What Lies Under — AI Short Film
This is a short AI film I made in under 4 hours. It was for a competition where we had to make something in 48 hours. Work and life got in the way, so I had less than 4 hours.
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Be a Prompt God
I wrote this “super prompt” that gets GPT (or Claude/Llama/Gemini) to help me craft a good prompt based on my idea. It considers things like lighting conditions, weather, environment, colour palette, hues, mood, tone, visual theme, artistic style, etc. – all based on a figment of your idea.
Beyond Ugliness: Reimagining QR Codes with AI
QR codes have gone from ugly ducklings to beautiful swans, all thanks to the power of AI. Long criticised for their unappealing look, QR codes are now in the midst of a major comeback, invigorated by the creativity that AI allows. No longer do you need to be a tech whiz to customise your QR codes. With AI, you can easily merge images or even abstract ideas with your QR codes, offering a blend of functionality and aesthetics like never before. In this post, I share some QR codes I’ve jazzed up with AI and guide you through the process of creating your own.
Animating Superheroes with AI Deforum
Animating with AI might sound like a walk in the park, but the reality is it takes a lot of trial and error to consistently get good results. Contrary to what many anti-AI folks think, there isn’t a single magic button that instantly produces amazing art. Deforum is a handy tool in Stable Diffusion that lets you set prompts at different points in the timeline and control a ‘camera’ in 2D or 3D space. The user interface for controlling these isn’t the most intuitive, but after some messing around, I reckon I’ve got the hang of it — and I did some experiments.
Building a banner ad with GPT-4
I’ve done a ton of banner ads in my career. I have been using chatGPT (and GPT-4) to play around with a few coding projects. So, I thought why not test if it can build an animated banner ad. How cool would that be?
Reimagining With AI – Saradiel, The Robin Hood of Sri Lanka
How I used AI to recreate a realistic photo of Saradiel, a folklore hero in Sri Lanka, using Stable Diffusion and the ControlNet extension. Although the results were not perfect, they are impressive considering the blurry nature of the original image.
Automating Boring Time Sheets with Python
Time sheets. The bane of my life. It’s something I know I’ve got to do, and obviously something I just put away. Using Python I try to automate this monotonous task!
Oh My Zsh: Making my Mac Terminal look pretty
I have been getting back to writing code with Python and customizing my Mac’s terminal with Oh My Zsh to improve my experience.
I’m addicted to Midjourney AI
AI art has become increasingly popular, with tools like Midjourney allowing users to create photorealistic images, graphic designs, and more. Despite some quirks, these AI-generated works can be a great source of inspiration for designers. Also, see some images I’ve generated!