A Brave New World of AI Art

A Strange New World of AI Art

Rainbow Rider. AI art composition using Midjourney and Photoshop.

Rainbow Rider. Created in Midjourney and Photoshop by Manuel Aleman.

With the technology of Midjourney, and Adobe's Photoshop AI, there is now no limit to the amazing visuals artists can create. Today, we have the keys to unlock the strange and wonderful world art that we never had access to before. When I first started in this business, it would take us days to get comps like these mocked up to presentation level. Maybe even weeks. Then, we would need extra studio production hands to polish them up. Teams of 3D artists and retouchers would put in hours to achieve this kind of quality. It was expensive and time consuming. These days a talented creative can achieve beautiful results within mere hours or even minutes. It is quite an astonishing time for the visual artists out there. It is a time in art where the only creative limits we face are the limits of our imaginations.

Big Fishin'. Created in Midjourney and Photoshop by Manuel Aleman.

Dragon Breath. Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Robo Love. Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Is That A Mask? Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Meeting Escape. Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Serpent Safari. Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Flying Square Dancers. Created in Midjourney by Manuel Aleman.

Generative AI art especially focused on photo-realism can also get frighteningly realistic. We can craft breathtaking images of life-like imagery we used to think only could be produced by cameras or Mother Nature herself. Fooling the eye has always been central to art and the benefit of the viewer. As the legendary Picasso once said, “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” Yet when politics and financial gain are thrown into the mix, this tool can easily be used against us.