Clowning Around

December 2022

still image and video 3D composite with AI background

17 x 22 in. [image]​

1920 x 1080, 00:10 [video]

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Why does one subject themselves to the routine and the habits they stick with? Is anyone ever ready for the real world? We are clowning around by being so immersed in a rigorous studio routine we have subjected ourselves to. Maurice, the clown-like figure, is contemplating a withdrawal from the monotony of routine. Three images of glass shards having a fur-like essence were generated via Stable Diffusion and then projected onto the 3D model to represent how much the figure overthinks their everyday.

 

Modeled in Maya. Textured in Substance Painter using images generated via Stable Diffusion. Rendered with V-Ray via Maya.

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Exhibitions

LAiZY ((Experiments in ARTificial Intelligence)), Grinter Hall, Gainesville, FL, USA, Feb. 2 – Mar. 17, 2023

World Builders Inc., Gary R. Libby Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL, May 4–6, 2023