Media Arts and Technology

For my final project, I wanted to work on a time based work that draws on my filmmaking background while incorporating learnings from my experiments with generative imaging tools this quarter. For an earlier project, I had tried using the platform Runway but my efforts with it this time around were ...

For this project, I wanted to leverage learnings from previous projects (incorporating cultural specificity and context into images, constructing complex descriptive text prompts, and tweaking prompt and image parameters to get closer to desired results) while being more intentional with composition...

For this project, I wanted to explore in a bit more detail ideas such as the role that the knowledge of specific cultural contexts and milieus play not only in the creation of images but also in the appreciation of these works. Specifically, I chose to work with the theme of temples, deities, religi...

Prompt: a mosaic of mirrors in a chamber with boy's face reflected --style raw --s 250 ucsbmat255_a_mosaic_of_mirrors_in_a_chamber_with_boys_face_refl_4e4db915-66d0-49e9-9441-0c6b02c1b01f.png ucsbmat255_a_mosaic_of_mirrors_in_a_chamber_with_boys_face_refl_e36a6a82-73d9-4577-8bd4-e8f02674e448.png Wa...

ucsbmat255_man_in_quantum_field_superimposed_with_his_alterego__4e33bf7f-0fdf-4620-96ed-893e71b75f25.png prompt: man in quantum field superimposed with his alterego dark hi key lighting --ar 16:9 --style raw --s 250 1. To what degree does your text query influence the generated image? Unsatisfactor...