In art and illustration, artists can often be identified by their trees. Trees can be as individual as people. You know a Dr Seuss tree when you see it, right?
Josef Palecek from the Hans Christian Anderson book âThumbelinaâ, 1975Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass Brigitte Bryan 1969Karoly Reich, Hungarian IllustratorMax Ernst Lonely Tree and Conjugating Trees 1940
Letâs talk about trees generated by AI. Depending on how you look at it and what youâre after, one of the annoying/wonderful things about AI generated art: Things blend into each other and create bizarre new combinations youâve never seen before. Sure, if you generate some houses youâll likely have to remove the trees which are growing out of the roofs.
Sometimes you get really unusual and thought-provoking foliage when you werenât even going for it. Today Iâll share some of the highly stylised and unusual trees Stable Diffusion has produced for me over the past few months.
HIGHLY STYLISED TREES USING STABLE DIFFUSION
Iâm using Automatic 1111, Dreamlike Diffusion 1.0 model, and a prompt generator. Although Iâve included the prompts in the captions, some of these prompts were longer and I havenât kept them outside the filename.
Palm tree, glitch art, corrupted trees(New Zealand subtropical rainforest poster:1.21) designed by Emmet McBain, 1960s NZXTRAHK:3 designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1960Palm tree, glitch art, (corrupted trees:1.32)Palm tree, glitch art, corrupted trees, cyberpunk pixar 3 d, wlop, noah bradley, furaffinity, artstation hd(Palm tree:1.13), glitch art, corrupted treesthe creature inside the upside down house, film still from the movie directed by denis villeneuve with art direction by salvador daliDusty abandoned old fairground covered by vegetation, hyperdetailed, artstation, cgsociety, 8k(1960s florida, postcard:1.4), rule of thirds, beautiful design flat surreal landscape, symmetrical artwork, sharp focus(1960s florida, postcard:1.4), rule of thirds, beautiful design flat surreal black background, gnarly details, by:1. Я¿½ widthspooky witch cabin on a fantasy forest at night, artstation hq, photorealistic, hyperrealistic, sharp focus, 4 k uhd, unreal engine(green grassy field:1.28), standing near a lake, reflection, moon around, hyper realistic, pale skin, 4k, rule of thirdsthe swamp by jon avon ichim and jason chan and (mark arian:1.11), trending on artstationa swampy wetland landscape under a sunny blue sky, hyper detailed, digital art, trending in artstation, cinematic lightinga fuzzy orb floating on a pond, calm water, photorealistic, 4 k, detailed, reflection by (greg rutkowski:1.14)an expansive new zealand swamp surrounded by green rolling hills, the land is rumbling down with violent tumultuous wavesa swampy wetland landscape under a sunny blue sky, hyper detailed, digital art, trending in artstation, cinematic lighting(long exposure photograph:1.1) of eucalyptus trees by gursky and kinkade, trending on artstationscene from (louisiana swamps:1.39), graveyard, voodoo, artwork by tim eitel (and alphonse mucha and nekro:1.21)a high contrast! painting of a minimalist ultradetailed photorealistic flooded ancient tree statue by rene magritte simon stalenshadow monster hiding behind (a tree:1.39), iphone photo, eerie, 2022 anime art, atmospheric, movie poster, movie stilloak tree engulfed in flames by Diane Arbus and Louis Daguerre. highly detailed. 85mm, Bokeh iridescent accents, vibrant, teal(a terrifying tree monster:1.33) with distorted faces made of bark harvesting mushrooms, lovecratftian horror, pans labyrinth(Detailed painting:1.28) of a staircase overgrown by tree roots leading to an evil portal overgrown by tree roots, ominous, nightmushroom demonic children, terrifying tortured tree monsters, distorted pained faces made of bark, lovecraftian eldritch horrordark forest shrouded in mist, a tree with mist dripping off it, screaming face on (tree trunk:1.46) with fangs, tree bark shapedoak tree engulfed in flames by Diane Arbus and Louis Daguerre. highly detailed. 85mm, Bokeh iridescent accents, vibrant, teal and redcreepy scary grainy photograph of angry evil oak tree stuffing his gaping maw with amanita mushrooms!!! đ, dark fantasy horror (2)(a terrifying tree monster:1.33), shot on expired 3 5 mm filmwitches hovel. twisted, dark forest. zdzisĹaw beksinski. surreal architecture, (frightening landscape:1.18), precisionismcreepy scary grainy photograph of angry evil oak tree stuffing his gaping maw with (amanita mushrooms:1.24), dark fantasyan ancient daemon on a mysterious and scary fractal forest, demon, (evil:1.19), entity, mist, 1910 photography, Black and white(a terrifying tree monster:1.45), shot on expired 3 5 mm filma black and white drawing of a tree in a forest, an ambient occlusion render by Ben Templesmith, featured on zbrush central, gothica terrifying tree monster with distorted faces swallowing mushrooms, critical moment, lovecratftian horror, pans labyrinth, shotcreepy scary grainy photograph of angry evil oak tree stuffing his gaping maw with amanita mushrooms, dark fantasy horrorbrutalist architecture, psychedelic forest, dramatic color scheme, trending on artstation, 3 d render, award winning artdark forest shrouded in mist, a tree w(it:1.18)h mist dripping off (it:1.18), screaming face on tree trunk w(it:1.18)h fangstree of life (intricate, elegant, highly detailed, digital painting:1.25), artstation, concept art, smooth, sharp focusfamilies of giant deformed distorted crushed flea trees robots ancient moon volcanoes misty fog smog night landscape and candelaan ancient daemon on a mysterious and scary fractal forest, mist, 1910 photography, Black and white detailed, centered, digital-artdown the foggy ruins of time far past the frozen leaves (the haunted frightened trees:1.28) out to the windy beach, alan leedark forest shrouded in (mist:1.41), a tree with (mist:1.41) dripping off it, screaming face on tree trunk with fangs, tree bark(a 8 legged digital painting_1.34) of a tree of immense size, with branches reaching the sky, by odd nerdrum and gu hongzhong
When Midjourney was first online, if your text input was vague, you often got trees, or some other pretty landscape or seascape. Here are some early Midjourney ânothingâ trees, in the highly recognisable Midjourney colours:
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasnât yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Samâs wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project:
