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.
Bouquet
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.
I’m using AI in the next series to re-imagine the bouquets in different settings. We’re off to a luxurious space restaurant for today’s bouquet re-imagining.
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. For this first re-imagining I didn’t tell the AI the flower name & this was the result.
Magical enhancement of the flower
As you can see, it’s a good image with magical runes & an ethereal quality to the background.
I went back into the prompt & added the flower’s name & was quite surprised at the outcome.
Magical enhancement of treasure flower
This time, the flower is a lot more like the original & the AI has picked up on the word “treasure” to make the magical enhancements into wee glowing gems; a great touch, I think
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Again, the AI melded the tower & helmet prompt, so I needed to separate them.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
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.
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
