It's a dimension of control that I don't think I've seen people exploring yet. I'm intrigued that CLIP+VQGAN can generate unique painting styles for nonexistent artists. Ironically 'Anonymous' is the most prominently-signed painting of all. But check this out: here's 'Sheep in Pasture by Carmine Nottyors'.Īnd here's the clearly-different 'Sheep in Pasture by Anonymous' ('Internet Infrastructure by Anonymous' was dominated by white masks) I wondered if it was CLIP+VQGAN's figurative shrug at an unrecognized artist name.

(Here's 'Internet Architecture by Toni Carmine Salerno'). Her style is distinct from the also made-up Picov Andropov.Īnd also distinct from the most similarly-named real painter I could find, Toni Carmine Salerno. Here's 'Cathedral of the giants by Carmine Nottyors'. Here's 'Internet Infrastructure by Carmine Nottyors'. I don't know if asking for an anachronism tends to produce bad results, or if I just picked two artists who don't lend themselves well to buildings and wires.īut I also happened to experiment with made-up artists, and surprisingly they had distinct styles. Similarly, 'Internet infrastructure by Edward Hopper' (1882-1967) isn't great.īut 'Internet infrastructure in the style of Edward Hopper' is much improved (and includes the AT&T logo). I've found that an artist's period does make a difference - 'Internet infrastructure by Vermeer' (1632-1675) is a bit low-tech and hard to parse.

Here's a thread by hannahjdotca that showcases some of the range that CLIP+VQGAN has picked up from online art. In general, when it comes to generating images, it pays to know your art history. Ryan Moulton's collection of generated James Gurney paintings is astounding. James Gurney, a painter known for works like the Dinotopia books, is particularly prolific online, and people have noticed that adding James Gurney as a byline to an image tends to produce great results. People have noted that when using giant internet-trained AIs like CLIP+VQGAN to generate images, you get much nicer-looking images if you include an artist byline.Īnd here's 'Internet Infrastructure by J*ames G*urney.'

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