http://ranprieur.com/#9a417fe513f58988c3b5b1e84cfc57397194a79b 2025-10-02T14:00:51Z Ran Prieur http://ranprieur.com/ ranprieur@gmail.com http://ranprieur.com/#7fd1035a978c51310ced649ee60dbdd98aa042c9 2025-10-02T14:00:51Z October 2. After more tinkering, I found a good way to get free AI images, using the DeepAI Image Generator. The best thing is that it has more than 100 different styles. The worst thing is that using the same prompt with the same style leads to very similar images, so I used a lot of styles to get variety. I found that the "Olde Model" option, which appears when you select quality over speed, gave much better results. Then it was just like making a playlist: assemble a bunch of stuff, whittle it down to the best stuff, and put it in the right order. AI is not going to transcend humanity, but it's a very good toy, and this was satisfying project with a lot of interesting choices.

It started with a song, a cover of Chim Chim Cher-ee from Mary Poppins, by an obscure band called Branches. On Discogs they're known as Branches(6) and the album with this song is not even listed. I found the mp3 on Soulseek, buried in a massive folder of covers by a user called Stealth. And the song is so good that I had to make this video: Branches - Chim Chim Cher-ee

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