Midori
https://the-only-shadow.uncut.network/nft/34361650743
Midori is an incredibly talented Kunoichi in the smash hit VR game, Only Shadow. she is feared by the other players, despite never placing higher than 4th. She is determined to take first this time.
5 copies available on Uncut.Network
Many Exoteric : The Only Shadow NFTs are available on Uncut.Network.
Here’s the link to my page. The entirety of *Only Shadow* will be available through Uncut first.
After The Only Shadow concludes, I will make the NFTs available on a larger market. As the series nears its end, I’ll be publishing 3 PDFs. Pricing info TBA. One is a in-story relic. One will contain a full length original story, and the last will include both, as well as all images that were minted.
All content copyright Jack Lhasa, unless otherwise noted. Art and articles are copyright Jack Lhasa, 2001-2024(and further).
This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.
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Questions were asked by Lauren at Lamp Photography
https://far.quest/lampphotography
(How did you create it?)
I use a really complicated method for most of my art.
It started with a photograph. I then tweaked it with GiMP, creating the color swatches and removing the background. Then I put it into an AI, in order to make it not look like a photo. After tweaking the AI multiple times, I got a nearly finished image. This I took and ran back through GiMP and Snapseed, getting rid of marks that were out of place, toying with the full color settings and filters. And this got me to the final image.
I do this(roughly) same process for most of my nft art. I try to put in the extra effort so it’s not an AI image, just an image that I used AI during the creation process. This also keeps my work free of any copyright issues.
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(How long does it take?)
Well, it’s not as big a deal now. I’ve been refining the process for about 18mo.
I don’t like the way AI is generally used for images. Anyone can type stuff in. Although there is an art to crafting prompts.
I wanted my work to be free of any accusations of copyright infringement, and to keep the commercial rights free.
I can’t say exactly how long this image took, but in general, images I create this way, I do over several days. Some parts of the process are quite fast. Others not so much. I’ll generally work in 3 separate phases.
If I know exactly what I want as the end result, I can finish one in a few hours.
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(You must be one of the first authors in the world to use such a process)
Well, it’s also very personally tuned. There’s nothing stopping others from using the same applications, but I spent months playing with the order I did things in, trying dozens of image editing apps, and dozens of AIs.
Something I think everyone should do is keep notes on their process. This can make things much more streamlined in future creations.
I save every AI prompt I use in a notebook. I also keep notes on filters and tools that I use often.
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(Do you recommend any apps?)
There are tons of good ones!!
But, Drafts is by far my favorite. It’s only available on iOS and Mac Though.
I also use Obsidian a lot. It’s great for writing long form.
Logseq is also an excellent app for notes.
I recently started using Standard Notes, because you can publish a note as a blog entry directly in the app.
And Omnivore is absolutely wonderful for taking notes on web articles as you read them.
I try out every new writing app I can as soon as I can. Always looking for a better or unique method.
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