Ken Barker

A bird in the hand...

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3768 X 2256 (8.50 MP)

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  • Prompt: A highly detailed and ornate mural featuring two young women with long, dark, wavy hair, dressed in elegant emerald green gowns with gold accents and intricate embroidery and the green collar shown in image 2. The women have a calm, regal demeanor, with one woman facing left and the other facing right, each holding a bird on her hand—one with a brown bird, the other with a blue bird. Their faces are serene and contemplative, with subtle, natural makeup. Floral headpieces made of colorful flowers adorn their hair. The background is a richly decorated wall with elaborate gold filigree, floral motifs, and soft pastel colors, framing a central oval scene filled with blooming flowers and delicate vines. The scene is lit with soft, warm lighting, creating a majestic, classical atmosphere reminiscent of a renaissance painting. The composition emphasizes symmetry, elegance, and harmony with an ornate, vintage artistic style.
  • Using base image: Yes

Witching hour (version 2)

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2224 X 1664 (3.70 MP)

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  • Prompt: Combine the best of the two images. Abstract, Mixed Media, Collage, Witch riding a broomstick, Rural, Spooky church in background, path to church, gravestones, moonlight, stars, twisted tree silhouettes, Textured, spooky, blue dawn Tones, and light blue and lilac shades and browns, black Geometric, Whimsical, Dreamlike,
  • Using base image: Yes

The witching hour

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Base)

• Size: 2560 X 1440 (3.69 MP)

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  • Prompt: Abstract, Mixed Media, Collage, Rural, Spooky church in background, path to church, gravestones, moonlight, stars, twisted tree silhouettes, Textured, spooky, blue dawn Tones, and light blue and lilac shades and browns, black Geometric, Whimsical, Dreamlike,
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape_wide

Dreamy Venice

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 5760 X 3216 (18.52 MP)

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  • Prompt: An impasto style painting of a white stone arch bridge in image 1 crossing a quiet canal in Venice in image 2. The bridge, built from textured blocks of light stone, has one curved arch through which the distant water and a single gondola are visible. Along the top of the bridge, a brilliant display of lilac wisteria in bloom spills over the balustrade in a cascade. Two small stone urns with pink flowers stand on the bridge posts. The bridge is reflected in the canal water. The canal reflects the soft, neutral palette of the sky. The thick, visible brushstrokes define the textures of the stone, water and flowers.
  • Using base image: Yes

Contemplation

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3288 X 2544 (8.36 MP)

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  • Prompt: a long haired woman is seen gazing ahead. An abstract visualization of swirling colors and fragmented geometric shapes and spirals, evoking the feeling of a dreamscape. Dominant colors are deep blues, purples, and shimmering gold. The texture is reminiscent of oil paint on canvas, with thick impasto. Influenced by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc.
  • Using base image: Yes

At anchor

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3336 X 2496 (8.33 MP)

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  • Prompt: an impressionist painting of a galleon in a wide river with mountains in the distance, a mysterious sky and gnarled trees on each bank
  • Using base image: Yes

Kitten at play!

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 4384 X 3392 (14.87 MP)

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  • Prompt: A whimsical cartoon of a richly detailed living room scene. In the foreground a large tabby kitten is leaping diagonally from the top of the sofa on the right, enlarged in perspective, belly toward the viewer, paws spread and mouth open playfully, towards a fluffy golden retriever lying on the floor in the foreground near the lower centre, facing the dog with its mouth slightly open and paws stretched forward. Two black cats sit upright with their backs mostly toward the viewer: one on a green sofa at left, gazing toward the bright window and the countryside beyond, and another near the centre on a patterned rug, looking toward an old wooden television. The television displays a Tom and Jerry cartoon cat-and-mouse chase. The cozy room has warm orange walls, a green sofa and orange armchair, a wooden coffee table, bookshelves, houseplants, framed pastoral paintings, floral curtains, and a sunlit window overlooking a green countryside landscape. Eye-level wide-angle composition, with the animals arranged across foreground and midground. Golden afternoon light, saturated autumnal colors, and a charming, cheerful and nostalgic atmosphere.
  • Using base image: Yes

Enchanted Garden

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 4448 X 3328 (14.80 MP)

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  • Prompt: Replace the colours of image 1 with the more natural colours of image 2 and increase the asymmetry between left and right
  • Using base image: Yes

Soul sisters

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2224 X 1680 (3.74 MP)

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  • Prompt: Combine image 1 with a border with similar patterns to image 2
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

Postcard from...

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3336 X 2496 (8.33 MP)

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  • Prompt: An ornate, dreamlike landscape illustration framed by dense botanical filigree and celestial motifs. At the center, a vast glowing sky filled with layered golden, peach, and cream clouds opens above a serene turquoise sea and distant hazy mountains. Low rolling hills and a small winding shoreline recede toward the horizon, with delicate trees and foliage scattered along the coast. The decorative frame curls inward from every edge: intricate dark blue and green leaves, curling vines, tiny blossoms, golden tendrils, and jewel-like circular planets or medallions in teal, amber, and pale gold. The landscape occupies the central opening, while the elaborate frame fills the perimeter. A balanced, straight-on composition with a storybook, illuminated-manuscript feel; finely detailed ornamental patterns contrast with soft, atmospheric scenery. Warm light radiates through the clouds and reflects across the water, surrounded by deep jewel tones and gentle shadows. Enchanting, tranquil, and richly fantastical, rendered as polished decorative fantasy art with delicate painted textures.
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

Mountain view

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3840 X 2208 (8.48 MP)

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  • Prompt: A serene mountain range rendered entirely in soft pastel colors. Gentle peaks of lavender and rose fade into a pale sky of mint green and baby blue. A winding river of peach and cream flows through a meadow of soft yellow and light green. The style is a dreamy, impressionistic oil painting, focusing on the harmonious blend of pastel hues, reminiscent of Monet's later works.
  • Using base image: Yes

A once green and pleasant land.

