Two Orbs
Mandala Art I (non-ai)
I promised myself that I would return to art when I retire . Retire from what, exactly?
By this time (summer of ’23) I had made hundreds, as in over 500 mandala art experimentations. Many of these are displayed here and in my art store and can be printed on coffee mugs, Iphone cases, or large wall tapestries.
#affinitydesigner #procreate
Just Passing Through – A Study in Herps and High Society
Ahh, more lizards. This is a favorite. I never tired of making them. June of 2023.
I realized that I was certainly losing some followers with these experimentations, but I felt I had something to learn, though it seems it was slowly. Just waiting for the next step in the evolution of this technology that can be made artful. Surely, animations and then the creation of video on my cellular phone (early handheld mind-extension/stim device) can’t be too far behind.
Very few of this generation “Gen Z” have the need to think about it. I was at the tail end of the “Baby Boomers” generation, born in 1962. Before the advent of the cell phone, I carried a beeper. Google it. I even remember calling the operator to place a long distance call. People take the handheld device for granted. To have the world of information at ones fingertips and instead to look at pictures of women with Botox enlargements to their lips, breasts and buttocks. When humans look back, I hope some will stumble upon this.
To you I sayeth! Remember This! We were the original Cyborgs. We are the ones who are coming back!
Emo Kids
By request, Emo Kids. Just as expressive as the Rocker Girls, but darker, moody, Emo!
These Emo Kids can be personalized and printed one-of-a-kind for your child as a gift of wall art, a tapestry, stickers, a coffee cup and so much more. A unique one-of-a-kind gift for that special teen. Emo Kids can be purchased through my store. Contact me directly for licensing information or commissioned work.
Mind Of Midjourney I
From the original series, These rendered in Midjourney 5 had a particular dreamlike quality that later versions might be missing.
Lizards
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.
20th Century American Worker: Building A Great Nation.
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.