"DeepDream" neural network by Google = a neat tool for creating artwork.
| Submitted by kathycf on Sun, 2016-11-13 16:40 | ||
DeepDream. Have you guys heard of this? I hadn't. It's created using Python code (I vaguely remember hearing of Python, But well, yeah...I barely know what skrit is... So anyway, I was browsing online and clicking on various links and found a forum that featured some guy's image created via DeepDream. This led to me doing some more searching and finding some more information on DeepDream. It seems *really* cool. Quote:
In simple words, DeepDream is a program that uses Google’s Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) in order to visualize what exactly it sees in an image. You feed the program an image, and the program sends it back and shows you what it sees in that image. DeepDream was developed by Alexander Mordvintsev, Christopher Olah and Michael Tyka (software engineers at Google). That article references a post in Google's development blog Interesting quote at the end of the end of the blog post: Quote:
The techniques presented here help us understand and visualize how neural networks are able to carry out difficult classification tasks, improve network architecture, and check what the network has learned during training. It also makes us wonder whether neural networks could become a tool for artists—a new way to remix visual concepts—or perhaps even shed a little light on the roots of the creative process in general. There is a free website that allows you to create your own DeepDream images: DeepDream generator Check out their gallery containing images generated by users. A couple of images I downloaded (sorry, they're a little big!
I didn't sign up at the DeepDream generator site, but it's bookmarked and I plan on doing so and seeing what I can do. If you sign up and create something, please post the image in the comments section. I would love to see it! blogs: |
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Here are 2 of the images I did with DeepDream.
Farmgirl face:
Farmgirl hair (the image is saved by DeepDream as a JPEG and my alpha channel was lost. No big.}
I only used the basic options, there are many more.
*edit*
Had to do a few more.
Here is my dog, Dillon. (He died several years ago and God, I miss him so damn much, but I have to toughen up.)
Original pic of such a handsome boy:
Like the Cat and your dog. The hair is very cool too. We can always use new hair colors. Think I use about 2 dozen but more would be fun. I will have to give the program a peak.
Glad you liked them. The nice thing about the DeepDream generator is that it is not a program you have to install on your computer. You can upload images and download them once they are altered, plus the site keeps a personal gallery for you. The gallery can be public or private.
It is kind of addicting once you get started.
Some more hair:
Mr Bones:
Brussels Sprout:
Blood Spatter:
Some fabric swatches:
This is a swatch of light blue denim fabric. The design on it looks like a spider to me.