#observing

Magic vs. Faith

• Model: ChatGPT (Pro) Full

• Size: 2352 X 1568 (3.69 MP)

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  • Prompt: A sweeping, cinematic oil painting set at sunset in a vast Dust Bowl field, the cracked earth stretching beneath a sky ablaze with fiery oranges, reds, and bruised purples. The light fractures across the canvas as if the sky itself is splitting in two. Dust and wind churn violently through the scene. At the center stands Nancy, a slim young woman in her mid-twenties with short black hair and attentive dark eyes, dressed in gypsy style. She is caught between two opposing forces, her body pulled in opposite directions. Focus of her expression: she is torn — you can see in her face fear, confusion, and dawning awareness etched across her face. On her left, Ben, the weary healer — a lean 24-year-old man with dark, wind-tossed hair and pale, burdened eyes — grips Nancy’s arm, pulling her gently but urgently toward him. His posture is bent and strained, his face pleading rather than commanding. Around his feet, the earth is visibly damaged: withered grass, cracked soil, and traces of dead crops, showing the cost of magic already paid. A faint, warm glow lingers around his hand. On her right, Brother Justin stands tall and unyielding, his grip firm on Nancy’s other arm. He is a severe evangelical minister in a dark suit, posture upright, expression resolute. In his raised free hand, he holds a Bible. His face is calm, convinced, certain of his righteousness, but tense and fierce. The ground beneath him remains untouched, whole, and unchanged. His light is colder, more theatrical. Behind and above the confrontation, elevated on a wagon step or platform, stands the Carnival Boss — a short, bearded dwarf in an ornate but weathered embroidered coat and hat. From his prominent vantage point, he observes the scene with sharp, knowing eyes, his head slightly shaking in quiet disapproval. He does not intervene. He has seen this before, but we can see how he is affected by it. Behind Ben, carnival performers and outcasts gather, their faces marked by weariness, fear, and solidarity. Behind Brother Justin, evangelists and followers raise Bibles and crosses, faces lit with fervor and conviction. No one crosses the boundary. Around the central figures, symbolic elements float subtly in the dust-filled air: tarot cards, lantern light, and faint glowing threads on Ben’s side; crosses, scripture pages, and stark beams of light on Justin’s side. These symbols remain painterly and restrained, never overpowering the human drama. The brushwork is deep and expressive, emphasizing motion, fabric, skin, dust, and sky. The palette contrasts scorched earth tones and warm golds against stark blacks, whites, and cold highlights. There is no physical violence — only ideological collision made visible, but focus on their expressions. The mood is monumental and tragic: a woman caught between magic and faith, each claiming to save her, as the world itself waits to see which belief will prevail
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Scrying the Dreams of Men

• Model: DaVinci2

• Size: 2896 X 1648 (4.77 MP)

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  • Prompt: The Observator perch, the (((spherical scrayer))) and the priest of Morpheus. chiaroscuro misty Jupiterian Cityscape and deep night sky. Top down view from behind the leather clad Crowman looking out onto a Beksińskiesque city. A Picture of Hypnagogic nightmarescape. HDR
  • Using base image: Yes

The Baron's Dark Realm

• Model: DaVinci2

• Size: 2896 X 1648 (4.77 MP)

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  • Prompt: The Observator perch, the (((spherical scrayer))) and the priest of Morpheus. chiaroscuro misty Jupiterian Cityscape and deep night sky. Top down view from behind the leather clad Crowman looking out onto a Beksińskiesque city. A Picture of Hypnagogic nightmarescape. HDR, color scheme: midnight blue, green and yellow,
  • Using base image: Yes

Crowman's Perch

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 2896 X 1648 (4.77 MP)

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  • Prompt: The Observator perch, the (((spherical scrayer))) and the priest of the dark Baron Cicada. chiaroscuro misty Jupiterian Cityscape and deep night sky. Top down view from behind the leather clad Crowman looking out onto a Beksińskiesque city. A Picture of Hypnagogic nightmarescape. HDR
  • Using base image: Yes

Night's Diligent Observer

• Model: DaVinci2

• Size: 2896 X 1648 (4.77 MP)

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  • Prompt: The Observator perch, the (((spherical scrayer))) and the priest of the dark Baron Cicada. chiaroscuro misty Jupiterian Cityscape and deep night sky. Top down view from behind the leather clad Crowman looking out onto a Beksińskiesque city. A Picture of Hypnagogic nightmarescape. HDR
  • Using base image: Yes

On The Stage Progress

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1240 X 824 (1.02 MP)

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  • Prompt: Illustration described with circular lines drawing of handsome men age 36 Sidney Crosby in watercolor style of Jeremy Mann, Dee Nickerson and
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

IT WILL BE AUTUMN IV - he knight gazes out over the land, observing the world’s changes ...

• Model: AIVision

• Size: 1792 X 1024 (1.84 MP)

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  • Prompt: The knight gazes out over the land, observing the world’s changes, firmly ruling with a strong hand, keeping evil at bay.
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

Observing the Observer: A Red Hat Encounter

• Model: Artistic 2

• Size: 1192 X 864 (1.03 MP)

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  • Prompt: man in an art gallery, new impressionism, oil painting
  • Using base image: Yes

We are the universe observing itself

• Model: Artistic

• Size: 1643 X 1278 (2.10 MP)

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  • Prompt: We are the universe observing itself
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

observing the universe

• Model: Artistic

• Size: 896 X 704 (0.63 MP)

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  • Prompt: observing the universe planets, hyperrealism hyper realistic, 8k resolution holographic astral cosmic illustration mixed media by Pablo Amaringo
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

What?!?

• Model: Quantum (v2)*

• Size: 1088 X 832 (0.91 MP)

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  • Prompt: observing the universe planets, hyperrealism hyper realistic, 8k resolution holographic astral cosmic illustration mixed media by Pablo Amaringo
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

observing the universe

• Model: Artistic

• Size: 896 X 704 (0.63 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: observing the universe planets, hyperrealism hyper realistic, 8k resolution holographic astral cosmic illustration mixed media by Pablo Amaringo
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape