NFTShowroom partnered with @alienarthive for a May MAGIC CHALLENGE. To participate:
- Make art incorporating magic
- mint it on ---> https://nftshowroom.com/
- make a blog post about it in Alien Art Hive
- use 'nftshowroom' in your tags
According to the challenge post, NFTShowroom will feature all the MAGIC ART minted on the NFT Showroom home page / twitter and Alien Art Hive will be curating participants' blog posts.
This challenge is for the full month of May. To join in check out NFTShowroom's challenge post here: nftshowroom X alienarthive MAGIC MAY challenge
Below is my third design depicting the Magic theme.
The wonder and magic of human life. It truly is a miracle. All elements must fuse together to create it. It's not random. It's not a foregone thought. And it's not guaranteed. But it is purposeful. It's procreation for all animals. And it's universal. Some view the gift of life as a higher power that to all species.
I wanted to capture the essence of this wondrous occurrence. My design is titled New Life As A Magical Event.
The information for my designs minted on NFTShowroom.
Name: New Life As A Magical Event (Still Version)
Date Minted: 5/21/25
Link: New Life As A Magical Event - Still Version
Number Minted: 5
Cost: 5 Hive/each
Name: New Life As A Magical Event (Video)
Date Minted: 5/21/25
Link: New Life As A Magical Event
Number Minted: 5
Cost: 5 Hive/each
The still image I completed utilizing my design program, Canva. The layers of elements and other tools I have available are in accordance with my upgraded Annual Pro Membership. Such tools include background removal, resizing, filtering, duplicating, colorizing, and repositioning items.
The still version is captivating, I feel.
I was able to produce it with the following procedures:
Opening a blank, white canvas, I added the fairy octopus and resized it to fill the screen;
Aded another version of the fairy. This time, I colorized it and resized it to fit inside the larger one, but obscuring the head.
Added my pure fractal titled "Multi-Layers". Duplicated it to create a sort of cocoon for the infant.
Added the stable diffusion image of an infant in a shell. Removed the background; colorized and resized it; then positioned it behind the fairy and fractal.
Completed design.
Next, I uploaded the still image into the program, Deep Dream Generator, to produce a video. The video was amazing because I only expected the wings to flap; not the fairy to retreat into the background.
My settings are below:
Model: Runway
Size: 896 X 720 (0.65 MP)
Aspect ratio: landscape
Text Prompt: "Fairy wings flapping."
Here is a list of the images I included in my design. For the hybrid fairy octopus, I located a free-sourced image I felt was perfect to cradle a newborn. The pure fractal I created in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X. The stable diffusion image of the baby in a cracked eggshell, I retrieved from StarryAI.
Fairy Octopus ~ Baby in a shell ~ Pure Fractal titled "Multi-Layers"
Thanks for taking the time to view my post. I hope you like my third mixed media project for the May SPRING challenge.
SOURCES:
a) JustClickindiva's Footer created in Canva utilizing its free background and images used with permission from discord admins.
b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use
d) All Community logos, banners, page dividers used with permission of Discord Channel admins.
e) Ladies of Hive banner used with permission of and in accordance with the admin's guidelines
f) Thumbnail Image created by me in Canva.
g) "Flames." What is Apophysis 2.09. https://flam3.com/
If translation included, I use DeepL to assist my readers.
Thanks for your patience an understanding.
Si se incluye traducción, utilizo DeepL para ayudar a mis lectores.
Gracias por su paciencia y comprensión.