Category: flora and fauna

AI Art

Exploring AI rich options

Michele B. Naquaiya

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.

AI Art

Tree of Love

Michele B. Naquaiya

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.

AI Art

Day of the Dead Celebration for Dancing Skeletons in Sepia

Michele B. Naquaiya

The two days of Los Dias de los Muertos, the Mexican Days of the Dead, represent the most important celebration of the year in Mexico, especially in rural areas. Celebrated on the Catholic holy days of November 1, All Saints’ Day, and November 2, All Souls’ Day, the occasion is a joyful time of remembrance, family reunion, and feasting, as relatives and friends gather together to honor their loved ones who have died. Calavera is Spanish for “skull”. It is also applied to edible or decorative skulls made from either sugar and can be highly decorated with icing.

I have chosen the color sepia as it is the most beautiful of inks and can enrich any drawing by offering itself in light, medium and dark tones. Find this art on TeePublic.