Through the Lens of the Apocalyptic Rose | A Mixed Media Art Project

In studying the effects of various words and phrases in a prompt description, I decided to discover how the stable diffusion program, StarryAI would interpret opposite word meanings. For instance, "roses" which would normally signify a beautiful image; then "apocalyptic garden", which should display an unnatural or rotting scene where nothing is allowed to flourish.

I was thoroughly surprised at my result as shown below. I imagine that for the apocalypse portion, the program applied my remaining words "black, white, and gray" to resemble the stark difference of a robust, fresh garden full of blooming rose buds. Since I indicated roses, I presumed the program would apply this to a female.

Below are my steps:

StarryAI Text input:
"Apocalyptic garden with black, gray, and white flowers, especially roses."

Style:Argo
Runtime: 50
Seed: 1677762806

StarryAI Result:

I feel that my pure fractals added the ethereal feel to the scene as though floating in and out of the apocalypse at various times. The free-sourced image I located added another touch of color to break with the gray monotones.

I use Canva as my design program to blend the images. Below are my procedures in which you can see the benefits of my upgraded Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

To a blank, white canvas, I added the female stable diffusion image.

Switched canvas background color to black for dramatic effect. Resized female stable diffusion image and positioned in center of screen.

Added my pure fractals to the outside black area of the canvas, alternating each; then resizing and repositioning. One fractal required background removal.

Added the red flower image to the female's right eye. Resized and positioned correctly. Completed the project.

I share with you my completed project:

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