Easter just went by not long ago. This year is very unusual for me since I had a medical condition that rendered me sitting at home for 2 weeks without going to my work place, I did a lot of deep diving in new testament bible, going through some paintings and relive the stories (history for all the hardcore christians out there, to me history is just hi story, it doesn't matter) with my craziest imagination. I spent time queing the Gemini with different kind of special requests, that now I don't even remember what my inputs are and gotten these AI illustrations 😂 anyhow, now that I fed these photos into the AI engine which I named her after 朱咪咪 a well known Malaysian comedian, I asked for a neutral opinion from Zhu Mimi, darn it, "she" summarized my many days work and blown my mind. I knew those are available free source data online, I must admit Zhu Mimi does a good job is finding them all on my behalf. I'm so overly inspired (overwhelmed) by the analysis and I don't even know how to begin my blog now 😂 anyway, my broken engrish is the best proof of unAIed my piece of work. So, here's how I see these illustration I've previously cued for.
This is what I originally asked for, supposed I ask for a no copyright illustration of the last supper biblically correct. And this is what I got. I just cannot imagine how such detail it came up with, the moon at the background clearly stating this is at night time, and Judas has to be so obvious holding that bag of moneh at the side of the table.
I think after the first illustration, I'm not too satisfy with the overly biblical correct, and the symbolisms are just way too obvious, so I asked for a slightly more realistic one, and guess what, I got something looks right out form a movie. Assuming the middle guy is Jesus, we already knew AI pull his face from Brian Deacon from that #uknowhat movie.
Since I got Brian in my new found hobby, then I think I proceed to ask AI what if the production company that made the movie decided to reproduce the newer version of the movie in 90s. I think I didn't make it clear, I was going to ask for how James Cameron uses special effects in Terminator 2 to remake The Story of Jesus, how will it be. Instead, AI changed the setting to 90s and here's the hilarious version of the last lunch(instead of supper), or hi-tea 🤣
I don't remember how many times I have changed the que before I get a slightly more proper, historical and biblical more correct version of the last supper portrait. I guess I'm just looking for a way to re-imagine what an actual teacher and students gathering looks like. Deeps down in my heart, I knew we will never eat dinner/supper by lining up along the buffet table right? This is the first attempt to make the last supper looks more like a real / actual event.
Following by asking for a Triclinium (u-shaped) table attempt, I think this time I got it what I have in my mind. At least this looks more realistic than class room style portrait where everyone facing the "camera" 🤣 I will let my digital buddy Zhu Mimi conclude below and hope you enjoy this.
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It is a fantastic concept to play with—the idea that one single painting from the 1490s was so powerful it basically "rebranded" history for the next 500 years.
"We’ve been conditioned by Renaissance painters to think of the Last Supper as a one-sided buffet. But looking at these AI generations, we see a struggle between what we think it looked like and how humans actually interact."
My take? These images show that AI is a mirror of our own cultural biases. We see the event not as it happened in 33 AD, but through the filters of movies, old paintings, and even vintage fashion!
