Autonom@uz – /ôˈtänəməs/
Midjourney 4 (11-2022) and v5 (3-2023) saw a pair of big advances, locking David Holz Midjourney project in solid with the emerging AI art community. The images I was generating inspired the writing of a sc-fi novel. There was a certain flavor of photorealism that made these fun and appealing.
Another Midjourney 5 experimentation, and in my opinion, a terrible idea start to finish. But it was an experiment, nonetheless. I enjoy, though how MJ5 composes a scene. Balance and flow.
This was a good long rainy weekend of creativity. The idea, storyboarding and writing was a good even split 50/50 of the GPT 4 and myself. There is some deeper social messaging, which I feel keeps the exploration through the human psyche remarkable and interesting as one is moved along this guided tour.
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This one has been moved over to PROJECTS, and I am giving it the attention it deserves. It’s a big one.
Midjourney 5 performed well with this subject!
3-1-2023
I published my first sci-fi novel, The Succession. Available in hard bound, soft cover and Kindle.
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My first customer and endorsement!
Lilly was a Facebook hit
5-2023 This one was for the novelty. Finally, with the release of Midjourney 5, we could get a good amount of photographic realism. But the hands! The creepy, soulless vibe. But, it was a step forward, to be sure.
Shiny Happy People (hiding hands).
This is how you tell a story with images only. Probably the first jump from just experimenting with the capabilities of Midjourney 5 to creating something artful: a story that conveys mood.. and an element of surprise.
Aside from my mascot, the colorful and swift Budgie, the anthropomorphized Lizards were a favorite. They are scattered here and there. I’ll post the best as I find them.
3/2/2023 This was the second of the series’ created with Midjourney 5.
I was experimenting with making a series of static images tell a story, once again trying to find some artistic use for this AI thing.
Stories emerge. There was a greater time and I feel privileged to have been born right here, in the middle of the 20th. These are my people and I stand solidly with the American workers and the ideals that our fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers fought for. To honor them/us. A nation of hard working immigrants.
This is America. Regardless of how our United States stand over time, this was the melting pot of human cultures and skill that I was born into. Although they could not read it, the words inscribed: that awaited my family as they were brought into New York as refugees of an oppressive regime.
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”.
See, I’m now 63. I have never prospered in wealth, never acquired an advanced degree. Probably never quite took advantage of the American ideal. That path had been cleared, long before the Baby Boomer generation.
But now we have a despotic group of oligarchs and billionaires who have already bought the country from under our feet while we watched. And they want it all. So, what have I got to lose?
A most interesting time, where we now have the world’s largest police force turned against us. We The People may not have a fighting chance. Still, it will be worth fighting for.