I Used Digital AI to Inspire IRL Art
In previous posts, I've mentioned how my graphics 'career' started many years ago when I started working with my (future) husband in his printing business. Digital printing was very new and at the time, we could see that this was where the industry was heading.
This was around the early 1990's and my partner was a traditional offset printer working with a Heidelberg GTO 52. It was also around this time, that we got married and decided to start a family; while I was busy being a new Mum, I sorta missed out on the whole digital revolution in regards to graphics and printing.
While I have a great knowledge of Photoshop and other image manipulating software, I really missed out on the digital era in regards to producing original artworks. I feel really unfamiliar with the entire process of digital art and yes, I still struggle with the concept of 'why would someone buy an image when they can right-click > save as!' (or when necessary, screenshot > save as)
Alien Art Hive and NFT Showroom have given me a completely fresh outlook on the subject. NFT's are still a bit of a mystery to me but they've helped me understand where the value lies in such pieces. Therefore, I've recently decided to join the party and have been experimenting with using Digital AI websites such as Deep Dream Generator and Lunapic.
Late last year, I created a rather boring image using Inkscape and thought to run it through some deep dreaming - I then used the resulting images as inspiration for some IRL art.
This is the image I started with (apologies for the small size, I've lost the original) followed by some of the art that was generated from that image.
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The artwork featured above, was loosely based on all three images however the first image became my main inspiration for this particular piece. The third image was also inspiration for a second piece however this one is being completed on canvas and proving to be a little more difficult, it may take some time to 'get right'.
All in all, this has been a fantastic exercise as I've had to think outside my usual box to try some different ideas and techniques, in order to achieve the effect I'm after. When I'm pushed out of my comfort zone, I find that my inner artist is free to create with much less restriction and fear.
Now, if I could just find my inner Alien..!
Until next time... xxx
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That looks pretty cool!
Why would someone buy an image when they could just right click save, well not everyone is a selfish arsehole and some people like supporting their favourite artists right ;D
Yes, this was something that really held me back as a creator in the early days of digital media, I remember the tedious task of always having to watermark your work somehow and for me, it became a barrier because I didn't understand how to properly protect my work; I can definitely see how NFT's are a real game-changer in this regard.
Watermarking isn't any protection, even I could remove them in the rudimentary stages of my digital art...er..."career" I guess XD What's more protection is becoming well known enough that if/when people steal your work (which only seems to happen if you're already popular because the type of people who would remove watermarks and do this kind of thing are stupid and "just want to be popular" or in this day and age with crypto content sites "just want to earn some tokens") your fans will be like "you plagiarist" and report them for you and/or to you :)
The NFT thing is absolutely a game changer, it's really great that there is a proper digital equivalent now!
and for the people that keep wondering why I haven't jumped on board, it's because I don't do the type of stuff that would work with that model and I don't have the type of brain that deals well with limited editions XD
Yeah, knowing how to 'work around' these things is not always a blessing because you just realise how easy it is for others too. :/
You know, I've seen quite a few stories about fans noticing a stolen artwork and reporting back to the artist and it is good to see that 'not everyone is a selfish arsehole...' :P
At this point, I know I'm not ready to put any artwork up for sale however, I do see the potential for photography. Even in this field, I'm still a beginner and don't feel like I can compete in a commercial sense but every now and then, there'll be one shot out of a hundred that I look at and think, 'wow, that's the money shot!'