Artist of the Month

My hat is off to Joan Arcara who is widely known for eating deviled eggs and pinching blown up balloons, was attempting to paint her assistant's portrait while looking only at a reproduction painting of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Monroe and a YouTube video of cats dancing Salsa.

Per the comment received on this post, "Yes, most of her life's work IS based on her ability to hold down the eggs."

For those that don't like egg humor, this image combined:

-the prompts for an artist painting

-a second AI of a B&W art on a sketchpad in a studio

-a replaced face

-a composite and smoothing, sharpening corrections in Photoshop

-a PencilPixels Polarized Light effect coloration

-AI extension of the height of the art to desired proportions

-online upscaling to generate some additional sharpen/smoothing

-created the background atmosphere with gradients and bend modes

-several hours of relaxing and gratifying work