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2672 X 1408 (3.76 MP)

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  • Prompt: a town with endless streets of identical houses, identical blocks of flats, factories and roads with traffic - an urban nightmare
  • Using base image: Yes

Autumn in the valley

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3336 X 2496 (8.33 MP)

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  • Prompt: Vibrant abstract birch trees in half relief with gold, red and green autumn leaves in half-relief, on each side of a stream valley which leads to a lake surrounded by low hills in autumn colours, radiant hues, sunlit ambiance, intricate paper-cut design, 3D patchwork appearance, depth-enhancing shading, half-relief texture, delicate lines, lively colour palette, intricate detailing, artistic interpretation., inspired by Jan Voss
  • Using base image: Yes

Dawn

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 5000 X 3776 (18.88 MP)

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  • Prompt: Watercolour. A misty autumn morning and the sun is just coming up. Bottom central of the image is a wide open gate and fence with some tall dead grass on either side. Both sides of the foreground is a close up of an oak tree in beautiful but muted autumn colours. The trunk of each tree and the lower part of the tree crown form a natural border above the gate. Some of the individual leaves are backlit. In the misty distance are agricultural fields with autumn coloured hedgerows.
  • Using base image: Yes

The chase!

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2544 X 1456 (3.70 MP)

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  • Prompt: Bright, whimsical and frivolous Cartoon. The background is the famous Abbey road zebra crossing with urban London beyond it. A man is chasing a dog, the dog is chasing the cat, the cat is chasing the mouse and the mouse is chasing the cheese which is on a bicycle being ridden by another man.
  • Using base image: Yes

Lady with an ermine

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2208 X 1664 (3.67 MP)

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  • Prompt: On the right is a painting *Lady with an Ermine* by Leonardo da Vinci’ hanging on a wall in an art gallery. Next to the lady, there is a monk to the right of the painting with a quill. A man is standing next to the painting. It is a man with yellow cap and a yellow jacket with the words “PEST CONTROL” on his back. The man’s arms thrust into the painting as he tries to snatch the ermine. The lady looks cross and turns to the left with the ermine out of reach. The writer with the quill in the picture looks surprised.
  • Using base image: Yes

The bird fanciers

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3528 X 2400 (8.47 MP)

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  • Prompt: the women in images 1 and 2 are facing each other and they have a bird perching on their hands. One woman has her arm up with the bird and the other with her arm straight out. The style is art nouveau roughly taking inspiration from my unfinished sketch in image 3
  • Using base image: Yes

Down by the mill.

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3336 X 2496 (8.33 MP)

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  • Prompt: September arrives With cool days and falling leaves A tranquil autumn landscape centered on an old stone watermill beside a shallow, gently flowing stream. The mill stands on the right side of the frame, built from weathered gray-brown stone with a steep dark shingled roof, small windows, and a large wooden waterwheel attached to its stream-facing wall. The wheel is still, while clear water tumbles over low rocks in the foreground and reflects warm golden leaves. A rustic wooden footbridge crosses the stream in the middle distance, partially screened by trees. Dense woodland surrounds the scene, with a massive moss-covered tree trunk at the left edge and branches arching overhead, glowing in vivid shades of amber, orange, rust, and gold. Mossy rocks and fallen leaves line the banks. The view is composed at stream level, leading the eye from the foreground water toward the bridge and mill, with softly hazy forest receding behind them. Gentle diffused sunlight filters through the canopy, creating rich autumn colors, delicate highlights, and a serene, storybook atmosphere. Highly detailed, painterly realism with natural textures and balanced cinematic composition.
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

Woodland stream

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 3336 X 2496 (8.33 MP)

• Used settings:

  • Prompt: A vibrant oil painting of a sun-dappled forest in autumn, with a clear stream winding through it. At the centre of the picture a small female deer is drinking from the stream. The trees have colorful foliage in shades of yellow, orange, red, and green, and sunlight filters through the canopy, creating bright highlights and deep shadows. The stream reflects the light and colors of the surrounding trees and sky. Rocks and lush green plants line the banks of the stream, and the overall scene evokes a sense of peace and natural beauty. The style is painterly, with visible brushstrokes and a rich texture.
  • Using base image: No
  • Aspect Ratio: landscape

Crunching leaves together

• Model: ChatGPT 2 (Pro)

• Size: 2224 X 1664 (3.70 MP)

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  • Prompt: A vivid, bright and harmonious impressionistic autumn landscape painting with all the different colours of autumn shows two adults walking together at the top of a short stone stairway, near the centre of the frame. The leaves and bushes are well defined especially in the foreground. Canopies of autumn trees can be seen through the gnarled bare branches. The figures are small within the scene: one wears a warm orange jacket and dark trousers, while the other wears a brown jacket and blue jeans. They face generally toward the viewer, standing close together amid fallen leaves. The steps descend toward the foreground through a dense woodland carpeted in brilliant orange, gold, yellow, bluish and rust-red foliage. Tall, dark, twisting tree trunks frame the composition, their branches reaching across a bluey turquoise and peach-toned sky. A small pale house is partially visible in the distant centre among the trees. Large rocks, grasses, shrubs, and clusters of bright leaves fill the foreground and sides. The viewpoint looks slightly uphill along the steps toward the figures, creating a strong central pathway and layered sense of depth. Bold, energetic brushwork, saturated colors, textured paint, and impressionistic forms give the scene a lively, dreamlike atmosphere, with soft daylight illuminating the forest.
  • Using base image: Yes