Akata Witch AI Fan Art

I have been playing around with AI art generators. At first, I was making random images, pretty cool. Then, I came to a point where I decided to try making images of scenes from books I’ve read. One of, if not the first novel I chose was Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Some years ago now (time flies), I commissioned an artist, dentamarin, via Fiverr to depict a standout scene in the book. I thought the image was pretty good, especially given the price. Now, I wanted to see what an AI art generator would make given a similar description. … Continue reading Akata Witch AI Fan Art

Modern Working Class Workers

An article in the New York Times about the lack of working class representation in media got me thinking about what does modern working class life look like. This research is still in progress, but here are a few AI-generated images from descriptions in an article from The Guardian by Tamara Draut. These are just descriptions of certain working class workers, by the way. “It’s the black woman in a caretaker’s smock wearing special comfort shoes and a name tag above her heart.” “It’s the white man in a uniform (which he had to pay for) who punches in each … Continue reading Modern Working Class Workers