Here lies the residue of "The Animating Apothecary," a source of obscure ephemera and thoughts. Instagram? see - https://www.instagram.com/animating_apothecary/ also check out asifa.org and asifa.net - content (c) 2006-2026 Jim Middleton (一個古怪的老頭,總是揮舞著雙手,哈哈大笑。or -手を振りながらよく笑うクレイジーな老人 or 손을 흔들며 웃는 미친 노인 )
Sunday, October 09, 2022
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Post 484 - Another AI Test - This Time, "Stable Diffuser" in Night Cafe
I took this frame (#3713) from my 1999 Sfumato, "Flute Solo" -
(c) 1999 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary- and ran it through "Stable Diffusion" a few times to see how its AI process performs - the interface is a bit more direct than the other programs (haven't tested to see how well it creates wood-block prints). Shows some potential.
And a quick flip among the generated examples:
(c) 2022 Jim Middleton, The Animating ApothecaryThen I tried it on a frame from my 2021 Sfumato, "Seule Tod." Not a good look using Hokusai's filter (IMHO).
Before - (c) 2021 Jim Middleton, The Animating Apothecary
AfterAnd another video test:
But onward HA!
Friday, November 01, 2019
1930s Russian Drawn Sound: Nikolai Voinov's 'Paper Sound'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Zb4rso82M&fbclid=IwAR24fykiE6AwJ_MeVgqVkGsL2hIOvS-U_bWxjA7j_chPpPSaWXLdBXYohdU
And I affix my "colorized" version, just to play with some more functions of the editing system here:










