Concept art

1. ancient indonesia, indonesian villagers, punakawan warriors and priests, cinematic, detailed, atmospheric, epic, concept art, wimmelbilder, matte painting, background mountains, shafts of lighting, mist,, photo – realistic, concept art,, volumetric light, cinematic epic + rule of thirds | 3 5 mm, 8 k, corona render, movie concept art, octane render, cinematic, trending on artstation, movie concept art, cinematic composition, ultra – detailed, realistic, hyper – realistic, volumetric lighting, 8 k
2. city made out of glass : : close shot : : 3 5 mm, realism, octane render, 8 k, exploration, cinematic, trending on artstation, realistic, 3 5 mm camera, unreal engine, hyper detailed, photo – realistic maximum detail, volumetric light, moody cinematic epic concept art, realistic matte painting, hyper photorealistic, concept art, volumetric light, cinematic epic, octane render, 8 k, corona render, movie concept art, octane render, 8 k, corona render, cinematic, trending on artstation, movie concept art, cinematic composition, ultra – detailed, realistic, hyper – realistic, volumetric lighting, 8 k
3. a cute magical flying dog, fantasy art drawn by disney concept artists, golden colour, high quality, highly detailed, elegant, sharp focus, concept art, character concepts, digital painting, mystery, adventure

**Wallpaper**

1. The Legend of Zelda landscape atmospheric, hyper realistic, 8k, epic composition, cinematic, octane render, artstation landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, artstation, rendering by octane, unreal engine

2. a lone skyscraper landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, atmospheric, hyper realistic, 8k, epic composition, cinematic, artstation

3. A grand city in the year 2100, atmospheric, hyper realistic, 8k, epic composition, cinematic, octane render, artstation landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, artstation, rendering by octane, unreal engine

4. walking on the starlight,dreamy ultra wide shot, atmospheric, hyper realistic, epic composition, cinematic, octane render, artstation landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, artstation, rendering by octane, unreal engine

5. futuristic nighttime cyberpunk New York City skyline landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, atmospheric, hyper realistic, 8k, epic composition, cinematic, artstation

6. cursed zelda ruins landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape::8 –iw 10 –no blur, blurry, bokeh, dirty, eyes, face, figure, hair, human, man, noisy, oversharpened, paint flecks, people, person, scratches, skin, text, too dark, too sharp, unclear, underexposed, undeveloped, watermark, woman

7. A trail through the unknown, atmospheric, hyper realistic, 8k, epic composition, cinematic, octane render, artstation landscape vista photography by Carr Clifton & Galen Rowell, 16K resolution, Landscape veduta photo by Dustin Lefevre & tdraw, 8k resolution, detailed landscape painting by Ivan Shishkin, DeviantArt, Flickr, rendered in Enscape, Miyazaki, Nausicaa Ghibli, Breath of The Wild, 4k detailed post processing, artstation, rendering by octane, unreal engine

Architecture

1. Residential home high end futuristic interior, olson kundig::1 Interior Design by Dorothy Draper, maison de verre, axel vervoordt::2 award winning photography of an indoor-outdoor living library space, minimalist modern designs::1 high end indoor/outdoor residential living space, rendered in vray, rendered in octane, rendered in unreal engine, architectural photography, photorealism, featured in dezeen, cristobal palma::2.5 chaparral landscape outside, black surfaces/textures for furnishings in outdoor space
2. the living room of a cozy wooden house with a fireplace, at night, interior design, d & d concept art, d & d wallpaper, warm, digital art. art by james gurney and larry elmore.
3. Realistic architectural rendering of a capsule multiple house within concrete giant blocks with moss and tall rounded windows with lights in the interior, human scales, fog like london, in the middle of a contemporary city of Tokyo, stylish, generative design, nest, spiderweb structure, silkworm thread patterns, realistic, Designed based on Kengo Kuma, Sou Fujimoto, cinematic, unreal engine, 8K, HD, volume twilight

**Portraits**

1. ultrarealistic, (old woman) portrait, cinematic lighting, award winning photo, no color, 80mm lense

2. a beautiful Cotton Mill Girl, symmetrical, centered, dramatic angle, ornate, details, smooth, sharp focus, illustration, realistic, cinematic, artstation, award winning, rgb , unreal engine, octane render, cinematic light, macro, depth of field, blur, red light and clouds from the back, highly detailed epic cinematic concept art CG render made in Maya, Blender and Photoshop, octane render, excellent composition, dynamic dramatic cinematic lighting, aesthetic, very inspirational, arthouse by Henri Cartier Bresson

3. a highly detailed epic cinematic concept art CG render digital painting artwork: Sadie Sink. By Greg Rutkowski, Ilya Kuvshinov, WLOP, Stanley Artgerm Lau, Ruan Jia and Fenghua Zhong, trending on ArtStation, subtle muted cinematic colors, made in Maya, Blender and Photoshop, octane render, excellent composition, cinematic atmosphere, dynamic dramatic cinematic lighting, precise correct anatomy, aesthetic, very inspirational, arthouse

4. 3 d rendered character portrait of serious sam, 3 d, octane render, depth of field, unreal engine 5, concept art, vibrant colors, glow, trending on artstation, ultra high detail, ultra realistic, cinematic lighting, focused, 8 k

5. glowwave portrait of curly orange haired mad scientist man from borderlands 3, au naturel, hyper detailed, digital art, trending in artstation, cinematic lighting, studio quality, smooth render, unreal engine 5 rendered, octane rendered, art style by pixar dreamworks warner bros disney riot games and overwatch.

6. a portrait of an old coal miner in 19th century, beautiful painting with highly detailed face by greg rutkowski and magali villanueve

Is ai art actual “art” ?

Like most things, it depends on how you look at it.

Does using text to image programs like stable diffusion or midjourney make creation of images too easy?

I don’t know. Does listening to an audio book count as reading? Does photography count as art? What about collage? Does imitation of another artists style sully the work? What if you develop a style by blending a few or a bunch?

I lean into the camp of it being a useful tool for the creative. Maybe it falls into the craft side of arts and crafts, rather than the art side.

I do know that I can use these tools to create images never before made, based on what I tell it to do. Sometimes I get a good approximation of what I want, sometimes I get some happy accidents, sometimes I get inspiration to build something new,and sometimes I get something to just delete and start fresh from a new perspective. If that isn’t art, I’m not sure how I would define it.

Some sample prompts and images I have used in the last couple of days –

!paint blue and gold vintage 50s style robots in desert city , fantasy art, high quality, highly detailed, elegant, sharp focus, concept art, character concepts, digital painting, mystery, adventure, wide angle, many reflections, 8k, ultra-detailed –landscape

!paint red blue and green vintage 50s style robots in desert city , fantasy art, drawn by erol otus, high quality, highly detailed, elegant, sharp focus, concept art, character concepts, digital painting, mystery, adventure, wide angle, many reflections, 8k, ultra-detailed –landscape

!paint bronze droid in desert city , fantasy art, high quality, highly detailed, elegant, sharp focus, concept art, character concepts, digital painting, mystery, adventure, wide angle, many reflections, 8k –landscape

!paint bronze droid in insanely detailed still life of retro kitchen by Craig Mullins by narokdik , crypto art , pop art , extremely bright and colorful, funky art, shade the changing man, juxtaposition art , 8K upscaled, Heavy metal (Richard Corben) Greg rutkowski | great field of view , physically impossible city in background –landscape