~ Ausbit's Stable Diffusion Discord Bot ~
The influence of Ai in art is hard to ignore these days. The capabilities of how one can augment their art have never been more diverse than at this very moment in time. It's quite the revolution that is going on under everyone's noses without much notice.
Fortunately, many Hive users have been at the cutting edge of AI developed for art. I mention quite a few of them and have links to their blogs in my post links a bit further down below.
Currently, a very generous opportunity has been offered to anyone interested in making some AI-generated art. There is a new bot set up inside Discord that Ausbit has created that can generate AI images based on prompts you create in text.
I would suggest that everyone/anyone interested read the post i have linked below to learn how to participate for free. This bot is also operating inside the Alien Art Hive discord and that invitation is provided in the last link below.
Where you can learn how to use the bot in
Ausbit's Discord to generate art.
Go give it a test run or two... or three, or four! Playing around with it can get pretty addicting but Ausbit has been kind enough to make this free to use. The credits and pay structure is laid out pretty clearly in his post if you should take up a serious interest. Come check it out!
~ One Small Step For Mankind ~
Well, maybe not all of mankind actually. I had to learn about all this one small step at a time. As a curator for the Alien Art Hive Community i've come across numerous posts that feature the use of generative art.
In fact, generative art is one of our featured topics. There are numerous methods for using Artificial Intelligence solely to generate art as well as augment one's own work.
You can read a few of my posts which explain some places to play around and try it out for free. You can also see some of the stuff i was generating last year around this same time!
You can even purchase (or just look at) one of my NFT AI Art Videos at the Nft Showroom here on Hive: Red Glow - A.I. Genesis Mint
After seeing more people using the option i began to look into those options and play around with some of them. It's pretty incredible how fast this technology is growing and the spectrum of applications for it! The speed and quality has improved more than exponentially since i last played around with this stuff!
I have some images that i've been working on utilizing AI art to create for quite some time now. I have been shooting to capture a very particular idea within a range of possibilities to no avail. I haven't found any output that comes close to the image in my mind's eye yet.
It is funny because making analog art would be easier at times... yet still wouldn't portray as quickly as what can be done correcting in time using the AI. Generative art has come a very long way in an extremely short amount of time and i feel it's better suited now to execute my artistic vision.
I was particularly impressed with the image below. So far, that has been one of my best results using AI for art in all of my experimentations.
The ability to participate in the machine learning and artificial intelligence application to the arts at the foundational and ground level is quite a privilege and honor but this type of artistic experimentation requires a particular persistence.
Prompts are the text input used to create the output or artwork. It's an art to craft a prompt in and of itself. I think the repetition of trying over and over in order to get the image desired is commendable and takes some nice wordsmithing. Sometimes, the subtlest change of a word or the order in which it's given can have the most bizarre impact on the overall outcomes.
If at first you don't succeed... try, try again!
~ Bob Ross ~
One of my favorite human beings and greatest influences is Bob Ross. It would be a shame not to incorporate him into anything that i am artistically doing at the moment. So, i tried a prompt including the man, the myth, the legend! I tried the prompt
A hyperrealistic detailed high definition photograph of Bob Ross painting A hyperrealistic detailed high definition painting of Bob Ross painting a hyperrealistic detailed high definition painting of Bob Ross
When i was a child growing up in the 80's i remember loving to watch Bob Ross work his artistic magic of creation on PBS. I watched Bob paint a myriad of paintings throughout the years. If you don't know who he is or much about him you should totally check this stuff out!
You can see the documentary of Bob Ross' life on Youtube here:
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
There is also a Netflix documentary of Bob Ross and the empire that became his legacy. If you don't have Netflix you can watch the documentary here:
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
Then you can decide if you want to watch any (or all as i would recommend) of the episodes and seasons of The Joy of Painting here: The Joy of Painting Full Seasons
Yes, i am still amazed to see him create each and every single one of all these paintings all these years later. The Joy of Painting never ages and neither does the likability of Bob Ross.
Until Bob Ross becomes Chuck Norris like in this next shot! That's when you know the shit just got real.... except that Chuck Norris may be more likeable (to some) than Bob Ross.
With their powers combined...
Chuck Norris is Bob Ross
Ausbit happened to be online at this time and we both were playing around with Bob Ross as a topic in there. It was pretty funny. He helped get me the best image in this section just after my actual prompt that i showed first . Some of the images were more art-like. I enjoyed the range of results.
That look on his face in the next one is hilarious. Don't forget to look at the hand!
Look at that hand!
I just noticed this next one is pointing at you! I was too busy being lost in those eyes.
I liked this one too! It seemed a bit more serious.
I wish Bob Ross was still with us! I would be curious to see what he would make with AI art.
Truth
~ One Giant Leap For AI ~
I'm talking about being exploited for holiday purposes. AI's giant leap will be helping us humans create holiday inspired stuff with it's help. Halloween is right around the corner and that will be most fun to see all inspired works in that genre.
You may have notice i changed my profile picture to reflect the season. I have some more of the most creepy Halloween inspired images you will see this time around!
Aus had the scariest one or two in my opinion. I don't know what is more terrifying in the next image... the smile or the hands again?!?
I don't know why this one scares me so much... but perhaps it's because i see Dog the Bounty Hunter as Bob Ross...
So, of all the novel and most revolutionary ideas that this technology could be used for to expand the human experience... i'm over here getting some Bob Ross Halloween decor generated up! HAhahaha Giant leaps i tell ya!
Artificial Intelligence Artwork
~ Inspiration Comes ~
The one thing i can say is that inspiration comes as you have to sit and thing about a decent prompt. Results come and aren't what you expect that make you think of other things. Then you weave some of those into your prompts and the next thin you know... you have a giant Frankenstein prompt that you're crossing your fingers to get a decent output of!
For instance, after seeing Bob Ross become Chuck Norris, i was reminded of a famous, if not the most famous of all time, fight scene. I had an image in my mind and came up with this prompt...
A film scene screenshot of Bob Ross wearing the yellow jumpsuit that Bruce Lee wore in his last film, The Game of Death, having a martial arts duel against Chuck Norris.
That look on his face was similar to mine. Just having the name Bruce Lee in the prompt made it merge the images together. I wanted Bob Ross in Bruce's Yellow JumpSuit having an epic fight scene with Chuck Norris. What i got was Bruce Lee with Bob Ross' afro merged with Jim Kelly's character from Enter The Dragon. I had one or two others but this was as good as it got, for now. I guess beggars can't be choosers!
Then there was the claymation Bob Ross Precious Moments figurine prompts... look at that hand again! hahaha
I thought this was an amazing result. Though... it could have been a bit more Bob Rossy!
And last, but not least, i have a simple prompt. Bob Ross is Richard Simmons
It was pretty good but not worth trying harder! Hahaha Sometimes, it's just a stupid idea. Other times, it's something with epic potential. You never know until you run a few tries. I can say that the inspiration and creativity that this process causes has been something beneficial to me as an artist.
Cool Story Bro.....
There are many prompts i want to challenge myself with in the analog art realm. This helps brainstorm ideas and/or develop constructs a lof faster. If anything, it makes for a most fun and intersting thought experiment.
I have some more to share with you all but i will save those for their own respective posts. Halloween is one inspiration and the book of Revelation is another. So, keep an eye out for future posts and until then... come check out the discord bot and see for yourself.
Thanks For Joining Me Today
I do appreciate you stopping by to check out my post! Thanks for reading and scrolling through all of my babblings. If anything, i hope it was visually intersting to you and i look forward to sharing even more intersting art to come.
Until next time, take care and cheers!
