Artonomo.us - beginnings of a completely autonomous painting robot.

Artonomo.us is my latest painting robot project.

In this project, one of my robots

1: Selects it’s own imagery to paint.

2: Applies it’s own style with Deep Learning Neural Networks.

3: Then paints with Feedback Loops.

An animated GIF of the process is below…

Artonomo.us is currently working on a series of sixteen portraits in the style above. The portraits were selected from user submitted photos. It will be painting these portraits over the next couple weeks. When done it will select a new style and sixteen new user submitted portraits. If you would like to see more of these portraits, or submit yours for consideration, visit artonomo.us.

Below are the images selected for this round of portrait. We will publish the complete set when Artonomo.us is finished with it…

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Augmenting the Creativity of A Child with A.I.

The details behind my most recent painting are complex, but the impact is simple.

My robots had a photoshoot with my youngest child, then painted a portrait with her in the style of one of her paintings. Straightforward A.I. by today’s standards, but who really cares how simple the process behind something is as long as the final results are emotionally relevant.

With this painting there were giggles as she painted alongside my robot and an amazed result when she saw the final piece develop over time, so it was a success.

The following image shows the inputs, my robot’s favorite photo from the shoot (top left) and a painting made by her (top middle). The A.I. then created a CNN style transfer to reimagine her face in the style of her painting (top right). As the robot worked on painting this image with feedback loops, she painted along on a touchscreen, giving the robot direction on how to create the strokes (bottom left). The robot then used her collaborative input, a variety of generative A.I., Deep Learning, and Feedback Loops to finish the painting one brushstroke at a time (bottom right).

In essence, the robot was using a brush to remove the difference between an image that was dynamically changing in its memory with what it saw emerging on the canvas. A timelapse of the painting as it was being created is below…

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More Ghostlike Faces Imagined by my Robots

My series of portraits painted by my robot continues with these 32 ghost images.  Calling the series ghost faces. Will be discussing how and why my robots are thinking these up and painting them in Korea next week.  Will post a more detailed account here shortly.  Here are some closer looks at some of my favorite images...

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