Finding Beauty in the Process: AI Art on a Rainy Saturday
Rainy Saturdays are perfect for slowing down, reflecting, and diving into creativity—and today, I explored my fascination with AI art. With Bing Image Creator powered by DALL-E 3 as my tool, I embraced the possibilities of prompts and iterations to bring vivid watercolour-inspired imaginings to life.
1. The challenge of capturing natural beauty
My day began with ambitious prompts aimed at crafting minimalistic watercolour renditions of ethereal figures. However, my first attempts were met with stereotypical representations that lacked originality—posing the question: How do we push AI to create art that feels, if not personal, more authentic and spontaneous?
> First Prompt: Minimal, loose, watery, and flowing, delicate plain girl cyborg with a pearl earring, vibrant green and blue watercolor washes on rough cold-pressed paper. Result: A pretty yet overly idealized figure. This felt too polished, so I set my sights elsewhere.
2. Refining the Vision
Through trial and error, I focused on blending my love for minimal, flowing compositions with lush, misty tropical settings. By tweaking prompts and assessing results, I began to achieve art that closer to the otherworldly watercolours I envisioned.
> Second Prompt: Minimal and flowing, delicate figures kneeling in a misty jungle, glowing, vibrant green, orange, and blue watercolor washes on rough cold-pressed paper. Result: The inclusion of “misty” introduced a softer feel, providing images that resonated with my aesthetic goals—less rigid, more enigmatic.
3. Challenges in Representation
As I continued refining prompts, I faced recurring challenges. AI interpretations of figures using words like “girl” or even “ethereal wild figure” often leaned toward stereotypical appearances—how could I inject more originality and fluidity?
> Third Prompt: Minimal and flowing, delicate, cyborg girl child with a pearl earring in a misty jungle, glowing, vibrant green, orange, and blue watercolor washes, watercolor painting, rough cold-pressed paper. Result: Stereotypical and dull.
Experiments led me to shift focus toward abstract forms over specific human descriptors.
> Revised Prompt: Minimal and flowing, delicate one figure kneels while another looms in a misty jungle, glowing, vibrant green, orange, and blue watercolor washes on rough cold-pressed paper. Result: Greater abstraction and mystery, with watercolour textures shining through beautifully.
4. Closing Thoughts
Today's exploration underscored the importance of patience and adaptability in working with AI art. By embracing the process—not just the results—I discovered ways to coax the medium toward something unique, organic, and fluid. It’s a dance between embracing imperfection and nudging the AI toward refined creativity.
