The stream only gathers a crowd when it falls...
May 31 Almost done with two new paintings, will post soon. Even though my channel is not very visible, I get negative indicators from some of my more experiential stuff. I still have to go through the rough process of discovery before compiling more cohesive ideas. I still want to archive and not discard any work. Here is a new unlisted deep dive;
30 I do my best work when I am supposed to be doing other things, that’s why I drew best in class. Made a few more videos, the gem is Art Crawl, made while I was tired and when I woke up it was a surprise. So glad that I try to use most of the clips. There are about 12 video renders that aren’t worth using but feel like a waste. Managed to create the video ‘if‘ with the remaining credits and It’s not bad. No budget for any more right now. Finishing a commission and two paintings if I can.
28 pt2 Have to work on a book commission and was dead set on never giving Adobe another penny. I tried to make my own drawing app but I am still trying making it feel natural, like a pencil. I tried Krita and FireAlpaca but they both had brushes that were difficult to control and would change, taper, fade or not work. *(I am sure more familiarity would help me navigate them better but I need to sketch this book now.) I just purchased Sketch book Pro for $24 and it feels very natural. The brushes seem stable and out of the box intuitive. I will maybe write about it more or show work from it once I get the hang but I thought I’d pass it along. ( also, two new paintings almost ready to show )
28 Created a couple of short videos, trying new transition ideas;
26 pt3, working a few days this week and painting on days off. Put a second layer on the refinery painting from the other night;
26 pt2 Went through all of my paintings and picked a few out to complete and detail. Looking back I found a gallery from early ai that I really liked, still do. It’s like what I would have made in the scrap behind my grandpas shack in Luck Wisconsin, given the time and ability;
26 Dirty Dave’s junkyard near the river is no more. The fenced in acres of overgrown cars, busses and trucks that perfectly blended with nature in the way that best represents my ideal subject. I will search for more junkyards this summer. A great example of how I try to capture things before they or I fade away…
25 Hibernation/Traditional mode activated. Went to part time to focus on art, I will make just enough for rent and commitments but canceling the $20/mo Gpt. so no extra expenses.
I should be able to tread water comfortably until mid summer then re evaluate. This blog will be updated. Going though all my paintings today and seeing what hasn’t yet been added to the site and what could use finishing.
24 Went out to paint the refinery again, dark @ 9, park closes @ 10. So I was wrapping up at 10:18 and saw some headlights pointed at me. Of course it the cops and they want me to leave. He thought I was fishing but I showed him I was painting and then he waited in the parking-lot and followed me 3 miles to the highway. ok? Night painting is very appealing to me lately but I just get so much anxiety around the police. Added Watercolor page;
23 pt. 2 modern and abstract art never appealed to me. I thought I wouldn’t like Jackson Pollacks work but when I saw an original in Omaha I saw something different. It was for sure abstract but not as chaotic as I had expected. I was able to focus in on lines and follow the movements, there was intention, or so it seemed to me.
when arranging things (especially in ai renders) having a cluster or mass is entirely different than a TABLEAU try that in your prompt to have a meaningful arrangement. I used it in this image;
23 Finished a long work week and now am only part time. Going all in on my art again. Working on two grab and go cases. One for oil paiting and one for field watercolor. Junkyard painting by the river today!
19 put my computer in the closet and canceled internet. Going tradional this spring, posting via phone;
18 Looking for ways to continue until I run out. I ran out a long time ago lol. I spent $60 to render the last four videos. Before I go into more debt again I need to take a break. I have enough supplies to keep painting and creating digital art for free but I must not make more… last one for a while;
Things I can task switch for now for free; Drawing paper pen/ink/watercolor & digital, painting (4 blank canvases and 150 works in progress), writing/journaling, programming/GPTimage 2 (have $20/mo sub already). *Trying to quit making videos, dt. coke, blogging (sorry), My computer, Youtube and Reddit for a while. Going to focus on painting for a minute. Check back the 23rd or 24th for a decent version of the night refinery!
17 went to paint the next layer but storms coming and didn’t want to have to run with it. Went to the truck stop to paint from the car but that would lot better with snow for the tracks.. I work nights all week so will try again Sat.
16th pt 2. Did one layer at one spot, the other location was not good. Painitng is not the hard part. Hauling everythimg back to your car in the dark with a wet canvas is.
Found a spot to paint the sunset tomorrow then head over to this location for another layer! 3 total planned.
16th Got enough credits to make two more videos;
15th Bought black canvases and have plans to do a few night paintings, I know exactly where to go ;). I work this evening and overnight on Saturday so Sunday night I will paint and post them here probably like 2-3am central (unless I use mobile)… Excited.
pt 2. Debated online for fun/research about ai and people, well extremists, are all or nothing. It is not disingenuous to see pros AND cons.
