AI Art Projects

Kbach Khmer

Project #2: Trained with StyleGAN2 class labels

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Trained on Khmer ornaments. A basic shape system to allow for; a symphony of ideas. Define as namarupa; we give names therefore forms.

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slow down...Be still my love

DEAR FLOWER, WHERE DO YOU HAIL FROM?

A form from nature is said to be corrected or improved into an ornament. Or is it the other way, the basic shape is retrospectively seen to mirror nature.

OH MY, HOW YOU'VE BLOSSOMED

YOUR EXPRESSION IS SWEET LIKE HONEY

Lazy sunday playing with the lucid sonic dreams notebook using khmer music, while experimenting with mode collapses on lines/drawing structures in GAN. enjoy!

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Submission for NeurIPS 2021

Inspired by Kbach (Khmer ornaments design system). Nature is the inspiration and building block for many patterns found in Khmer art. This SG2 model was trained on line drawings then fed into a style-transfer model. Then back into the GAN. Most of my work involves stressing a system, and inducing partial mode collapses. This experiment attempts to train a classified GAN model to output a shape system -- from basic elements to more complex modules.

LIQUID GOLD STYLE TRANSFER WITH OPT-FLOW TEST