More experiments with CLIP+VQGAN image generation. Turns out I can give it the names of completely fictional painters and it’ll…

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More experiments with CLIP+VQGAN image generation. Turns out I can give it the names of completely fictional painters and it’ll generate distinct styles for each of them.

“Cathedral of Giants by Carmine Nottyors”

A painting of stone columns, redwood treetops, and humanoid stone pillars. The overall effect is of blue sky glowing from between deeply textured red arches.ALT

“Cathedral of Giants by Picov Andropov”

Stone pillars topped with redwood trees, rising up into a partly cloudy sky.ALT

“Cathedral of Giants by Janelle Shane”

It does kind of look like several Devil’s Tower mesas, interspersed with redwood trees. There are strange stony creases in the sky that do look kind of like butts.ALT

Interesting to think about the factors it’s using in coming up with the painting styles. Similarity to the names of other artists? Similarity to other words? I wonder how (if at all) this space could be explored.

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