Ok, 8/9/25
Having been through years of art education and having a desire to create this process of directing AI to have an out come through logical word use and technical skills does not touch my spirit. Controlling the lighting the use of the camera with the technical skills to allow so much light and place focus at such a depth is very important. The surprises of the subject or the natural environment bring the life to the photo.
Having a starting goal of subject matter or experience to occur when directing AI solutions is as I have stated before like doing photography. Even working with photoshop and other earlier computer tools placed a space between the artist and the result. I miss the smell of paint, the feel of brush in my hand and the moments of transcending into a place of imagination and flow of creativity that occurs at times when painting or drawing. As my health improves I may be able to do these things again.
Currently I can spend hours in my AI art studio exploring ideas over the process of days. Many times I do not recall the goal I had when I started. I never remember how I did it or the various steps and AI solutions used. Here I will cover one of the current idea in process. I have created over 200 images in this process of making images with the center empty of focus, while having the focus around the borders. Trying to have a human form yet not push details so the viewer creates the details in their mind. One of many finished images (As with most art it is never finished just gets to a place that adding to it or changing it will move it away from the directed desired goal.). The above makes me really try and do the actions if I miss a day my minds connection to the ideas disappear. No note taking keeps that from happening.
I am putting together another song video with subtitles of the lyrics and this video will show a general idea of my work process. Basically as I've stated before I do AI art like the solutions are brushes and paint and I mix images across them. The image above could be done with words in the right AI engine. That is not how this was made. I used over six different AI solutions working the desired goal across them.
Here is the video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/uwq7Yuga4qs?si=mSzh3s6-jyJpAJ1Z
This transition from creator to critic, curator, designer, publisher and director is still difficult to adjust to. Acceptance is part of this path and being thankful for the access and ability to express any creativity and thoughts into the world is meaningful for me.
My list of solutions used in creating images, videos and more is below with notes and demos:
https://storydoy-news.mylandingpages.co/s01/