Humans of Generative Art

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From the Editor's Couch - 1/22/2023

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From the Editor's Couch - 1/22/2023

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Week One - The Big Launch

We’ve been hard at work refining what we’re offering here to ensure it’s the best it can be, and then we’re trying to make it better than that. Let us know how we can improve by dropping a comment.

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We’re going to keep the original five publications set up for Monday-Friday this week. We’ll be shifting to a 3-per week schedule starting on January 30th. We received considerable, thoughtful feedback about the potential for inbox fatigue—and we definitely don’t want to inspire that feeling with the joy we’re trying to share.

TL;DR: the release frequency will be 3x weekly starting on January 30th!

  • Monday - Meet Elli

  • Tuesday - Say Hi to the Lynx of AI

  • Wednesday - Meet Mike

  • Thursday - Meet Devante

  • Friday - Introducing: Despair, the Alley Cat

Patch Notes (Substack Updates):

  • Updated “About Page” to reflect value of free subscription and paid subscription.

  • Identified and fixed typos in content across our Substack.

  • Updated “Welcome” emails for free and paid subscribers.

  • Added interview form to main page

The Interview

To date, more than 20 people have completed the interview and shared a slice of themselves with us.

You or a friend have a story you’d like to share?

Interview Form

Paid v. Free

Free subscribers will always get the stuff that brings us pure joy:

  • M/W/F Humans of Generative Art stories

  • Community Hub Access

  • Community Featurette

  • Midjourney Wednesday Office Hours Recap

What it all means:

M/W/F Humans of Generative Art stories

  • Get to know the individual humans of the generative art world

  • GET-A-PROMPT in each story, shared by the artist (if they choose)

Community Hub Access

  • Continuous work-in-progress hub of aggregate information

  • Find prompt lists from your favorites in one place

  • Find other helpful resources, tools, and more

Community Featurette

We’re deeply invested in understanding the relationship between art, technology, and humanity. We’re reaching out and talking to the people who are doing beautiful things in the community—and our first featurette is all about Ngo the AI mascot movement.

aiartsplunge
A post shared by AI Artist (@aiartsplunge)

Originally created by @aiartsplunge and amplified by @kane_spero Ngo has been a beacon of light in the generative art community.

We’re excited to share how Ngo came to be—and how it evolved as a creative collaboration between humans looking to share the love of the generative art world.

To date, #ngoaimascot has been used 657 times on Instagram we’ve included the original prompt below for you to modify for your own version of the Ngo AI mascot. See our version below.

chippytheai
A post shared by Chippy (@chippytheai)

GET-A-PROMPT

character bio and profile for a beautiful young woman named Ngo Ai. Ngo Ai has a solar punk style with blue hair, skin, a big smile and a bandaid on her cheek. She often wears purple and orange futuristic shorts and jacket and strikes dynamic poses. She loves to express her creativity through any tools and medium she can.

We’ve been building out a value plan for paid subscribers.

  • Monetization Ideas and Guidance (Generative & Traditional)

  • Philosophy and Discussion

  • Prompt Engineering and Learning

  • Offbeat, Fresh & Funky Fiction

Most of this speaks for itself, but we wanted to highlight a topic that comes up frequently in our interviews. Monetization.

We know there are immeasurable opportunities for generative artists to monetize their skill set—and we’re happy to share some of our ideas, theories, and guidance with you.

We’ve had conversations with other humans who have a real need for accessible, affordable design—and that’s the gap generative art will fill.

We also know the world feels scary to some traditional artists who haven’t incorporated artificial intelligence in their process, and we’re excited to demonstrate how there can be abundance for all.

We’re not looking to be billionaires on Mars, but we are looking to live happy, healthy lives doing something we love—and we know you are too.

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