AI Art Magazine Weekly Newsletter #2

Where Art and Technology Converge

Author

Paul Watson
July 13, 2023

Dear AI Art Enthusiast,

Welcome back to our AI Art Newsletter! We are thrilled to present our second edition, building upon the success of our inaugural newsletter. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you for your comments, feedback, and enthusiastic reception of our first edition. Your support and engagement have been truly inspiring.

In this edition, we are excited to bring you another captivating feature article that delves even deeper into the skill of prompt engineering and delve into how the use of artistic styles influence your generated images. Unlock the full potential of AI systems and witness the transformation of your artistic ideas into stunning visual creations.

Continuing our commitment to keeping you informed, we provide updates on the latest developments from popular generative AI art platforms. Discover new features, expanded functionalities, and exciting opportunities that empower artists and enthusiasts to unleash their creative potential. Stay at the forefront of this rapidly evolving landscape as we navigate the frontiers of AI-generated art together.

Moreover, we sincerely thank you for your continued support and engagement. Your comments, feedback, and suggestions have been invaluable in shaping the content and direction of our newsletter. We are grateful for the opportunity to grow and improve with your involvement.

As always, we invite you to share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. Your contributions are essential to us, and we eagerly look forward to reading your comments and engaging in meaningful discussions. Together, let's foster a vibrant community that celebrates the intersection of AI and art.

Thank you once again for being a part of our AI Art Newsletter journey. Your enthusiasm and passion fuel our dedication to delivering exceptional content that inspires, educates, and sparks creativity.

Wishing you a thrilling exploration of AI art and boundless inspiration,

The AI Art Newsletter Team

Marcella Mendes,
Newsletter Editor
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Generative Platform News from Last Week

  • v5.2 is live and several exciting have been released:

    • Zoom feature - Enables outpainting. Zoom out and Midjourney will extend the background within the frame.

      • Zoom can also be used to change the aspect ration of the image.

    • Image Pan controls - Allows you to pan right/left or up/down

      • Multiple pan operations can be used to create panoramic images.

      • You can modify the prompt for each panning operation to create amazing panoramic images.

    • Weird parameter has been added to increase the creativity of the AI.

  • v6 may be released in July

  • Firefly is now integrated on both Photoshop and Illustrator

    • Generative recolor is now available within Illustrator to enable designers to easily experiment with colors using text prompts.

  • Adobe demonstrated its ‘Gingerbread’ project

    • This allows designers to use 3D objects to determine the appearance of objects in the generated image.

  • Canvas v2.0 has been released with some exciting new features

  • Updated inpainting enables creators to add objects into images.

  • Roughly sketch what you want directly onto an image and them convert the sketch to match the image style.

Prompt Ideas

This week’s prompt idea is to use the style ‘Tie Dye’. Tie Dye is a fabric dyeing technique to create vibrant, abstract, colorful patterns. Remember to send us your results (to [email protected]) and the the best image as judged by the editorial staff will feature in next weeks newsletter.

The Influence of Artistic Styles on Image Generation.

Introduction

Describing in detail the visual appearance of AI-generated artwork can be a challenging task, as many have discovered. To accurately translate your artistic vision into reality, mastering the art of crafting precise prompts is crucial. This skill, known as prompt engineering, allows you to provide clear and targeted descriptions that influence various aspects of the generated artwork, such as style, subject matter, mood, palette, and more.

Prompt engineering establishes a collaborative and iterative relationship between the artist and the AI model, facilitating the co-creation of artistic output. It grants artists the freedom to explore and experiment with the AI model's capabilities while staying true to their creative intent and vision. By employing thoughtful prompt engineering techniques, artists can unlock the full potential of generative AI art, resulting in personalized, unique, and meaningful artistic expressions.

This short blog will demonstrate how styles can influence and dramatically change your images aesthetic. For this demonstration, I will use Midjourney v5.2 and will use the seed 13579 for each image to provide a level of basic composition consistency. The original reference image I’ll use is the basic prompt:

/image prompt: busy Tokyo street —seed 13579 —q 2 —ar 16:9 —no words,mockups,watermarks

This produces a nice grid containing a variety of busy Tokyo street scenes. So, how can we influence these images with styles?

A basic style change you may want, is to introduce a cartoon style. As you can imagine, there are numerous cartoon styles but two I will show here are:

Cartoon Core

This style introduces a vivid and colorful color palette, with a mix of bright primary colors with dynamic and expressive linework. To add this style, I will use the prompt

/image prompt: cartoon core,busy Tokyo street —seed 13579 —q 2 —ar 16:9 —no words,mockups,watermarks

Other AI Related News

DeepBrain: Instantly Create AI Videos Using Basic Text

DeepBrain is an AI startup aiming to revolutionize video creators lives. DeepBrain aims to generate films with AI human avatars that mimic human speech and movement.

Gan.ai secured $5.2 million in seed funding

Gan.ai, a San Francisco startup that provides an AI-powered video creation platform has secured $5.2 million seed funding. The platform allows users to easily send personalized videos to their customers with just one click.

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