As amazing as generative AI is in producing art, it has its limitations.

For one, it sometimes does weird things with human anatomy (e.g., extra heads, fingers, blends people together, etc.). And it also isn’t very effective at replicating specific people based on photo input.

The “Craig The Great” bust was produced while experimenting to see how well Midjourney can replicate an image of a photo portrait in different art styles (e.g., pencil, painting, vector comic-style, etc.). And then I tried “Greco-Roman statue bust on a pedestal in a museum” as an experimental prompt. The image it produced was a version of “Craig” idealized in Greco-Roman style.

And then imagination set off to work!