Inspiration to Creativity through AI Art

Presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne from Colorado Technical University for AIU on the pros and cons of AI art. The session included information on prompt engineering and natural language processing as well as some of he issues related to publishing and intellectual property rights.

All of the AI art images were created using MIdjourney with the exception of slide 3's images by Stable Diffusion (top left) and the photo of Will Wright from Bar Karma (top center), Dr. Calongne's slide from the Mars Expedition Blue Skies Challenge (upper right) and the Mars Expedition (lower right), her team's $25,000 Grand Prize Winner from the 2010 Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge and slide 5's image from https://Pi.ai by Inflection.

All of Dr. Calongne's AI Art is Creative Commons-Attribution and if you are unable to attribute it, CC-0 and yours to freely distribute and use. AI art feels more like a creativity tool and benefits from the talent and wisdom of every contributor. As such, it is an experience to share and enjoy. You can reach Dr. Calongne through the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life, AvaCon.org, or at the OpenSimulator Community Conference.

The opinions expressed in these SlideShare presentations are solely from Dr. Cynthia Calongne and do not represent the opinions of her professional, research, conferences, or nonprofit organizations.

1. Cynthia Calongne, Professor Emerita
Colorado Technical University
AI art by C. Calongne using Midjourney 5.2
and Midjourney 6.1, CC-By

5. Image https://pi.ai

7. Prompt for Midjourney 6.1 for a
Nonprofit Commons presentation
/imagine
Illustrate the ways in which artificial
intelligence and art can help persons
with disabilities, use a heart-warming
theme and be inclusive, depicting
women and men from every ethnicity
and gender. Use bold colors with blues,
reds, greens, golds, and purples.
Midjourney. (2024). Midjourney 6.1
(September 6 version) [AI Art Software].
https://www.Midjourney.com

8. Who is this historical figure?
Hint: the original artwork is not
wearing armor
It features his face and pose.

9. Calongne, C. (2024). Visualizing PI . Midjourney 6.1. Creative Commons-By-4.0

10. Tools used: https://Midjourney.com and
https://pi.ai/discover

12. AI Generated Images

14. Voyage of Life: Old Age
Inspiration for
Lyr’s AI Art
came from
blending
The Voyage of
Life
paintings
by
Thomas Cole
CC-0
The Secret
Garden
and
William Gibson’s
The Peripheral
Voyage of Life: Manhood
Voyage of Life: Youth
Voyage of Life: Childhood

15. All of the AI Images were generated by C. Calongne, Midjourney 6.0 - Free to Use CC-By

18. Fantasy Reverie, an AI Art exhibit by Lyr Lobo
Examples of Natural Language Processing (NLP) Prompts
No images were used to create this AI art collection
●Mystical faeries dancing in the forest at night
with twinkling lights in the trees casting a glow
on their gossamer wings, their faces lovely and
flushed with laughter and joy
●A close-up image of handsome, tall elven men
with long flowing hair and green eyes gazing at
tall beautiful women with long flowing hair as
they smile at each other, welcoming the night
as the full moon rises in the sky, style of
Élisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun
●Forest growth, green vibrant grasses,
blooming colorful flowers in red, peach, rose,
and yellow, a lovely Spring day, fairies
dancing and flying, bare feet, carrying
flowers and wearing gossamer silk, Style of
Romanticism
●an elven lady casting a spell, her arms raised
with long sweeping sleeves, a glow around
her as an elven warrior in green leather
armor with long hair defends her, style of
Élisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun

23. https://careered.libguides.com/ctu/journal/thepinnacle/v2n3

24. https://careered.libguides.com/ctu/journal/thepinnacle/v2n3

25. See also: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Scripted_Agent_Policy

27. Lyr Lobo, aka Dr. Cynthia Calongne, is a
computer science professor. She teaches
doctoral AI classes for problem-solving.
She taught 62 higher education classes in
Second Life & OpenSimulator from 2005.
For research, she presented 3 70 keynote and
conference presentations & 60 publications
Her AI art depicts scenes from her books.