Imladris was also known as "Rivendell" in the J.R.R. Tolkien mythos. Interestingly, both The Hobbit and LotR used this Elven refuge as a key staging-point, but somehow it felt like I was discovering it afresh, each time. (are you taking notes, Peter Jackson & Disney?)

I'm also a little sheepish to admit that all the lovely pieces here are, to the best of my determination, AI-created! (damnit, but they fooled me at first)

Ahhhh, so what the hey-- let's empty out this drawer and move on. Now, the reason I chose to lead with the above is because we'd been sorta talking about Tolkien's stuff recently, and the above piece reminded me a lot of his early illustration work (yes, he was also a pretty-decent artist who worked in a 'turn-of-the-century' style).

Okay then, the following might be a bit random, but--


https://i.imgur.com/MVArIH8.jpeg
Now where might that be..?!


https://i.imgur.com/pEkNSNx.jpeg
Another stained-glass style lighthouse, sorta-kinda.


https://i.imgur.com/FLI2Zk1.jpeg
As someone who used to sail a bit, I love these. Of course, being AI-generated, there are a slew of similar pics out there, for better or ze wurst.


https://i.imgur.com/D5D2DSb.jpeg
San Francisco streets, credit to MidJourney specifically!

I'd say hold on to your hats, though! In retrospect, there's a bunch of art here that helps explain its origins, but in future? I would say all bets are off. *gulp*

(i.e. AI-art will doubtless keep improving, so stuff like this which fooled me initially but which I later managed to bust, will likely bust ME, in future)

https://lemm.ee/post/7895573
Hello, @Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world!

EDIT: Corrected a couple typos & errors, plus added a little context to help make things clearer.

  • Nacktmull@lemm.eeM
    ·
    4 months ago

    None of us is perfect, you realized your blunder and apologized honestly. Let's consider the topic done.