Hypnotized by a Hippopotamus

This one was a quick single Bing Image Creator (DALL-E 3) prompt which I then enhanced, cleaned up some AI artifacts, and brightened the glow on the eyes.

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Celestial Menagerie Expedition Earth

UFO collecting another pack animal for their celestial menagerie...

[Affinity Workflow: collect images from the USDA public website of farms, found some mules on a public free image, UFO from stock images, added more lights. used brushes to make the tractor beam, particle brushes, a motion blur effect on a mule. hand brushwork on cloud fixes.] --- took me longer to collect all my image materials than to combine them together.

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Lovecraft Murals at the Lincoln Nebraska Post Office

Finally, after 8 days of dealing with multiple contractors, my murals are finished in Lincoln Nebraska at the local post office, right next to the Pinnacle Bank Arena at the intersection of Canopy & R Street.  I can't wait for my series of Lovecraft-themed postage stamps to start shipping next month.

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Beauty and Brains

Here's something a little different today, created as vector art within Affinity Designer, which I'm calling Beauty and Brains.

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Firestarter Habaneros

Where spicy gets fiery!  'Firestarter Habaneros' are from Umbrella Corporation's third-generation biofood labs creating the third hottest Scoville flavor score in the known world.  Meta AI Imagine prompts, composite open-source images, and hand edits within Affinity Photo.

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UFO Sandblasting the Arizona Desert

Image captured of a UFO probing the Arizona desert floor with modulating plasma beams during some late-night experimentation.   There are some surveillance cube-shaped drones flying a perimeter loop around the spacecraft during the operation.   Composited from a few Meta AI Imagine prompts (for inspiration), grabbed a bunch of skyline+desert+UFO image searches, and then combined it all with additional Fx work inside Affinity Photo.

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Batman (papercraft) Standing on My Kitchen Table

Batman papercraft creation that I have standing on my kitchen table, the figure is about 6 inches tall. Created during a Meta AI Imagine session along with using Affinity Photo to merge all the elements together, fix the missing cape the AI forgot, and render a final picture.

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Clayface (papercraft)

Clayface (Basil Karlo), one of Batman's original villains created from papercraft; nearly 7 inches tall.  Created during a Meta AI Imagine session along with some personal Affinity Photo playtime to finish the job.

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Hellfire Peppers

Where hellfire meets flavor! Experience Dante's inferno in every bite!  'Hellfire Peppers' are the latest Scoville-certified spices from the food labs of the Mansonto and Umbrella Corporations.  Meta AI Imagine prompts, composite open-source images, and hand edits within Affinity Photo.

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Beef. It's What's for Dinner

Beef. It's What's for Dinner. Interplanetary cattle rustlers at work during a midnight raid on farmer Joe's grazing pasture.

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Carnal Corn

'Carnal Corn' is fully grown from seed-to-cob within a single day at the bio-farms of the Umbrella & Mansonto Corporations. Nightcafe Crystal Clear XL and Meta AI Imagine prompts, composite open-source images, and some sign creations within Affinity Photo.

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