Author: Michele B. Naquaiya

I'm an artist/illustrator living in Mexico. I'm exploring life through art and the art of the journal with pictures and a few words.
AI Art

Fish Like Corral

Michele B. Naquaiya

The original sketch for this post was whacy crazy and butt ugly. I used acrylic markers on watercolor spiral pad. One big orange fish swimming around with bubbles and orange corral. I wanted to see how this would come out.

I wanted to see what a silly sketch of a fish would look like in corral environment. It turns out my prompt was pretty right on and I couldn’t describe the sketch better. The reason we love AI is to see what fun options we get in lots of different ways, styles, & dynamics. I think if I can come up with about 6 or 7 variations on the first 2 fish, I’d have enough for a cute video. Here are 2 so far.

There is also a library of bubbles I want to try. Wish me luck.

AI art, fantasy illustration, flora and fauna, tropical fish, whimsy

Under The Sea

Michele B. Naquaiya

I’ve been playing with fish for a while now. Here is a shot that was made by blending several of my drawings together into an under sea world. I like a lot because I think it asks some questions, which gives the concept a storybook quality. I’m having some trouble generating a video but hopefully that will come soon.

AI art, Illustrations, Nature, Pen and Ink Drawing, Tablet Drawing, watercolor, whimsy

Make a tree, why not

Michele B. Naquaiya

Here are some trees I drew. Just doodles actually. Nothing serious here but once in a while it’s just fun to play.

It’s interesting to find out how what you draw is a reflection of whatever mood you’re in. The next thing to play with is to learn how to animate the trees. Let’s see, I could animate some fruit falling from trees, or animals in the trees: dancing, falling down, playing hide and seek.

AI art, Illustrations

Look mom…I created a recipe book cover. I put a few scratchboad minis together, along with a book cover template, along with a rustic warm temperature filter and came up with this. p.s. I don’t do recipe books but I have been known to draw food. I thought it would be challenging to design a book cover.

Michele B. Naquaiya

Tell me what you think.

AI Art, scratchboard drawing

Chocolate Pie…Your Choice

Michele B. Naquaiya

In this post I am offering up a choice for you. It’s not to eat. I can’t do that but I can
offer several AI versions of chocolate pie with whipped cream and a cherry on top.

Version A The light source is on the left side, casting nice heavy shadows. The plate has a striped flange which looks carved out, with the glaze pooling around the interior. There is a strong colorful shadow on the table and the highlight on the plate has a warm glow. Also lower right shows the reflection of the crust.
Version B – the light is on the right side, see the shadows. also AI has interpreted the pink shadows as a pink plate. and made the table blue. The cherry leans to the light and has a bulbous tip. The top of the pie is shiny like a glaze and notice the texture of the chocolate interior.
Version C This version of the pie piece is deeper and the whipped cream does not look very real because of the many soft layers. Notice the ridges in the pie crust giving it the appearance of graham cracker crust rather than pie dough. The pattern in the plate is also different. Also, there are small whisps of pink in the table top. which are symbolic reflections of the pinky plate in abstraction.
This is the Original scratchboard. Look closely and see how black was scratched away to reveal white kaolin clay underneath. The scratched areas were painted with colored inks and a tiny brush. The light source is coming from directly above. See how the shadows are cast. This piece was only 5″ tall.

Which one do you like? If you ask me, I like all of them because they each have their own personality. Isn’t that a big factor in art? The point of this exercise is to learn to look closely at things, whether it’s a Classic Yellow Mustang or a simple piece of pie.