Miscellaneous

/ Don

New York City 1978, by George Wright

 

In 1978, George Wright was in New York, staying with a friend on the city’s Lower East Side. “New York in 1978 was still referred to as ‘Fear City’,” Wright recalled. “The NewYork Ripper was still at large and the Son of Sam mass murderer had only recently been apprehended. On every pillar on every subway station platform was scratched the word ‘PRAY’. Comatose bodies littered The Bowery, porn shows were ubiquitous in Times Square and the city was bankrupt.”

(via flashbak.com)

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Emoji Paintings, by ND Stevenson

This artist recreated famous paintings using only emoji. Any you recognize?

Stevenson: I cannot tell you how or why, but at some point a few years back I discovered that Instagram Stories not only allows you unlimited emojis, it ALSO allows you to enlarge them to an apparently infinite degree. Thus, a very strange new hobby was born. As far as I can tell, I am the inventor of this art form, since I am a genius and everyone else has a life.

Via imfineimfine.com

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The Simpsons, by Princess Prompt

A photographer and graphic designer created a set of mind-blowing AI images of The Simpsons using the very latest text-to-image technology.

“I wanted to test the new features of the latest version of Midjourney,” Princess Prompt explains. “I decided to start with The Simpsons’ characters because I’m a fan and especially because they all have a very defined look with very light colors and accessories that are their own.”

(via PetaPixel)

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Typical Americans by State, by Sara Thompson on Midjourney

Recently, a writer at BuzzFeed, Sara Thompson, decided to see what would happen when she asked Midjourney what a typical person from each American state looked like (AImericans?). These are the three from the states I’ve lived in, but you can see all 50, here.

Why does Indiana seem the only state that’s happy?

(via @mymodernmet.com)