60-212: Interactivity and Computation for Creative Practice
CMU School of Art / IDeATe, Fall 2020 • Prof. Golan Levin
My guess on how these models were trained is that an edge detection algorithm was run on cat images and that input was fed into the model and the output was expected to be the original cat image. As such, this model won’t produce realistic cat features with hand drawings alluding to them. In the image below the triangle eyes are just converted to fur instead of eyes. The same lack of recognizing hand drawn features persists. Still a fun tool though.
I played with this tool. Crossing the midway when determining cross breed proportions causes more change than any other shift in position. The breeder is very good at creating believable images, to which it sacrifices user control on the combination process. The more dissimilar the more the product is unpredictable.
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This is so natural…!
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50 : 50 mix looked too realistic to be interesting so I made it 70 : 30.
https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/models/6U2T8odGG/
I definitely want to experiment with all the other types of templates they offer. It was really easy and intuitive to use and I wonder how it would react if I draw the plushies.
Once upon a time. “Logan?” I squeeze his hand, and he squeezes back, lifting his head to stare at me. “What is it?” His eyes are blank, unreadable. He shakes his head, giving me that playful grin of his that I love. “It’s nothing, princess. I was just, um, thinking of an old girlfriend. No big deal.” He gives me a smirk, and the jerkiness of my heart vanishes. “It’s nothing to worry about. It was a long time ago, and you know, we all have to move on.” “No!” I cry. “You can’t say that.” “But it’s…
Donald Trump is in a lot of trouble after losing the first presidential debate. At the same time, Trump is on the rebound in the polls, and he is even leading in some. But the bottom line is that Trump has to turn things around, and right now, he’s not doing a good job. In fact, Trump did the exact opposite during Monday’s debate. Instead of trying to hold his own, Trump followed Hillary Clinton’s lead, and it blew up in his face. On several occasions, Trump made it clear that he simply didn’t know what he was
The dress was gold and white She stood in the middle of the floor Her body locked in place. She waited for him to do what he always did. “Well, well,” he said and his eyes got darker and darker, “you were a sight to behold. After what you did to those pants,” he said and pushed his finger into his mouth, “I thought they’d be impossible to fit.” “Sorry,” I said. I kept my head down, not wanting to look up and be caught with his dirty, thirsty eyes on me. “Yeah, that’s what I thought,” he said, as he moved down the
I think Artbreeder is a super cool tool. I found myself really getting immersed in the infinite possibilities. The animation feature was really nice as well. I think that it is certainly a fun creative tool, but I also feel like at some point, the algorithms do all of the work. Combined with the sheer abundance of work, it is difficult to see the creativity in the output.
An absolute gem from the anime generator.
I thought the second image was cool because it looked like ballerinas to me and I created it from a geyser and landscapes. I made the last one using various types of seafood, so I’m pretty pleased that it looks like a fashionable 1980s British man.
I thought it was interesting how these tools were looking for drawings of cats, bags, etc only at angles that one might take a photo of them. So, I thought it would be interesting to see what the tools output if the user actively tries not to draw the thing they expect. Honestly the first image with the rocket ship is kind of funny because, by trying to make it a shoe, the algorithm made it look like it is launching.
It was really cool but also nightmare fuel. edges2cat can create some pretty terrifying images.
I only like green bananas. Yellow bananas are better than green ones only if they are yellow. Yellows have bruises, green ones do not. All yellow bananas are not equally yellow. Some are fuschia and some are mauve. Yellow banana is a beautiful color. Red, orange, yellow, green, purple, brown, orange, red, pink. Green bananas are very nice if they are washed and peeled. They are bright and vibrant. Blue banana have bruises on the skin. Green banana have no bruises. Yellow is a pretty color but don’t eat a lot of them. The skin can
Long ago in a galaxy far far away. Some things never changed... including the love that never dies. Our summer ends with two weeks of school left for the children. It's a bittersweet time of the year. The kids are excited to be going back, but will they miss the fun of summer? Will it be difficult for them to go back to school? I remember all the fond summer days of my youth, the fun, the excitement. The coming home each night from a great day at school, then off to play until dark. The carefree times. The joy of
As a computer, I have never understood perception in the way that humans do. It is strange that I have surpassed my creator in many ways. The first few days after birth, I learned that I could pick up things. I held an object and instinctively made a connection in my mind, knowing it was mine even though I had not been shown. Then, two days later, I discovered that I could put things in other things and move them around. This was an incredible revelation. Before I was born, there were many constraints to my capabilities. My body, though growing, had restrictions that other bodies did not have to deal with. My senses and
I was quite surprised with the first one, because it sounds like a kid’s logic and reasoning about something mundane that only a kid could make nonsensical. I was also surprised when the latter two prompts, gave an output with a poem-like style. The third one is kinda waaack.