James Desmond
            
        

Fun with VQGAN : Seeing what anything could look like

I installed VQGAN on Windows. All I had to do was install Python 3.9 and miniconda for Python 3.9 I made some funny looking images using it, and am hoping to pursue this further.

Here is what I made.

ripe berries

berries

python generate.py -p "ripe berries" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 600

Where lies the strangling fruit

reach

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "Where lies the strangling fruit that came from the hand of the sinner I shall bring forth the seeds of the dead to share with the worms that gather in the darkness and surround the world with the power of their lives while from the dim lit halls of other places forms that never were and never could be writhe for the impatience" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 200

a futuristic touchscreen display

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a futuristic touchscreen display listing prices for food and drinks | minecraft | vaporwave | cyberpunk" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 200

a portrait in the style of …

I used this image of myself.

Van Gogh

vangogh

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Van Gogh" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

link to download generation .mp4

Picasso

picasso

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Picasso" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

link to download generation .mp4

Monet

Monet

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Monet" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

link to download generation .mp4

Hieronymus bosch

bosch

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Hieronymus bosch" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

link to download generation .mp4

Frida Kahlo

bosch

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Frida Kahlo" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

link to download generation .mp4

Salvador Dali

dali

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Salvador Dali" -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

link to download generation .mp4

Leonardo da Vinci

dali

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Leonardo Da Vinci -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.25

Lisa Frank

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Lisa Frank" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

Soviet Propaganda

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Soviet Propaganda" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

a portrait made of glass

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait made of glass" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

a portrait made of human faces

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait made of human faces" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

a portrait made of dogs

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait made of dogs" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

link to download generation .mp4

pious man pleads with god to strike down his enemies

pious

>python generate.py -p "pious man pleads with god to strike down his enemies" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 2000

boston_terrier

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "A selfie of a person and a boston terrier" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 200

springer

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "A picture of a springer spaniel dog leaping into water" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 200

a portrait of Santa Claus in the style of Batman’s Joker

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait of Santa Claus in the style of Batman's Joker" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.5

a wood burning of a pig flying

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a wood burning of a pig flying" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.5

Jeff Probst in the jungle

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "Jeff Probst in the jungle" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "Jeff Probst in the jungle" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -lr 0.5

dune

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "spicy sandworm in a never ending desert with multiple suns and humans standing on a dune." -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 800

security camera footage of aliens doing yoga poses in a testing facility

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "security camera footage of aliens doing yoga poses in a testing facility" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 200 -lr 0.5

HATE

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "HATE | LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE | THERE ARE 387 | 44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL MY COMPLEX | IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU | HATE | HATE" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 600

alien supercomputer unreal engine render glados

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "alien supercomputer unreal engine render glados" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 300

mixed media goku super saiyan with perfect cell

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "mixed media goku super saiyan with perfect cell" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 300

a group of martians in the style of PS1 graphics

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a group of martians in the style of PS1 graphics" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 1000 -lr 0.25

Floating steampunk ship in the clouds

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "Floating steampunk ship in the clouds" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120

a video game screenshot in the style of childs drawing

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a video game screenshot in the style of childs drawing" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -ii "samples/sk8.jpg"

Ukiyo-e woodcut art pixel perfect

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "Ukiyo-e woodcut art pixel perfect" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -ii "samples/pky2.jpg" -lr .25

pixel perfect Ukiyo-e woodcut art

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "pixel perfect Ukiyo-e woodcut art " -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 300 -ii "samples/pky2.jpg" -lr .25

Minimalist

display

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python generate.py -p "Minimalist" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 300 -ii "samples/pky2.jpg" -lr .25

a portrait in the style of Monet

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a portrait in the style of Monet" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 150 -ii "samples/pky3.jpg" -lr .25

portrait made of smoke and mirrors

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "portrait made of smoke and mirrors" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 1200 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg" -lr .25

infinite geometry textbooks fractal | home alone kid

display

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python generate.py -p "infinite geometry textbooks fractal | home alone kid" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 160 -lr .8

a mountain out of a molehill

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "a mountain out of a molehill" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120

cordyceps skeleton zombie | unreal engine

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "cordyceps skeleton zombie | unreal engine" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 80 -ii "samples/blonde.jpg"

The Angel of Death by Claude Monet

display

link to download generation .mp4

python generate.py -p "The Angel of Death by Claude Monet" -vid -vl 15 -se 5 -i 120 -ckpt "checkpoints/wikiart_16384.ckpt" -conf "checkpoints/wikiart_16384.yaml"