-to-use interface where you just pick your favorite 50 colors. Then, with the help of its smart AI, it gives you lots of options like: 1. Good text and background color combos, 2. Cool posters, 3. Fancy gradients, 4. Nice images, and 5. Different color sets. Using Khroma makes it super simple to find the perfect colors for whatever you're working on.

Remember when we used to draw houses as kids? 🏠✏️ Well, I took that idea and gave it an AI twist! Starting with some random squiggles in Illustrator, I asked AI to turn them into something special. Here's what I told it: "Make a cozy, multi-level house that looks like a giant pumpkin. Give it a warm, autumn feel with jack-o'-lanterns and a stone pathway. Oh, and add a little white pumpkin on top!" And wow, did AI deliver! It created this adorable pumpkin house that looks straight out of a storybook. But the magic doesn't stop there. In this video, you'll see what happens when I gave AI another task: "Now, turn this pumpkin house into a magical carriage. Make it shrink, grow wheels, and add horses made of glowing dust. Then let it move, leaving sparkles behind!" If you love design, motion graphics, or just want to see AI do cool stuff, this video is for you. It's a little bit of childhood wonder mixed with grown-up tech magic. Want to see more childhood stories come alive with AI? Follow me for more adventures! #AImagic #ChildhoodWonder #DesignFun

Can AI be creative? I’ve been delving into Marcus du Sautoy’s thought-provoking book, The Creativity Code, which explores the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence and human creativity. The book challenges us to consider whether machines can genuinely originate creative ideas or if they’re merely mimicking patterns learned from human input. Du Sautoy takes us on a journey through various creative domains—art, music, literature, and even mathematics—showing how AI is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. He discusses AI-generated paintings that have sold at major auctions, algorithms composing symphonies, and machines writing poetry that resonates with human emotions. These developments force us to rethink our definitions of creativity and originality. One of the key insights is that AI doesn’t have to replace human creativity; instead, it can augment it. By collaborating with AI, artists and thinkers can explore new frontiers, combining human intuition with machine precision. This synergy could lead to innovations we haven’t even imagined yet. If you’re curious to explore these ideas further, I highly recommend checking out the book on Blinkist: The Creativity Code on Blinkist: https://lnkd.in/eA3efMip What are your thoughts? Can algorithms truly be creative, or are they just echoing what they’ve been programmed to learn? Let’s spark a discussion! #ArtificialIntelligence #Creativity #AI #Innovation #MachineLearning #FutureTech #Art #Collaboration #Technology #Inspiration

Let's get a few Brownie Points. Made in #ROI with Rubbrband Prompt Parts: + Minimalistic, photorealistic + warm lighting and cozy atmosphere + Soft light and Gentle shadows Prompt Part: Subject + A car in the room + A shampoo + A flower vase + A chic bathroom Inspiration + Since winter is knocking the door, warm colors it is. Thoughts: + Colors change the mood of the image. + The AI machine understands words like “Cozy”, “Warm lighting”. + Text on AI images is getting better by day. Rubbrband does a good job. Note: + All images generated using one or another AI image generation technique. Images are for research and entertainment purposes. + Respect to all the artists who did the hard work for years creating the actual art. Their work got sucked into the machine. PS: Dinner preparation is a huge headache. PPS: Today was a tiring day. PPPS: AI Videos are getting better by day. Random Question:  Do you prefer scrolling through a Pdf or list of images? — Generic social media plug: 👯 Follow 🗣 Comment ♻️ Repost #madebyai #warm #brown

Today I re-imagined John Maeda's classic Color Typewriter project from 1995 to use #LLM. Each colored rectangle represents a character from A-Z. The full height rectangles are capital letters and the gray rectangles are non letter characters like spaces or punctuation. What was most fun about this was the emergent patterns that #AI would create, like the rainbow sequences separated by grey rectangles. I'm curious what other patterns it can generate and where else LLMs can be applied that we haven't thought of yet? What this project also reminds me is that machines don't inherently understand what we are telling them, they are just manipulating tokens of characters, words and sentences, except in an incredibly complex and interesting way that creates emergent patterns that appear to us as #intelligence. This project was created in a few hours using #Ollama, running on a custom-tuned version of Llama 3.2 and #Processing.org What you think or what I should build next? #creativecoding #design #machinelearning

Here's a 30-second time-lapse video of me drawing a horse. The actual time taken was about two hours, and you can see the iterative process as I drew on the iPad using the Procreate app. I continue to practice hand drawing, even though it's easier to give the reference photo to generative AI and get a perfect painting. The goal in art is not to achieve a perfect copy of reality but to keep observing and putting down strokes until you get a final, wonderfully imperfect drawing. As generative AI advances and takes over more human tasks, we need to hold on tight to our humanity and keep making things with our hands—whether it's writing, drawing, cooking, or crafting. Otherwise, our human existence will be a very sad one, devoid of any effort or ownership.

More Curated SREF Codes — Of Colors and Character: Midjourney has a huge number of SREFs that you can use. View 16 of my favorite codes in this article. Continue reading on Generative AI » #genai #generativeai #ai

Designing with the Colors You Love. Khroma uses AI to learn which colors you like and creates limitless palettes for you to discover, search, and save. A Personalized Algorithm: By choosing a set of colors, you'll train a neural network powered algorithm to generate colors you like and block ones you don't, right in your browser. Creates Infinite Combos: Khroma has learned from thousands of the most popular human-made palettes across the internet to produce great combos which you can view as typography, gradient, palette, or custom image. Which You Can Search: Got something in mind? Khroma's search allows you to search and filter the generator by hue, tint, value, color, as well as hex and RGB values. And Save to Your Collection: Create an unlimited library of your favorite combos to reference later. Get color names, hex codes, RGB values, CSS code, and WCAG accessibility rating of each pair. @khromacolors Check out the Khroma Instagram for inspiration curated by and featuring the work of Lucie Bajgart. Make Colors Work for You You're just a few minutes away from an endless color combination generator designed by you. Generate Get Started https://www.khroma.co/

 Recently while working on generative AI features at Unisala, I came across this interesting topic of image search which further took me down the path of how simple vector mathematics powers modern image search. Ever wondered how your phone knows a sunset at beach photo is the same as a coastal evening view? I break down this elegant search concept in a quick read here: https://lnkd.in/ef5vcJpv