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Stable Diffusion and how it inspires my artwork
Stable Diffusion
Interesting stuff, that. One of the biggest influences in my artwork has always been Edward Munch. As a young man, I stayed in Copenhagen for a year (where I had lived as a child), and had the good fortune to visit the Carlsberg Glyptotek, which likely contains the bulk of his work.
Playing with stable diffusion, using “Edvard Munch style” has been a recent inspirational influence for me; it's like visiting a sort of a ‘Edvard Munch ghost museum’ containing further creations of his work that never existed. I can't get enough!
However, I don't copy these images, but I will confess to their huge influence, as his origional, actual work has always done for me.
Stable diffusion can be a blessing as well as a curse; seems there is a fine line between influence and blatant imitation or downright copying.
Paring Stable Diffusion with my approach to creating art comes as a natural: Evolved from my light/reflective work created on canvas (a process I call ‘Primary Micropintillism’), I have over the past years devised a digital means of image creation that I call ‘Digital Primarism’
This uses the three primary colors, each layer (onion skin) is worked separately. starting with yellow, then red and ending with blue.
The only tool I use is the lasso, which is almost like a linoleum or wood cutting tool.
Wherever the Lasso is applied, it removes and/or reveals color in the other skins (layers).
To the casual reader, this might sound exceedingly complicated, but keep in mind, this is approximately how the eye’s cones see primary colors. Our ‘reality’ is fooled by the eye/brain, interpreting all secondary colors.
Like learning to ride a bicycle, once mastered, working in this medium becomes exceedingly effortless.
Below, you will find my last week’s efforts; Edvard Munch/Stable Diffusion inspired interpretations:
Stephen Goodfellow, 11/23/2022
Congratulations on continuing to grow artistically!