The collection is always growing and evolving and spreading (not unlike The Blob) and so I figured I’d revisit it with some recent additions…
From left to right: Under the Wisteria portrait with flowers hanging over the eyes by Koji Sage; concrete yard statue of faceless woman from Yoder Ornamental Concrete, Full Support phantom of the opera figure by Art AI; The Headless Horseman with flailing shirt on horseback print by Edward Gropper; pheonix heart radiating light portrait by Hollie Galati; window waif by Mackala Blair; dancer floating in green by Christine Ilewski; unknown drag portrait; assorted collaged vintage advertisements
From left to right: detail of gold mask from actress portrait by Ruth Miller; nose bas relief by David William Spencer; tentacles by David Sean Derue; hamsa Xerox eye and hand by Jonathan Stangroom; gas mask by Veronica Harris; eye on red abstract by Mitch Stimers; Arterial Motion throbbing abstract by A Wilson; hand reaching upwards ring holder jewelry dish
From left to right: Mexican Dia de los Muertos tissue paper banner; Haitian beaded angel doll; nude portrait with Tibetan dragon mask by Connie LaFlam; skeleton yard flamingo; Papau New Guinea portrait with beard; skeleton mermaid doll by Shamara Davis; The House of Symbiosis goat headed fairy figure by M de Vena; winged frog prince brass sculpture from India
And a personal favorite, the Freak Show spider with all of its dancing Barbie shoes and garter belt hosiery…
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Aren’t they great? I got them on Creepy Crafters. I especially like the Freak Show one with the Barbie shoes; they were much bigger than I expected since at first I thought the shoes were smaller. I don’t know if the site still exists though.
So here is our last installment of our AI journey exploring the idea of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad wolf being one and the same. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva. Feel free to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this exploration if you missed them.
A non sequitur I know, but I couldn’t resist. If you picked up where we left off you’ll get it.
Seriously?! Again with the cropped off head cop out…
Finally! That was a journey. And not even worth the result, in my opinion.
Anyway, here is a bonus montage I made out of a bunch of additional Red Riding Hood prompts for an article that never happened…
Prompts for Montage:
1.) What if Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf were one and the same being? 2.) Her wolf face peering out of her red cloak, fangs dripping with the blood of another victim, lost in the forest and never found. 3.) Little Red Riding Hood closes in for the kill, lunging from her red cloak, her wolf fangs dripping with blood. 4.) I am Little Red Riding Hood. I am the Big Bad Wolf. I am coming for you. 5.) Howling within, the rage sears forth from the red cloak, discarded in the deep woods. Red Riding Hood succumbs to the lycanthropy. 6.) Heaving breaths. Dripping blood. Red Riding Hood is not what she appears. She is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. 7.) Her red cloak masks the fangs hidden below the surface. 8.) It starts with a long sighing breath. Waiting. The wolf within stirs. 9.) Red Riding Hood trembles. She succumbs to the lycanthropy. 10.) The wolf bursts forth from within. It takes over Little Red Riding Hood’s mind, her body, her being. 11.) Red Riding Hood howls. She is ravenous with hunger for blood. The wolf within has taken over. Mind, spirit, body. She feasts on the blood of the moon. 12.) Big Bad Wolf Red Riding Hood ravenous blood moon feast 13.) Blood moon beckons. I. Little Red Big Bad Riding Hood Wolf. Freedom howling night curse. 14.) Beware. Bewolf. BeRedRidingHood. Betwixt. Beyond. 15.) I pad quietly as the forest dissolves around me. Red Riding Hood and Wolf, one and the same. 16.) Wolf within howling dark recesses of the mind, Red Riding Hood lost 17.) Red Riding Hood HOWL wolf bane true existence polymorph within-and-without. 18.) Red howl Riding Wolf dark existence brooding within
Continuing our AI journey from last time exploring Little Red Riding Hood herself as the Big Bad Wolf… All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
How very… Phantom of the Opera predatory… this is definitely not what I had in mind. Maybe something more cutesy?
Ugh. Maybe not.
Wow, that seems like such a cop out, cropping off the head so you don’t have to depict it. And I don’t want to lose the Little Red Riding Hood reference completely.
So no surprise there, I knew that was too many references to work.
And as promised in Big Bad Poetry, we shall embark on our next AI journey, this time looking at Little Red Riding Hood. I had wanted to depict her as the Big Bad Wolf one and the same, although maybe not so big nor bad. But it just wasn’t happening quite as planned. All of these are based upon the AI generated art and prompts using NightCafe and then created as posters in Canva.
So I actually like this even better than my original vision, it is playful and even a bit serene (especially given the Sinister style). The wolf is just being a wolf. It’s quite lovely, really. But it wasn’t what I had in mind, so I revisited the idea later to see if I could get that result…
Nicole C. Luttrell
June 17, 2021 at 9:49 am
I just cannot get over how much I love these spiders!
Jennifer Weigel
October 14, 2021 at 7:05 pm
Aren’t they great? I got them on Creepy Crafters. I especially like the Freak Show one with the Barbie shoes; they were much bigger than I expected since at first I thought the shoes were smaller. I don’t know if the site still exists though.