Here's some samples of my adventures with art made by artificial intelligence.
I’ve been doing a lot of studies generating art with detailed text prompts using Disco Diffusion v4.1 on Google Colab.
When I discovered the artificial intelligence art generator, I was pretty blown away! I was immediately addicted to see what the outcomes would be.
The technology is better understood by computer scientists and programmers, but it uses PyTorch which is a framework built on top of the Python programming language.
The best way I can describe it is that it uses diffusion modeling which generates noise. From there, CLIP behaves like a teacher evaluating the output referencing a large library of images aka machine learning. Please tell me if I’m wrong.
To be honest… It’s not difficult to get interesting results that look like a masterpiece an artist spent a lot of time on. But, it’s not easy to get consistent controlled results you may envision.
The technology is also pretty intimidating coming from a traditional art background. But, I’ve decided to embrace it. If you can’t beat them, join them!
The images you see here are hand-picked, with minor post-processing and the results of a lot of trial and error. You may think some of these are strange (or maybe even interesting), but you should see some of the images I didn’t post!
Let me know if you have any questions.
About The Author
With 20+ years in digital media and marketing, Daniel Travers is the visionary owner of San Diego’s Redideo Studio. His expertise spans digital marketing, website design, video production, social media, and creative services.
He holds a BFA degree in Photo New Media from the Kansas City Art Institute, along with an AAS in Graphic Communications from St. Louis Community College.
Upon his arrival in San Diego, Daniel became an integral part of an exceptionally successful digital team at iHeartMedia for nearly 14 years. During this time, he spearheaded the creation of multimedia content that consistently achieved millions of monthly views.
Daniel’s collaborative work has also extended to renowned brands such as Disney, Hyundai, KIA, and more. You can contact him here.