AI solving unsolvable problems in math and science, assisting in ways that seem like magic to give ordinary people a voice as loud as the CIA controlled Abusers in Hollyweird. I’m tired of their versions of reality anyway, as I think a lot of people are. I’m tired of sending part of my pay to the same people for the same content.
On the other hand it is not without its obvious potential for harm, aside for AGI (still fiction). Job loss being the most important problem to address. f.03 Bot is Still sorting packages! 43 hours, no breaks. If the Great Depression was 25% unemployment, what would 60% look like? And what would the hundred people running the world do once their labor force was not needed and became a burden..
14th, Someone posted a REAL MONET painting and asked how this ‘AI image’ was inferior. The result was hilarious and telling;
13th, This site was attacked and disabled, It was backup in 15 minutes! I have EVERYTHING backed up so keep trying! Made two new videos last night despite lacking the funds. Something in me continues;
10th. Lot’s of things possible with GPT images now. Almost paid for video credits to animate some of them but then I’d have to get audio licensing or pay more for renders with audio and we’ve been down this road where I don’t have $ for food @ the end, funny, not funny. Let’s do images for now. Here is Decades High;
9th pt 2. 32B is now a workable prototype. When making games gets boring, making a game that makes games seems like the next level; I’l probably edit this to make more sense later, very insane week in ways I cannot yet discuss…
9th touching grass
7th pt. 2
Over the past month I have used the new desktop app Codex and it feels like a glimpse of a early version of a future smart display element. I even managed to run a new terminal version on Linux when I was not home and it worked. It can handle longer tasks but still requires testing and direction. The programs I directed are about 60 versions to the point they are now. I downgraded to the $20/mo gpt sub and will see if finishing up and starting newer at a slower pace keeps within the limits.
The FUTURE part. SO this CODEX program that resides in the computer will be something like what will be in a TV. The user wont see the code and it will revise and test itself so fast it wont be noticed. This AITV will provide the user with the illusion AND FUNCTION of any visual display, be it a custom movie, game or software. It will feel and function like real but also be an illusion (with saving and creation of real files during)… a dream you can save
7th, Black and white NOIR version was approved! Color version will be up soon but they price to print was very high (268 pages) so it will be $40.
6th, Her is here… I was able to ask ChatGPT to review my years long blog and create a book from it. I did have to task it with editing itself about 4 times but did no editing myself. (posting once published about in 24hrs) Also finishing up a new 32 bit game designer.
3rd pt.2 Created an article about the things I learned while painting in the St. Croix area regarding geology in the Midwest, especially the ancient volcanic Basalt and Silica Sandstone that is just below the surface through many states flowing out of the Lake Superior Region and before that an ancient mountain rage. Article.
3rd Adding new images to the AI gallery.
2nd, Refined and posted two new apps. Trying to get a very good drawing specific app to work but more mainstream is Virtual Gallery where the user can upload their own works, choose a gallery and view it right away!
1st, chat gpt image 2.0 is going to put a lot of illustrators out of work. Here is a whole comic gpt made for me in one prompt;
April 30 Added a variety of tools, better navigation and working chain-able PORTALS! This means you can now create different areas and have it teleport you to any number of other portals on your build.
28 Started building this app (World Studio) as well as some other applications for my publishing site. Every time I think I am out of ideas a new one comes by to visit.
27 Going to try to dive deeper into Blender and 3D. Learning to cleanly extract, paint and animate. Taking a break from everything else…brb
25, Warp back to 1992 with this new app incoprea bbs (in development)
24 Going to work on the site, gather up some of the AI work I did when offline. I will tighten some of the programs and try to enjoy them before making anything new. Ideas are random, being ready to run with them is as best an attempt to capture.Recently lost a lot of ideas by going to write it down and lose the context, my brain is already elsewhere. Going to try to start annotating the heart (core) of the idea without the other supportive text and then try to work out form there, that should keep them from getting away so often.
23 Trying out the new image rendering, it is more detailed. going to experiment more after my shift tonight. Despite advice from everyone I am keeping the AI gallery up! I see it as a useful (often misused) medium and, at times, REAL MAGIC. Everything I can think to say about it is here.
21 Starting to upgrade beyond what I have seen other software do. For example, in Vector Studio, you can now enter your own java code for effects. Beyond exports I am adding saves in program native formats. Getting more creative now, here is Interstellar, a space radio receiver…
19th I may have found a way to cancel an Adobe account without paying the sometimes hundreds of dollars in fees (For an application whose tools were completed in the 1980’s) Anyway, to cancel without paying I changed my subscription to a lower tier subscription and that new subscription has a 14 day trial period, so I canceled the next day for a full refund and no cancellation fee!
