Category: 05-ArtBreeder

It was really fascinating to see how small clicks are able to completely alter the images. It was also interesting to see how my final outputs are mystical and ocean-like when original images are composed of unrelated objects, such as traffic lights, flowers, steel boxes, etc. Through this platform, I have experienced an iterative process in creating, where I swift the direction of my final output based on each selection of the image.

I have already played with ArtBreeder, but I’ve never used ProsePainter. This image took about 30 minutes to make. I had a lot of fun using different inputs in different areas, and am very pleased with the resulting image. It is funny how my taste does not vary at all across platforms.

I used input such as “poland tulip field”, “water flowing stream in forest flowers”, “messy bedroom in sunny afternoon”, and “koreatown on a nice afternoon”. I tried not to use proper grammar and tried to make it as specific as possible as to most accurately capture the desired vibe.

 

 

Artbreeder generally seems to create images that fit into the uncanny valley. They seem like any second I’m going to be able to interpret what is happening in the picture but it never quite happens.

That was fun, made some cool landscapes and buildings.  I also had 100% crayfish in my settings but I don’t know where that went.

Using ArtBreeder was quite fun! I think that at the start, I was confused on how the tool worked since there were not instructions and the UI is not intuitive. Eventually, I understood how it worked and from there I was able to play around with the parents and genes. I enjoyed how the user could alter the weight of a certain trait and also have a chaos gene which adds in a bunch of random traits to create really interesting images.

It was really cool to see the endless possible mutations that the program could create with just two images and the beautiful abstractions that they create.

[photo of flamingo and floating aquatic organism]