I’m using Leonardo AI experimenting with crossing two separate images created independently and then mixing them up in the word prompt. I love the results of playing like this. The last picture is my original watercolor which is the source of the design. This is fun and it’s important to keep things super simple. This is not like MidJourney. This is simple illustration. It’s kind of like mixing apples and oranges and getting a weird smoothie.
This is my original watercolor in black and white:
Image generated from my imagination and throwing some words together. I’ve created about 25 good versions. ….Here’s another one:
Feel free to comment. I’m interested in what you think.
I feel like a privileged artist to be watching and participating in a mini-miracle. I have fallen in love with a favorite AI platform. Right now my head is spinning with all the choices and options I have. I’ve been using my original art as the inspiration to create new images, rather that starting from what another artist has done. This is my favorite method of working so far as it helps me feel like my feet are on the ground and I understand that I have a personal stake is the creation of this piece.
Here is my original scratchboard, straight out of my imagination, that I am using as my inspiration:
These six AI creations are just a few of the options I chose to show you here. There are hundreds more. With a one word change in my prompt, a slight change in the lighting, the color of the cat and/or the general look of the girl and atmosphere of the composition, every shot here is different.
If you run photoshop or a similar program, you understand there may be many, many different ways to solve a problem or get the image you are looking for or the improvement to the original. There is no one way that is correct. To me this is the same experience in AI. I think it will not put an end to original art as we know it. I think it’s exciting and can open a lot of doors for artists. Let me know your thoughts on this.
He’s cool, smart, got attitude. I like him. Is he like you? Maybe, he looks great on a big sticker to slap on your laptop.
Dah, I grew up in a world of old fashioned values. They were old when I was born, and now they are really old. How can one maintain positivity and a sense of humor when people treat each other so badly? Here’s an idea; do what you think is right. Treat others as you would like to be treated. Throw the guns away. Read. Shut your mouth. Listen for a change. Think. There. That’s enough for today.
Painting Mexico 
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