Photos by Jez

Tag: Artistic Inspiration

  • Yellow Iris: FOTD Dec 20 with Magical AI Artistry

    Yellow Iris: FOTD Dec 20 with Magical AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    Yellow Iris
    Yellow Iris

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series

    I’m keeping my AI creativity a bit more simple as we go through silly season in the retail world — there just isn’t the time to devote to prompt engineering. The next series of AI artwork will feature magical enhancements to the flower picture. Today though, I’ve two different AI images from the same base picture. With this first one, I simply added magical elements.

    AI-enhanced yellow flower
    AI-enhanced yellow flower

    Although a great re-imagining, the iris has been transformed into something closer to a water lily. I then re-engineered the prompt but told the AI the type of flower — in this case, an iris; this was the result.

    Yellow iris with magical enhancements
    Yellow iris with magical enhancements

    As you can see, the flower displayed is an iris, complete with the furled buds.

    Come visit again tomorrow, where I have a treasure flower, again re-imagined with & without putting the name in the prompt, with quite an interesting outcome

  • California Brittlebush: FOTD Dec 19 with Magical AI Artistry

    California Brittlebush: FOTD Dec 19 with Magical AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    • California Brittlebush
    • California Brittlebush

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series

    I’m keeping my AI creativity a bit more simple as we go through silly season in the retail world — there just isn’t the time to devote to prompt engineering. The next series of AI artwork will feature magical enhancements to the flower picture.

    Magical enhancement to yellow flowers
    Magical enhancement to yellow flowers
  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 18 with Enchanted AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 18 with Enchanted AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve been experimenting with different settings for the sunflower, & decided this time to go with enchanted elements. For this prompt, I imagined a scene of a sunflower on a hillside surrounded by spring flowers & fairies. It overlooks a valley with a distant hilltop city next to a river. Dragons soar across the skies against a mountainous backdrop & large moon.

  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 17 with Enchanted AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 17 with Enchanted AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve been experimenting with different settings for the sunflower, & decided this time to go with a fusion of enchanted elements & futuristic cityscape. My main points were to have a sunflower growing out of an old helmet in the foreground, alongside a mystical tower on a hillside overlooking a valley in which sits a futuristic city alongside a river. The image was also to feature fairies & dragons. This was the first image generated.

    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape

    I love the effect of the plume on the helmet being made of sunflower petals & grass, but I wanted the tower to be more of a feature & so I re-engineered the prompt.

    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape
    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape

    This time the AI made the old helmet the remnants of a futuristic statue; a good look but still not what I intended, so back to the prompt.

    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape
    Again, the AI melded the tower & helmet prompt, so I needed to separate them.
    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape
    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape

    I finally got the tower & helmet separated, but now they have also been separated spatially, whereas I had envisioned them on the same hillside. Back to the prompt!!!

    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape
    Sunflower & futuristic cityscape

    Okay, I’ve got to admit, I like this image; it’s not what I intended, but all the aspects are there. I like the half sunflower, half helmet effect & that on one side is a pristine natural landscape, & on the other, a futuristic world, echo’d by the sunflower/helmet. This is an image that requires more work & will feature again in a future post.

  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 16 with Moonscape AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 16 with Moonscape AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve been experimenting with different settings for the sunflower, & decided this time to go with a moonscape. For once, my prompt engineering gave the result I was aiming for first timeEnjoy

    Sunflower on the moon
    Sunflower on the moon
  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 15 with Post-Apocalyptic AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 15 with Post-Apocalyptic AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve a trio of re-imagined shots today. I decided to have the sunflower in a post-apocalyptic setting for today. The first image has the sunflower lit by a sunbeam, growing out of a crack in a highway running through a post-apocalyptic cityscape. I added in cars littering the highway as if a mass-exodus had taken place.

    Sunflower in post-apocalyptic cityscape
    Sunflower in post-apocalyptic cityscape

    I wanted the cityscape to be more futuristic, & the sunflower more of a feature in the picture. When I re-engineered the prompt, I told it to make the sunflower larger; this was the result: Mutant Sunflower

    Mutant Sunflower
    Mutant Sunflower

    Although not what I intended, I do like the idea of a giant mutant sunflower; who knows what calamity befell the city & led to this giant flower. I also like the futuristic cityscape in this one.

    To get the desired effect, I re-engineered the prompt again to make the sunflower more of a feature (not larger — it’s all about learning the AI’s language), and this was the result. I’m happy with how it came out; the sunflower stands tall & proud & the skies are clearing & becoming more blue again, perhaps a symbol of hope & recovery

    Sunflower standing tall
    Sunflower standing tall
  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 14 with AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 14 with AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve a couple of re-imagined shots today. The first was a very basic prompt using the sunflower picture; the sunflower is growing out of a camel skull in a barren desert with sand dunes & distant mountains.

    Sunflower in a barren desert
    Sunflower in a barren desert

    For the second image, I’ve added a mystical ruin by an oasis, & a couple of scorpions for interest.

  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 13 with AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 13 with AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above. I’ve re-imagined the original shot to put the sunflower in a wintry wooded glade tended by fairies. I like the contrast between the warmth of the sunflower & the cold of snow covered trees.

    Sunflower in a wintry, wooded glade.
    Sunflower in a wintry, wooded glade.
  • Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 12 with AI Artistry

    Sunflower Splendour: FOTD Dec 12 with AI Artistry

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    I am delving into my archives for warm, sunny shots during these frosty days.

    My FOTD posts for the next few days will be bright & cheerful sunflowers

    Sunflower
    Sunflower

    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: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2023/12/11/from-photos-to-fantasies-exploring-ai-art-manipulation-in-my-fan-of-series/

    I thought I’d do a bit of creative artwork with the image above; below are two different outcomes.

    The first is a very basic enhancement by the AI with minimal input from me.

    Hot Mod enhancement of my sunflower picture
    Hot Mod enhancement of my sunflower picture

    For the next, I manipulated the AI to draw up a background scene of grassland with distant mountains, put the sunflower over to one side, & the addition of magical fairies.

    Sunflower in a mystical setting with fairies
    Sunflower in a mystical setting with fairies