This painting is from early 2022 when Midjourney was still in its infant stages.
I painted this painting based on a Midjourney reference.
The question I asked myself was: Can AI-created art serve as a base for creating human-made transformative art?

For this experiment, it is FUNDAMENTAL to read the blog post that goes with it. My stance towards AI has shifted drastically since I first discovered it and after I then learned what data it has been trained on:
https://www.artstation.com/darktownart/blog