Tag Archive: AI imaging

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Exploring Quilt Concepts with Midjourney 6 —sref 200

When we moved to Pennsylvania, almost 9 years ago, my wife, Judy, who has always sewn, took up quilting.  Continuing my exploration of style reference (—sref) by the numbers, I came across —sref 200, and every image produced looks like a potential quilt! Style Reference 200 produces images somewhere between surreal and primitive and looks […]

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How did he create that photo? Can AI duplicate?

When I first saw Aydın Büyüktaş’ roller-coaster-like drone photo of a Train Yard, I knew right away how he took the photo: Start the drone camera high above the train yard looking straight down. Then quickly lower the drown while taking a panoramic photo.  You’ll see by the 2nd and 3rd image that I came […]

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Echos of Your Goodbye

Somebody asked me recently “How do you come up with your ideas?” Well, this project is a good example. First I wanted to explore a variety of art styles and decided to do a portrait series of mixed-race young women in a limited pallet of blues and violets. That made me think of Duke Ellington’s […]

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My review of “MIDJOURNEY EXPEDITION”

By Margarida Barreto Knowing Margarida Barreto for about a year, I wouldn’t expect anything from her to be less than excellent! On that point, her book doesn’t disappoint! Her subtitle is “Generative creative images from text prompts and seamlessly integrating them into your workflow.” But it could have been “Everything there is to know about […]

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Generating Creative Images With DALL-E 3

A new book by Holly Picano Though this book is about using DALL-E 3, it an excellent book to read no matter the text-to-image platform you are currently using. The book is a good read for both beginners and advanced prompters covering subjects that apply to any AI image creation. “Part 1: Getting to know […]

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My Review of Musavir

I was an early tester of Musavir when it was in Beta and have continued to use it as one of my three go-to programs. So you might like to read my opinions and see my results with the program.

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The Artist is the Art

Marshall McLuhan became famous in the 60’s for his statement that “The Media is the Message!” I don’t know if I’ll become famous for this statement, but I believe “The Artist is the Art!” I think you have to be an artist/designer/illustrator/art director/creative director/writer/musician/composer/singer/film maker/architect to fully appreciate the truth in that statement. But the […]

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