AI Art Community Newsletter

LeonardoAI, FlexiCubes and Mid-Air Jordans

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Hello AIAC fam!! Welcome to the 17th AI Art Community Newsletter, now powered by Cybernetics via the addition of co-author @Prime_generations! 🎊 On Thursdays, we share the juiciest news in AI, artist features, memes and more. Thanks for being here 🥰

Your first letter? Would love to learn a bit about you. Where you’re from, what you do outside AI art, etc. Join me for a mini interview here.

Top Referrers This Week

Big thank you to @natia_ai, @aifinity76 and @misskosmic.ai for referring new folks to the newsletter! Stickers on the way + Natia… getting VERY close to an AIAC mug ☕️

LeonardoAI launches new PhotoReal mode

PhotoReal is their latest innovation, a powerful pipeline designed to help users create everything from cinematic photography to lifelike portraits. As a valuable addition to the Leonardo creative suite, it not only excels in photorealism, but also shines in bringing a strong dash of realism to other aesthetics.

Example generation of LeoAIs PhotoReal mode, supplied by Prime

New Mini-Themes in the Discord!

Our Discord plays host to not only a Daily Theme challenge but also once a week we rotate in two mini-themes, which are for fun & exploratory purposes only. All suggested by the community and managed by Theme Queen, Elli (@p.ai.nterly on IG)!

Last week’s “Mid-air” and “Origami” brought us some gorgeous works. We’ve picked out a favourite from each category and slapped them below for you to gawk at!

Next Week’s Themes will be Glitch Art and Mecha (not going to lie, I’m quite excited about this one 👀 -Prime) and we’re super excited to see what you all do with these!

Not part of the Discord? What are you doing, living under a rock? Join us by smacking this link → to discord.

AIAC App Updates

80+ testers have signed in and helped blast bugs for the last two weeks. Fun recent additions include: follows, save posts, save prompts, more search filters in Explore, and push notifications. New features and fixes every evening!

Fingers crossed it’s sent up to the App / Play store by next week’s letter.🤞 Want to help give feedback & shape the experience? 👇

Android → sign up here and I’ll email you the link

iOS → sign up here

Feedback → in Discord here

PS. “Sign in with Discord, Apple, Google” have a little bug that’ll be sorted for the next release. For now, sign in with Email.

🗞️ AI News

Thank you as always to our trusty crew of Newsies. This week’s links powered by: @tmp.ai, @focused.instability, @barbara.chira.ai.art, twilight_dreams123.

Not art, still noteworthy

Special feature: microchips

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Artist spotlights

Ya made it! Artist spotlights ❤️. Hailing from Sydney, Pakistan, India, Czechhia, France and Italy!

Want a feature? Let me know!

@vaguespace.ai (Czechia) - Nothing.. have some healthy issues..

@graphifusion (Pakistan) - Graphic Designing, Video Editing

@ai.collections.art (France) - I started my journey in the world of AI art in September 2022 when I discovered Dall-E and Stable diffusion. Since then, I have explored different image generators, and I have fond memories of platforms like Lexicart, Dreamlike, Deforum, and AUTOMATIC1111, among others. However, out of all these options, I ultimately chose Midjourney because its version 4 was truly incredible.

Today, the AI field offers so many exciting creative possibilities. From video creation with Runway Gen-2, the ability to create 360-degree panoramas with Skybox AI, to animating faces with D-ID and Mug Life, and the inpainting capabilities of Photoshop Beta. The opportunities are endless, and I have a thousand projects in mind. Unfortunately, I don't always have the time to accomplish everything, but the desire is there.

What I particularly love is the AI art community. I talk to many people from all over the world, exchanging ideas and inspirations. I greatly enjoyed organizing challenges on Instagram, such as the #MoviesPromptweek and #AiFoodChallenge. I am proud to be a part of this community because the future promises even better creative possibilities.

In conclusion, I am excited about everything AI art has to offer, and I am grateful to be a part of this dynamic community that fosters innovation and artistic expression.

@deux_jour (Sydney, Australia) - Filmmaker, Creative Direction

@olgacitron (India, Goa) - Trying my best to be happy) In addition to AI, I am currently pursuing my passion for fashion design. I specialize in creating unique patterns for printing on fabric, collaborating with the textile factory TexIndMart, and selling my own designed fabrics. I am also deeply interested in the concept of Zero Waste in fashion design, exploring various programs for pattern making, creating Tech packs, and painting artworks.

Besides my design endeavors, I have also recently opened a business in Goa and become a co-owner of a boutique selling exquisite and unique clothing items. And most importantly, I am a proud and happy mother of a 13-year-old son.

Currently, I am enjoying the monsoon season in Goa, immersing myself in the sound of raindrops and witnessing breathtaking sunsets amidst lush green jungles

@BibiUffStudio (Italy) - Fashion Designer

Twitter tips: Consistent characters “Scott pilgrim style” “Uncoordinated color clash”

X gon’ give it to ya. Here are three threads that caught our eye this week, a small treasure trove of new prompts and techniques for you to try:

Want to @Learn Midjourney? We’ve got our very own thriving little AI education center - 130 classes taught. Led by @Death.Milk.Designs, @Midjourney.man, @Midjourney_collection, @Iva_ai_popsurreal. 🥂 Come on down.

Community Store

New products & merchants each week in the Community Store! This week featuring @berubettoart, who’s included a shirt, tote, print and beautiful spiral notebooks!

Weekly Abomination

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Shared by member @galactic_midnights via the #abominations channel in our Discord!

Fin

As always, many thanks to the Patron Saint squad: Mischief, Oracular_angel, whitehatgfx, momhugssss, danb3ach, Midjourney.portraits, Mauriciotonon, x0alliecat0X, troplanduniverse, Marcus (formerly catsndogs.ai), dreamingr0b0ts, evelynsaiart. And now 200+ who’ve joined the ranks of Lvl 2 or Patron.

See you next week 🙂

❤️ - Jackson (connect on LinkedIn, if you’d like) & Adam (Connect on Instagram)