Stupid Prizes

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

I dont know what to call this other than lazy.  

I get that AI art is like a lesser medium of creativity, because you dont have to sculpt anything or deal with paints.  So you can be less creative.  

I like it because you can do a lot of things with the AI images. And if you have an artistic eye you can do all the same balance things.  



This piece, as the name suggests is called "Stupid Prizes" and has a story attached, nothing dark or anything, but if it had a caption it would be "When self-respect and standards are far less important than extreme desparation" and "play stupid games, win..."

[UltraBudgie]

play stupid games, win a subaru hatchback

life is cruel


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okay also that is a pretty spiffy picture no cap
the circular motif extended through the 99¢ to the visual path counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor

[Maxmars]

That hurt.

[Velvet Elvis]

Using AI to create art is like any other artistic tool.  Believe it or not, there was a time when people said creating art with an airbrush wasn't really art.  Now- how creative, truthful, innovative etc.. that art is will have more to do with the artist and how he / she uses that tool.

Nice work @IdeomotorPrisoner.  Hope to see more from you.

Velvet-

[Quantum12]

Nice Job IP!

[Nerb]

I get that AI art is like a lesser medium of creativity, because you dont have to sculpt anything or deal with paints.  So you can be less creative. 

I disagree on that point of view. It's not about lesser creative ability, it's about more creative productivity.

You are talking more about technical skills that take time rather than creative ones that take Imagination.......

"less creative"?

[sahgwa]

That's not bad. I like it all really, except the flames. The perspective seems weird compared to the rest of it, but maybe I am just being picky.
I dont know maybe I would move the flames up higher so it's kind of interposed on the rest of it, slightly? 
It reminds me of Stanley Donwood.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

That hurt.

I hope you dont mean this piece hurt you..

It wasn't intended to hurt anyone that would read it. Especially any members here. I wouldn't do that. 

So there's no unintended assumptions on what this means I will clear up the story behind this.

I has to do with the melodramatic guy we rented our 2nd bedroom to during Covid and his story of woe and duplicitous people playing "stupid games" with him.  Which mostly happened before I even met him (like 2014 -2017) when I still lived in LA. 

The stupid prize just may be a tragedy all around. He just had no ability to trust people doing nice things for him and screwed the pooch. 

This scene relates to the aftermath of when he had an answer walk by him in a 99 cent store parking lot, didn't believe it was authentic, callously rejected it, and let that lost answer become eternal pain... that he didn't mention was a thing before he moved in. 

It's like the novel Catch 22, only without the humor. Maybe even Marathon Man or The Game, but ending in A Scanner Darkly flower field. 

I didn't even make the choice, but after hearing the same damn story over and over i had enough and decided to turn it into art.

This is like the synopsis of that moment is his time, (which took up my time) complete with the entire effect chain of possible outcomes from that fateful decision dissolving into the aether.

[putnam6]

I agree with Nerb artistically...and I like the picture too, but I have to ask, "Is it safe?"

AI is just another tool, like a brush or a chisel; the raw idea still comes from the artistic human mind. Even if in the end, they select which one appeals to them.

If AI mirrored the Michael Angelo's Sistine Chapel, would it be any less brilliant?

I have no problem with it...as long as people are honest about its use, AI is supposed to free up our time, and hopefully we become hyper creative as a result 

AI saved my bacon this week. Hell, I'd still be working instead of posting now

I was working on a project normally, I get 30-40 videos and images to work with, but this time I got 200 of each. All with the normal 6-day soft deadline.

LOL took me 2 days just to get all the vids and images from Dropbox, I forgot they were such huge files I needed to download in sections.

Anyway, that and being out of practice left me struggling till I found the AI tools. Once I figured it out, it automated so much, streamlined it, and was done the night before the deadline 

Finally found a decent AI music site that was just as much of a time-saver, gave me a great selection from an 8-word prompt. Usually, the music is a PITA when doing these projects, hours and hours finding something that works only to have it "not resonate" with the head honcho, and you have to start the process over.

Did mock-ups of 4 different versions, and they found one quickly and went on to the next project. 

It's wild piecing together a finished product that rivals what was done 15 years ago, a fraction of the man-hours and cost involved. Last year, this would have taken 2 extra days if not longer

Now I wonder if I could do an AI-promoted tune that would rival my all-time favorites, classic rock artists, etc, even though I heard some decent attempts so far, none hit the feelz like the human. It's like the bastardized Carlin AI standup, the words sound kind of the same, but it isn't George, it sounded a bit like George was losing his shit, instead of being hilariously funny as Carlin mostly was

[Maxmars]

@IdeomotorPrisoner

Please forgive my lack of specificity - I would go back and edit.. but the damage is done if I was read as being serious.

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UB posted

"the circular motif extended through the 99¢ to the visual path counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor

A reference I recognized as from a fictional form of poetry intentionally crafted to cause pain.  

My bad form, it was poorly done... I should know better than that.

I posted like it wasn't DI.