Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
Ox-eye daisies
I added a drop of AI magic dust to these beautiful wee?flowers & also re-imagined the image as a watercolour
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Hi All 👋 Feel free to join this weekly challenge whenever you think, “I’m a fan of…” (see below for how-to).
Finally, it’s here, more AI-assisted re-imaginings of an old steam train. This week’s Fan Of… #236 is AI-assisted artwork featuring the Bo’ness Steam Locomotive. This old steam locomotive runs a short tourist route out of Bo’ness Station to Kinneil on the southern shores of the Firth of Forth. Bo’ness Station is also home to the Museum of Scottish Railways.
The inspiration — Exploring the World of AI-Generated Artwork: My Journey in the ‘Fan Of…’ Challenge
Probably, most of you are wondering why AI; it all comes down to the time of year. Here in Scotland, daylight hours in winter are pretty much between 0900 & 1500 & unless you get one of those bright, clear days. The weather can best be described as dreich (those grey, miserable, wet days) where the light is not so great. Don’t get me wrong, If there’s something worth photographing, I’ll happily be out in the worst of weather?
I also work in retail; this sees an increase in work hours & very little chance to get out with Snappy. The end result is that I can feel my creativity start to wane; not being able to get out with my camera certainly puts a dampener on the creative spirit — & so over to AI & Hot Mods.
For more about AI in the creative world, visit Susan’s site & in particular, the series of posts that she’s writing: Post 1 & Post 2.
This form of AI artwork allows me to use my own photography as a basis for AI prompt engineering. In all my Fan Of… posts about AI creativity, I’ll show the original image & then the various outputs from Hot Mods as I work with the AI to create new artwork.
As you’ll see from these posts, the expected output is not always what I wanted (I’ll share these as well), so I’m back to rewriting the prompt.
This is the original image I shot & used as the basis of my prompt engineering.
From Real Photos to COllaborative AI Artwork: My Experiment with AI Art
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
Red Clover
I added a drop of AI magic dust to these beautiful wee?flowers & also re-imagined the image as a watercolour
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
Meadow Vetchling
I added a drop of AI magic dust to these beautiful wee?flowers & also re-imagined the image as a watercolour
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
Cape Daisy
I added a drop of AI magic dust to these beautiful wee?flowers & also re-imagined the image as a watercolour
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
Out on a walk yesterday, I spotted this wee patch of snowdrops just coming to bloom.
First Snowdrops
I added a drop of AI magic dust to these already pretty wee flowers & also re-imagined the image as a watercolour
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
A couple of days ago, I did a post based on an idea by my wife — a floral fountain. This was to imagine a fountain with flowers taking the place of water. The end result was good but not quite what she envisaged, so back to prompt engineering to get the desired effect.
I used some new bouquet images and one of my shots of the Doulton Fountain in Glasgow as the baseline for the project.
The images below fit Susan’s description. I’m currently working on another post about the floral fountain, where I’ll share more about the journey through prompt engineering to get the right look. Between the concept and the end result, there were about 2 hours of continuous adjustment and 10 iterations.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
I’ve done a bouquet in a library before, but wanted to revisit this setting. Below is the baseline picture I’d taken a while back.
Bouquet & lamp
I wanted the bouquet and lamp to be in a library setting with a well-used chair and threadbare rug.
Bouquet & lamp in a corner of the library
I liked the outcome of this but had imagined the scene in a large, old library, so back to the prompt.
Bouquet in a grandiose old library
Again, a great result. I wanted the scale of the library to be the same but make the bouquet more prominent
Bouquet takes centre stage in the old library
Now, it was time to darken the setting with the golden glow of dusk coming through the windows & plenty of shadows. I also wanted to see how it would come out as a watercolour.
This scene got me thinking: Could I make only the area lit by the lamp in colour and the rest in black & white? I set about engineering the prompt to give the effect below.
Selective colour image of bouquet & lamp in the old library
Then prompt work was well worth the effort & I was really happy with how the image came out.
Next, I decided to go a bit crazy with a damaged library & view of a dystopian world beyond, & a bit of selective colour thrown in for good measure.
This one is much closer to what I envisioned from a futuristic/steampunk blend.
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
Although Cee’s taking a much-deserved break, I’m keeping my FOTD posts going as I explore further with flowers in Hot Mods. Looking forward to Cee’s return in February
I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.
This one took a slightly odd turn, thanks to my good wife, Susan. I was thinking about a setting for the next bouquet when Susan came up with the idea of having flowers cascading out of a fountain. Ever one to oblige; for this, I used the two pictures below as the baseline for the idea. One, a colourful bouquet of flowers; the second, a Cellpic shot of The Ross Fountain with Edinburgh Castle behind.
This is the first re-imagining from the prompt.
The Ross Fountain enhanced with flowers
I took this further by rendering it as a watercolour.
Watercolour of flower fountain
Now the fun really begins. My next setting for the flower cascading fountain was a futuristic plaza in a cityscape.
Futuristic cityscape
Although I liked the general look & feel of this one, I wanted the fountain to be more prominent & viewed from ground level.
Floral fountain in a futuristic cityscape
Next up, steampunk, but I wanted it to be a more modern steampunk.
Floral fountain in a modern/steampunk cityscape
This kinda worked in so much that the steampunk has been blended with a futuristic skyline of towering buildings, but wasn’t quite the look I was hoping for; so, back to the prompt.
Floral fountain re-imagined in futuristic-steampunk cityscape
This one is much closer to what I envisioned from a futuristic/steampunk blend.
Any of you following my blog will know I’m currently working on a project fusing my own photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest being a re-imagining of an old Steam Locomotive.
