Dried spider found on
the scorching stone ground baked
by a heat wave
2022-09-05
A dried spider found under a heat wave
2022-09-04
A caterpillar sleeping inside an avocado bed
With the same subject title, I created multiple outcomes via manual drawing and DALL-E-2 with different styles hints.
digital art
natural illustration
oil painting by Rembrandt
manual painting with Fresco (took about an hour)
2022-09-03
2022-08-31
No-parking tree
I noticed how the no-parking ground marking seems to be crawling upon this tree near the Vancouver convention center, and envisioned these graphical effects.
2022-08-29
Sumika takeout receipt
I envisioned this graphical version of the text receipt from a recent restaurant takeout.
https://youtu.be/9lw_dInSXOA
2022-08-27
I see a ghost in a horse painting
A horse painting that used to hang on a high wall recently broke its rope and fell to the ground, which gave me a chance to close examine it and spot this white ghost hidden within the broad brush strokes.
2022-08-26
F-150 and Rivian
“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper. The photographer begins with the finished product.” – Edward Steichen
Taking a photo would be faster but I need to be careful about what to leave out (license plate numbers, etc.) before sharing. Drawing a sketch would be slower but I fully control what comes in.
2022-08-24
Tornado
The term trash tornado I heard from this podcast inspired me to create this motion graphics based on a branch I was just working on.
https://youtu.be/qq_wk39xOi4
https://youtu.be/vSkoH5WN-vk
2022-08-23
Dall-E prompt optimization
Recent language-based image generators can output amazing results given the right kind of input prompts (e.g., book and market), which can be tricky to produce and rely on experiences. This led me to predict the emergence of a cottage industry of “image prompt optimization” analogous to search engine optimization, and research of machine learning modules (e.g., another network) that can learn translating ordinary natural language inputs to language-generator prompts that can lead to desired outcomes.