Let’s try that phrase ‘from the sublime to the ridiculous’ in reverse.
Generating images from an internet grab bag – AI Weirdness
Here’s “a toaster”
The toaster is partially made of toast so I tried to get it to generate a toaster made of chrome instead. Turns out I don’t think I can get it to do a toaster made of chrome without in some way incorporating the logo of Google Chrome. General internet training seems to poison certain keywords.
Ok, never mind all that.
“Bound Species” by Photographer Jennifer Latour – Booooooom
The first lock down in 2020 gave Vancouver photographer Jennifer Latour a chance to develop a beautiful new body of work, and the inspiration actually came from her work as an FX makeup artist. “It was only when I started visualizing the plants and flowers as an extension of my work in special effect makeup that it all started coming together and the splicing began. I now see each piece as kind of Frankenstein of sorts with so many fun variation to come!”
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