Tuesday, January 2, 2024

My Top 10 AI Images of 2023 - - - - - - - - - - - #10 Darth Vader Worn Revisioned

There used to be a great website called Illustration Friday. Every Friday, a new word was given, and artists would submit images based on that week's word. For the week when the word was "WORN," I chose to interpret it as "damaged and shabby as a result of much use." Using this definition, I depicted Darth Vader as worn out from a long day. Many years later, I uploaded that image into Leonardo.ai, activated the 3D settings, and received this result:


In less than 20 seconds, my 2D drawing was transformed into a 3D version. The only disappointment was that the smoke trails from the lightsaber looked more like gray wood with stones. However, the Darth Vader character turned out very well, with excellent lighting, reflections, and textures.

The original sketch was digitally drawn within an hour and posted on the Illustration Friday website.

Sometime later, I hand drew the design using brush pens, Copic markers, and a white Gelly Roll pen.
This was the image uploaded into Leonardo.ai to be revised by AI technology.

Monday, January 1, 2024

Baby New Years 2024 - The Year of AI

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Every year around this time, I recreate versions of my original Baby New Year character kicking in the new year, which I created 10 years ago in 2013. It has always been very popular among visitors to this site, and it definitely gets stolen by MANY people who download other's artwork to call it their own and sell it online.

This year, something a little different: I'm using AI to create Baby New Year based on my original drawing.  

Behold, the AI-generated version of the 2024 Baby New Year

To be honest, this little guy was a combination of 4 AI images, which had to be altered, assembled, and touched up -- so it probably took me much longer to do than simply draw a new illustration. 

The first Baby New Year image from 2013, using brush pens, a Gelly Roll pen, and Copic Markers

The original concept pencil sketch in 2013