Imagined Worlds – Etching, Travel and History Inspired AI Art
I’ve been captivated by the AI inspired art that has exploded in popularity in 2023. While I don’t find the usage of such art or enhancements attractive for my travel and landscape photography I had an idea. Why not combine a mixture of current interests and passions to see if I could create something very different from the majority of AI art I’ve seen.
As I’ve written about in previous posts, I’m currently fascinated by Etchings going so far as to buy my first two etchings last year. One of which was a random Danish naval scene, the other of which was a Luigi Rossini piece from 1822.
At the same time I remain deeply influenced by the Lord of the Rings, High Fantasy, and Human architectural history. All of that pairs with my passion for travel and landscape photography and constant pursuit and interest in exploring new mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and all in between.
That led me to generate a series of prompts and refine them until I achieved the following. I hope you’ll enjoy!
Those with a keen eye will see some of the source inspiration and locations I draw on in crafting the prompts. Though all are purely AI generated and I’ve aimed to craft the prompts to create something novel. The etching styles mostly draw upon inspiration from Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Luigi Rossini and 1800s naturalists.
I’ve also been playing with some variations that focus a bit more on the mystical and the high fantasy dimensions with more focus on color.
It’s certainly a fun medium and a great challenge to draw on creative prompts and how to refine them. There’s also something that appeals to me as a writer. I suppose we always talk as writers about how our words bring life to ideas. And now with the AI dimension, there’s this strange bridge where we can use those words to imagine, craft, and refine like paintbrush strokes. Giving life to ideas and imaginings but in a way that still evolve and fluctuate around the details based on how the AI is behaving.
What do you think? Have one or two you like? Which are your favorites?
