Category · 3 projects
Illustration & image
Illustration, comics, concept art, photography and image series with a visible authorial hand.
Projects in this category
Théâtre D'opéra Spatial
Jason M. Allen
The Midjourney image that won first place in the digital art category of the Colorado State Fair and started the debate about AI in art competitions.
Why it is not slop. Included as a landmark, not as a model. It shows how much iteration sits behind a single frame, and how little the law recognises that.
Zarya of the Dawn
Kris Kashtanova
A short graphic novel whose images were generated with Midjourney and whose text, layout and story were written by its author.
Why it is not slop. The case that drew the line between generated material and authored work. The comic is readable, personal and clear about how it was made.
Deep Empathy
MIT Media Lab & UNICEF
Photos of Boston, London and other cities rendered as if they had suffered the war in Syria, to make distant suffering feel near.
Why it is not slop. Image generation with a measured goal and a measured result. The pictures exist to move people toward a cause, and were tested for it.