Imladris was also known as “Rivendell” in the J.R.R. Tolkien mythos. Interestingly, both The Hobbit and LotR used this Elven refuge as a key staging-point, but somehow it felt like I was discovering it afresh, each time. (are you taking notes, Peter Jackson & Disney?)
I’m also a little sheepish to admit that all the lovely pieces here are, to the best of my determination, AI-created! (damnit, but they fooled me at first)
Ahhhh, so what the hey-- let’s empty out this drawer and move on. Now, the reason I chose to lead with the above is because we’d been sorta talking about Tolkien’s stuff recently, and the above piece reminded me a lot of his early illustration work (yes, he was also a pretty-decent artist who worked in a ‘turn-of-the-century’ style).
Okay then, the following might be a bit random, but–
https://i.imgur.com/MVArIH8.jpeg
Now where might that be…?!
https://i.imgur.com/pEkNSNx.jpeg
Another stained-glass style lighthouse, sorta-kinda.
https://i.imgur.com/FLI2Zk1.jpeg
As someone who used to sail a bit, I love these. Of course, being AI-generated, there are a slew of similar pics out there, for better or ze wurst.
https://i.imgur.com/D5D2DSb.jpeg
San Francisco streets, credit to MidJourney specifically!
I’d say hold on to your hats, though! In retrospect, there’s a bunch of art here that helps explain its origins, but in future? I would say all bets are off. *gulp*
(i.e. AI-art will doubtless keep improving, so stuff like this which fooled me initially but which I later managed to bust, will likely bust ME, in future)
https://lemm.ee/post/7895573
Hello, @[email protected]!
EDIT: Corrected a couple typos & errors, plus added a little context to help make things clearer.
Dude, I laid out my whole thinking, above. I explained the whole matter, and linked back to the discussion, as with the URL.
EDIT:
This is specifically where I should have suggested that you read the final link in the OP, which contains a loooong discussion between myself and another person at the time. I felt bad about posting the original lighthouse which I concluded was actually AI, and he was arguing that we should allow AI as a natural progression of art. I reluctantly agreed to leave the door open, and then followed up with Nacktmull IIRC.
Dude, if you’re not happy with that, then
fick dich.Don’t you dare scold me for me upon my sub/community.EDIT2:
I am leaving the original insult above as a lesson to myself, and offer my sincere apologies to RBG and the community. More in a fresh comment below…
I really think you both could have talked about this little detail in a much nicer and more constructive way. We are all here because of our love for comic art, there is simply no reason for infighting and certainly not for insults.
Well said, and thank you, Nacktmull.
@RootBeerGuy@[email protected] :
First of all, my sincere apologies for the insult. There was no excuse for that, and if you like, please read the edits above which contains the ‘missing info’ which we seemed to miscommunicate upon.
So, to be clear-- RBG, you did nothing wrong, my insult was uncalled for, and indeed, was a blow to this sub.
I don’t want to get too much in to excuses, but I have a major new health event happening on top of an existing one. I was having some wine that day to console myself, and… yeap, not good. :S
No hard feelings from my end, let’s just move on. Thanks for the apology!
None of us is perfect, you realized your blunder and apologized honestly. Let’s consider the topic done.