From the Editor's Couch - 1/22/2023
From the Editor's Couch - 1/22/2023
Because we don't have desks.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Oh yeah, here’s a ship. See you tomorrow.