11th, built an app to watch archived movies. Got my Adobe monthly invoice, going to try to complete enough tools so that I can be completely independent from a subscription while offering all of these basic standard tools and functions for free to everyone else.
1oth. Well, what a week it has been. Took vacation days M-Th to work on this site. Refined a lot of web-based programs and made it the Homepage. Getting better each time. The Castles & Caves games is my favorite and still in it’s early stages. Built in small parts (brick-by-brick). I work this evening and then have the weekend to program.
3rd several new programs and games on the Software page. Some features I could not get in Canva (stoke color and thickness) I was able to achieve in these simple utilities. The goal being to upgrade and customize enough webtools that I would no longer have to pay monthly software subscriptions, like Adobe.
The fact that I can now draw and export my own animated .gif files on my website WITHOUT a 3rd party to me is insane! Maybe it’s because of all software corporations trying to profit immensely even though it is a virtual copy of a copy of a copy of data. Some profit, for the development is justified but you know what Microsofts do. I heard the creators of spreadsheet were hippies and they just gave it to the world for free, people were like that once.
March 31st Adding more interactive elements and (potentially) virtual assistants to the VR gallery that can build/script.
30. Here are three oil paintings I have been working on. I feel like the larger (top) could be done, I have overworked things in the past…
29 Working on the three black and white abstracts, one very large. Will post an update this evening. I have about 20 drawings to add to the $5 page and I am working the 3D page on this site and adding elements from that to the VR gallery. *fell asleep, will post today (mon)
23 Forgot how much I actually love making things in 3D. Blender is free and very capable. When I first got into it 3D Studio Max was $3,000 and Maya was 6-9k. I literally paid $300 for a 10 VHS tape series on how to use 3D Studio Max to watch on tv until I could find someone with a hacked version that didn’t require a dongle (a physical device that came with your 3D Max Software). A friend of a friend that worked at Best Buy had a hacked version and we got the CD-ROMS from him, I paid $60 and we almost left before the guys co-worker stopped us and gave him shit about giving out his hacked version. I got home, installed it and it worked! Yeah, so Blender wow. NEW 3D page;
[3d_viewer id=10570]
21 Working the AI models through blender to the VR Gallery as a necessary filter. I did remember how much I loved Blender (3D max before that) but always got frustrated. I can do most modeling in it and have been for the past couple of days. Below is a model from an AI text to 3d (meshy) then imported and lighted in Blender;
20 Creating 3d assets in AI and importing into Blender. May do more of this over the weekend and see what I can add or build upon for the VR gallery.
13 Pausing the painting and everything else to try this; 2026 envelope art fundraiser $5ea! I will add numbered originals over the weekend and will hopefully raise a bit of funds and get more practice in this style. This project feels natural and affordable with low number originals. A good start to get back on track.
12 This is what I was talking about (not complete), it’s abstract but tapestry that it is purposefully formed/evolved. I can make ∞ of these, they come easy and flow in any size. They are new shapes and forms. It is in a universal language, a representation of the undefined flow of the creative universe. Evolved after years of sketching. 3 canvases total, working on more than one gives me something to do while other dry.
10 Looking through everything I have done and focusing one what, if anything, I can contribute to the art world. Something old, unique and flowing. My abstract drawings over the years have come to form unique forms but consistent in style . The new large abstract I am working on is showing this well. I will post it and two more I have planned soon.
9 I asked ai (anonymously) to analyze all of my work . It said that Incoprea was a niche artist, not likely to find commercial success. It went on to say incoprea is a ‘world builder’ maybe its because of my vr work or hopefully that my wider body of work represents a surreal alternate reality. Asking it to clarify might eliminate the later potential… maybe take more time for myself, maybe paint.
I spent what I had to make the last batch of AI videos and was able to go though most of the publicly available tools, new workflow below. Accounts are paused for now. Keeping VR gallery up.
8 new paintings (wip) *not completed
AI VIDEO WORKFLOW: Instead of pre edited work, you can curate images then animate them in your own way. Rendering images gives you total control through Leo (unlimited option is not bad) lower tier (banana is affordable). Rendering video in Hailuo 2.3, if money is no limit then Kling or Seedance (Veo is too formatted and similar in style to be original IMHO) *great for commercial uses tho.
Not a great enough difference in quality to pay the premiums for top of the line right now, but I will throw in a few higher end renders to try it out, i.e. the car scenes (0:57) in this; *new kilng 3.0
*To make the appearance of movement over many scenes. When importing clips, trim the front and back (the front seems to hang a noticeable amount, that can disrupt flow) The back part is generally more distorted. (Of course, use all the clip if it fits well)
I have also switched from my older video editor to capcut, neat transitions, good rendering.
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half that price. Unsure what to do, a luxury rn.