Old Man Versus AI

Styles

I have an interest in the Bible and have recently seen people making images of Biblical scenes on MidJourney and thought I would make one. I used this prompt; Moses the prophet receiving the commandments on Mount Sinai, cloudy background background with volumetric light, –v 5.1 

This was one of the images from that prompt. Immediately afterwards I saw someone had used the same prompt but with Moses playing an electric guitar. It made me laugh and was quite a spectacular image.

I made an image of the Tree of Life; The tree of life being guarded by cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, create a complex yet beautiful scene high detail, ultra hd 

And then I indulged myself for a while:

A painting of King Charles 1 in the style of The Starry Night by Van Gogh. I followed it with one of Charles III:

This is Beethoven in the style of Van Gogh, playing the Moonlight Sonata:

I wondered how Da Vinci would have painted Van Gogh:

And how Michelangelo would have painted Da Vinci:

I then made some animal images: Close up of a red admiral butterfly perched on a white rose, in an English garden next to a stream, taken with a Nikon D850 and a 70mm lens 

As I’ve posted a couple of images of England’s Leaders, I feel I ought to do the same for the Americans, so here’s one of their President:

And that’s all there is, see you in the next one.

Cheers,

Old Man

England

I thought I’d make some images that relate to England today. I live in England and have spend most of my life here, though I am of Irish descent. I think it’s a shame that the English are spoken of so badly because of the Empire, it’s not as though the average person had any say in that, or any other issue for that matter.

The English have given the world a great deal and here’s a little celebration:

John Lennon of course, member of the Beatles.

Queen Elizabeth 1

One of the most famous bridges in the world; Tower Bridge. There is a story that Robert P McCulloch thought he was buying this, rather than London Bridge, though this has always been denied.

The most famous Playwright of all time is William Shakespeare, who still has plays performed to this day.

The Battle of Waterloo affected not just England but the whole of Europe, where Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington put an end to Napoleon Bonaparte’s Reign as Emperor of the French.

And of course the 1588 defeat of the Spanish Armada which saved both England and the Netherlands from the Spanish Empire.

The tiny country of England has had more influence on the modern world than any other. In almost every country you can find someone who speaks English. The whole world runs on time set in Greenwich, England and the whole world communicates on a system called the World Wide Web, invented by the Englishman Tim Berners-Lee.

I think sometimes we should just say thank you. Thank you England.

Here’s a couple of Ninja’s drinking Afternoon Tea:

That’s all there is, see you in the next one.

Cheers,

Old Man

Midjourney People

I resolved the audio issue and will be posting video’s soon. I was going to do it today but there is a good deal of drilling going on outside my front door, so it’ll be the weekend or next week.

I’m experimenting with people and styles this morning and I have some really nice images. I tried Winston Churchill in the style of Michelangelo, then in an Anime style by Yuumei:

I then asked for beautiful Korean women, the prompt included futuristic outfits. These are some of my favourite images so far:

I liked these so much that I asked for an Anime image of Jennie Kim. I don’t think the AI knows who she is but the images are awesome:

Black Pink is the revolution but different Jennie.

The next one was refused initially because the prompt included the word “scars”. You can appeal things like this but I just removed it as it wasn’t important:

These next were just for fun and are really pretty to look at:

I’ll leave you with this:

That’s all there is, see you in the next one.

Cheers,

Old Man

Midjourney Mona Lisa

I was going to record my time on Midjourney today, so people can see the creation process. I’m having audio issues though; loud interference when I click on anything. I have too many devices connected, I’ll resolve it though and post one soon.

I continued with different styles today. I wanted to see how Michelangelo would have painted the Mona Lisa. It turns out, he’d have done it almost the same:

The third one is my favourite:

I then asked for it done in the style of Neil Blevins, whose art I quite like:

I then wondered what it would look like if Beatrix Potter had painted it:

I like these a lot

Beethoven is my favourite composer and I wanted an image of him as though painted by Michelangelo:

Angela is thinking of reinventing her website later this year so I did some fun images for her:

I think they suit her. Here’s a watercolour of a pretty Korean girl:

And that’s all there is, see you in the next one.

Cheers,

Old Man

Elvis Presley Midjourney AI

Being as old as I am, yet still handsome, I remember the day Elvis Presley died. I don’t remember it because I particularly liked his music but because of the fuss the girls made about it. One particular girl, a friend of Angela named Lorraine, made such fuss that I thought she was related to him. I was only young then and didn’t yet realise that girls were “different”.

I thought that I’d show the different styles of Midjourney, using a person that most will be familiar with and Elvis is quite well known.

I started by asking for a charcoal sketch: Elvis Presley, charcoal sketch, thick lines, basic shapes, abstract, old paper –v5.1 

Then just a white image: a white portrait of Elvis Presly absolutely amazed, happy, eyes wide open, hungry. 3D. Monochromatic white. Ultra detailed. Ultra realistic. White background. 

I like them, they’re pretty accurate and look like photos. Then an oil painting by Michelangelo:

I shouldn’t be surprised at how good they are, considering the artist but I am. Then I tried some anime: An anime image of Elvis Presley in the style of Yuumei 

Although there’s only a passing resemblance, I do like the style. I tried another couple of artists, who I’ve never heard of but whose art I saw in a document. Again, the resemblance isn’t great but the style is nice:

Then I just blended a couple of Elvis with some others for fun:

For no reason at all, here’s a Gnome:

That’s all there is, see you in the next one.

Cheers,

Old Man