Thursday, July 16, 2026

Punishment Of The Sun Underpainting Day 4, AI Unconscious Imagery

Last day of underpainting, all good.

Looking at the strange objects in the scene, sometimes named AI hallucinations, I was reminded of the unconscious doodles which I paint, shapes which can inspire other images. I saw these hallucinations not as errors, but the 'unconscious output' of the AI, valuable artistic items. Knowing this, I painted one in my scene, thus oil painting the first genuinely surrealistic AI object, the output of its unconscious. I have a few ideas of how to explore this.

Painting may continue, however. I now have 6 paintings underpainted and awaiting glazes; this is too many for my comfort. I need to finish old paintings before starting new ones.