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We got a trail camera last Christmas, and decided to set it up on one of the more remote parts of our land where we suspected we might see some wildlife.

It was set to a high sensitivity, which produced a lot more photos than we were hoping for, as on windy days, it seems the movement of the trees triggered the camera. The result is a bit like a timelapse, although the progress is uneven, since it depends on the wind.

We also did pick up some wildlife and ourselves walking by a few times. I've slowed those parts down. Two dogs, a deer, and a coyote seemed to have visited us in the first two weeks of 2022. After that, the camera stopped taking pictures -- I think it used up the available space on the memory card.

In this episode Pepper goes to Komona island to participate in the Potion Contest. Be sure to click the SUPPORT link for how to support the creators!

Based on Episode 6 of the Pepper & Carrot web comic by David Revoy.

Produced by Morevna Project.

Pepper and Carrot celebrate the season! Be sure to click the SUPPORT link for information on supporting the creators.

Based on Episode 5 of the Pepper and Carrot webcomic by David Revoy.

Produced by Morevna Project.

In episode 4 of the comic by @[email protected] , animated by @[email protected], Carrot has an uplifting experience from Pepper's latest potion, and really sees the light.

Teaser for upcoming motion comic animated episode 4 of "Pepper & Carrot".

Pepper goes to the market, learns about the upcoming Potion Contest, and searches for the secret ingredients! Be sure to click the "SUPPORT" link for info about supporting the creators.

Based on Episode 3 of the Pepper & Carrot web comic by David Revoy.

Produced by Morevna Project.

Teaser for upcoming episode 3, "The Secret Ingredients", in which Pepper meets Saffron in the marketplace and learns about the Potion Contest.

An experiment with combining MidJourney renders in Gnu IMP, extracted from my daily worklog screencasts, set to "Cosmo Zoo" from Olga Scotland's "Iron Flowers from Sirius"

This was purely a "proof of principle" for the workflow, and not part of any larger project.

MidJourney is an AI generative art service, which accepts a "prompt" which is meant to be a kind of description of a scene, which it then tries to render, based on a large training set of art and images.

As such, it is prone to cliche, limitations of language, and of the language model it uses.

Sometimes creating a scene you have in mind is challenging, especially in one go. But sometimes you can create usable elements, and then assemble them the way you want.

Log Extract (Annotated Screencast, derived from my Worklogs) of the creation of a 3D prop, based on a render from the prompt-driven generative art AI service MidJourney.

The render is created, using MidJourney.

Then it is converted into texture assets, using Gimp.

A simple model is created in Blender, then the textures are mapped onto it.

This allows the "prop" render from MidJourney to be used as a 3D asset.

Total work time on this was less than two hours.

I did this as a proof-of-principle, in evaluating applications for incorporating prompt-driven AI art into my artistic workflow.

Software used:

MidJourney (SaaS/Platform): https://midjourney.com

Music is from MusOpen:

Art/Screencast by Terry Hancock: