generate some "art"

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 12:02 PM

William Gibson posted this link to his blog about a Dutch site with an "art" generator.
All you do is fill in the artist and the title field, and an image is produced as a sort of amalgam using your search terms.

http://nag.iap.de/?ac=create&lang=en

I tried it using "Picasso" and "Las Meninas" and got
the following monstrosity.

I was rather ambitiously hoping it might morph together several of the Maestro's versions of his tribute to the Velasquez masterpiece. Instead, the result was the above which, is still, I guess, interesting. The program at work seems to apply a few randomized techniques to a mixture of pictorial elements obtained through multiple google image searches.

other examples
http://nag.iap.de/?ac=stats&lang=en

http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/bl...84269750718970

ANOTHER OF GOD'S LITTLE TOYS
posted 8:38 AM

William Burroughs, in the early 1960s, called the audio tape recorder "God's little toy", enthusiastically incorporating it into his "cut-up" methodology.
As far as I know, WSB never much took to personal computing, but playing with this, yesterday morning, I was reminded of his having remarked that a heroin addict can find simply staring at his own shoe sufficient entertainment for a good three or four hours.

Tokolosh · 12.17.2007, 04:26 PM

B a l k a n E r o t i c E p i c

This program is obsessed with a crappy posterize effect.

SYRFox · 12.17.2007, 04:30 PM

The Bluestorm:

Dream Pikachu:

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 04:37 PM

Thanks for the bumps and kindly wading through all the "DDN versus" threads.

I just got through playing with this a little more and it seems the two and four image options are getting the better results.

I would probably end up cropping these up myself if I chose to use anything generated by this site.

I am getting some okay results every now and then, but yeah, most of them are crap. This is actually one of the better results I got for "sonic youth" + "sonic youth" using the 4 image option.

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 04:42 PM

dora maar + dora maar 2 images

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 04:50 PM

sonic youth + sonic nurse using 2 images setting

sonic youth + richard prince using 2 images setting (some nice results)

Tokolosh · 12.17.2007, 05:21 PM

Alex's Trip · 12.17.2007, 05:23 PM

Searching for Ken Kagami on 4 image setting.

Alex's Trip · 12.17.2007, 05:28 PM

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 05:33 PM

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 05:46 PM

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 05:54 PM

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 06:11 PM

atari 2600 · 12.17.2007, 06:13 PM

Tokolosh · 12.17.2007, 06:26 PM

Hip Priest · 12.17.2007, 06:34 PM

All using the four images option:

Outside the camp:

Atlantean 1274:

Cross Landscape:

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 12.17.2007, 06:35 PM

awesome thread, atari

racehorse · 12.17.2007, 06:39 PM

amazing tool here.
various MUGSHOTS

EXPLOSIONS

MATISSE

racehorse · 12.17.2007, 06:44 PM

i really do quite like this one. type in "paris" and you get two americans.
paris texas and a sinister looking paris hilton.
the cowboy hat definately adds to the american charm/irony.

racehorse · 12.17.2007, 06:47 PM

12.17.2007, 12:02 PM	#1
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	William Gibson posted this link to his blog about a Dutch site with an "art" generator. All you do is fill in the artist and the title field, and an image is produced as a sort of amalgam using your search terms. http://nag.iap.de/?ac=create&lang=en I tried it using "Picasso" and "Las Meninas" and got the following monstrosity. I was rather ambitiously hoping it might morph together several of the Maestro's versions of his tribute to the Velasquez masterpiece. Instead, the result was the above which, is still, I guess, interesting. The program at work seems to apply a few randomized techniques to a mixture of pictorial elements obtained through multiple google image searches. other examples http://nag.iap.de/?ac=stats&lang=en http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/bl...84269750718970 ANOTHER OF GOD'S LITTLE TOYS posted 8:38 AM William Burroughs, in the early 1960s, called the audio tape recorder "God's little toy", enthusiastically incorporating it into his "cut-up" methodology. As far as I know, WSB never much took to personal computing, but playing with this, yesterday morning, I was reminded of his having remarked that a heroin addict can find simply staring at his own shoe sufficient entertainment for a good three or four hours.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Thanks for the bumps and kindly wading through all the "DDN versus" threads. I just got through playing with this a little more and it seems the two and four image options are getting the better results. I would probably end up cropping these up myself if I chose to use anything generated by this site. I am getting some okay results every now and then, but yeah, most of them are crap. This is actually one of the better results I got for "sonic youth" + "sonic youth" using the 4 image option.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	dora maar + dora maar 2 images
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	sonic youth + sonic nurse using 2 images setting sonic youth + richard prince using 2 images setting (some nice results)
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Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	All using the four images option: Outside the camp: Atlantean 1274: Cross Landscape: __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	awesome thread, atari
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racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	amazing tool here. various MUGSHOTS EXPLOSIONS MATISSE __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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racehorse 100% Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 784	i really do quite like this one. type in "paris" and you get two americans. paris texas and a sinister looking paris hilton. the cowboy hat definately adds to the american charm/irony. __________________ She holds the room up by talk alone
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