Illustration Science
#artificial intelligence #dinosaurs #flowers #neural networks #plants
A Neural Network Generates Surprisingly Elegant Images of Dinosaurs Composed of Plants
Artist and writer Chris Rodley utilized a deep learning algorithm to create these really lovely illustrations of dinosaurs composed of plants. The images were generated with an online service called DeepArt that lets you upload a “target” image and then apply a visual style to it. For step one he fed the network images of common dinosaurs and then applied the styles of 19th-century fruit engravings and botanical illustrations. The results are a sort of 21st-century artificial intelligence channeling Giuseppe Arcimboldo. You can read a bunch more about all the technical mumbo jumbo over on Sploid. (via Kottke)
#artificial intelligence #dinosaurs #flowers #neural networks #plants
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