I Used Digital AI to Inspire IRL Art

In previous posts, I've mentioned how my graphics 'career' started many years ago when I started working with my (future) husband in his printing business. Digital printing was very new and at the time, we could see that this was where the industry was heading.

This was around the early 1990's and my partner was a traditional offset printer working with a Heidelberg GTO 52. It was also around this time, that we got married and decided to start a family; while I was busy being a new Mum, I sorta missed out on the whole digital revolution in regards to graphics and printing.

While I have a great knowledge of Photoshop and other image manipulating software, I really missed out on the digital era in regards to producing original artworks. I feel really unfamiliar with the entire process of digital art and yes, I still struggle with the concept of 'why would someone buy an image when they can right-click > save as!' (or when necessary, screenshot > save as)

Alien Art Hive and NFT Showroom have given me a completely fresh outlook on the subject. NFT's are still a bit of a mystery to me but they've helped me understand where the value lies in such pieces. Therefore, I've recently decided to join the party and have been experimenting with using Digital AI websites such as Deep Dream Generator and Lunapic.

Late last year, I created a ~~rather boring~~ image using Inkscape and thought to run it through some deep dreaming - I then used the resulting images as inspiration for some IRL art.

This is the image I started with (apologies for the small size, I've lost the original) followed by some of the art that was generated from that image.

The artwork featured above, was loosely based on all three images however the first image became my main inspiration for this particular piece. The third image was also inspiration for a second piece however this one is being completed on canvas and proving to be a little more difficult, it may take some time to 'get right'.

All in all, this has been a fantastic exercise as I've had to think outside my usual box to try some different ideas and techniques, in order to achieve the effect I'm after. When I'm pushed out of my comfort zone, I find that my inner artist is free to create with much less restriction and fear.

Now, if I could just find my inner Alien..!

Until next time... xxx