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Ring-billed gull, now with more Bigfoot
A gaming pal of mine who works at Adobe enhanced my previously posted photo of a ring-billed gull by adding Bigfoot and a croissant. Behold our glorious AI future:
The original may be seen here, sans Bigfoot: A ring-billed gull looking unimpressed, as they always do
10 more posts to go
I fell way behind on my unofficial goal of 2 posts per day on the blog, and still have 10 more to go. Can I do it? Maybe. Should I? Maybe!
Here’s a haiku on perseverance I just made up:
Perseverance You think and then do You ponder what you have made Do more anyway
My Inktober 2023 sketches
Here they are:
[this space intentionally left blank]That’s right, I didn’t do any. But I feel a little bad, so here’s a five-minute sketch of the Day 13 prompt, RISE:
Hardworking Sasquatch
I asked Adobe Firefly to give me a Sasquatch working in an office on Adobe Photoshop, using the photography filter. It gave me this:
I mean, would you tell him lunch break is over?
My most important use for AI-generated art
To amuse me. If it makes me laugh (or smile), I’m good.
Yesterday, a discussion in Discord lead to speculation over whether the Sasquatch had arrived in Australia via dugout canoe1This started when someone in my gaming group, who is going on a trip to Australia soon, noted “my research has indicated that there’s a Bigfoot like cryptid called the Yowie that lives in Australia“. I asked Adobe Firefly to produce illustrated proof of this, and behold:
This is all I really need AI to do when it comes to art. Sasquatches in canoes.
Bird drawing: As the crow flies
Based on a photograph I took on July 15, 2023, of a crow flying low over the tidal flats of Burrard Inlet, near Maplewood Flats.
A haiku about the warmth of the sun
It was hot today. But if I had to choose between 40C and -40C, I’d go with 40C.
I mean, really, I’d choose something nice in-between, but if I had to pick because of an important movie plot or something, I’d go with the warmer. I dislike being cold.
Anyway, the haiku:
The warmth of the sun Just like a beach boy The warmth of the sun calls me Rays of light and tan
Ten words that rhyme with June
It’s the end of June, I’ve lost weight, it’s been sunny, and I got sick.
So, a mixed bag.
And now ten words that rhyme with June:
- Spoon
- Moon
- Prune
- Loon
- Tune
- Rune
- Boon
- Croon
- Zune1According to Microsoft, this is totally a real word
- Dune
Now, take these ten words and use them in a story! Surprise writing prompt!
I sat by the window, listening to a tune on the radio, staring out and up at the fat moon. I used a spoon to shovel up ice cream from a bowl, directing it to my mouth. The night was silent, save for the plaintive cry of a loon. I did not want to listen to it croon its sorrowful song, so shut the window. I picked up my Zune, which still worked all these years later, quite the boon. I played a song at random and did not like it. Why had I bought it? I would need to prune my playlist. I laid back on the bed and closed my eyes, seeing before me in the dark an image of endless sand, one giant rolling dune after another. Had I been here before, or only in a dream? I opened my eyes and reached over to the nightstand, picking up a small wooden talisman I had been given by a stranger, a burnished, dark rune, whose etchings defied explanation. I held it up before my face and turned it over. "Soon," I whispered. "Soon."2Bonus rhyming word for extra credit
Trying to draw a cartoon hummingbird
It’s harder than I thought it would be!
I started using my usual bird-drawing style, and that turned out too realistic, so I tried to simplify it further by:
- Removing all shading (pretty much), making all colours flat
- Removing all the detail lines, except for the actual outline of the bird
- Removed its itty bitty footsies
- Going over the outline with a thicker stroke to make it more cartoonish
In the end it definitely looks better, but the proportions are still those of an actual hummingbird, so I may try exaggerating those next. Cartooning is tricky!
The current result:
Going to bed on time, AI-style
I asked ChatGPT to write a haiku about going to bed on time:
Slumber beckons me, Timely rest embraces night, Dreams weave gentle peace.
I mean, it’s OK. At least it’s not secret code to start building SkyNET. AFAIK.
A Facebook post about my new science fiction novel
First, I should explain that I don’t have a new science fiction novel, and I’m not posting about it on Facebook.
But I did get an invitation to try out Microsoft Designer, which is a web-based thingie that uses AI (or AAIIEE as I like to call it) top help generate images and stuff.
I told it:
> Generate a Facebook post for my new science fiction novel
I altered the text and went with this. The future is full of UFOs! Or UAPs. Or perhaps they are the future of mobile lighting.
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