Meet 2 AI Artists: Stephan Vasement and Javier Tomeo
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Buckle up as we embark on a creative joyride with two fabulous trailblazers Stephan Vasement and Javier Tomeo, who are turning the NFT space on its head! 🌟🚀In this article, you’ll find:
- Quick intros that showcase our featured artists
- Memorable quotes from their creative journeys
- Links to connect with them
- A dazzling gallery of their beautiful AI artworks
Whether you’re new to AI or a seasoned pro, there’s something here for you. So, grab a cup of coffee and get cozy — this highlight is sure to spark some joy! ☕️
1. STEPHAN VASEMENT
A screenwriter by education, Stephan Vasement is a graphic AI artist who has been fascinated by art since an early age. He grew up in a small snowy town where he went sledding and had a simple childhood that he would wish for every creative person. Fate took him first to Photography, Animation, and then to Artificial Intelligence, the medium of expression that he never left. Vasement´s reference in films is Robert Bresson and in photography Henri Cartier Bresson. He also draws inspiration from the music of Marie Laforet and Françoise Hardy. In 2022, Stephan´s work was featured in Superchief Gallery NFT, Art Basel Miami, nft now and became one of the Finalist pieces in 1st Claire AI Contest.
Stephan´s work is available on Objkt.com, Foundation and on SuperRare.
Link of the artist — https://linktr.ee/stephanvasement
Stephan Vasement´s quotes:
“Currently I am travelling through the world and making art. I first used AI somewhere in the middle of June. My friends showed me the DiscoDiffussion but it was very slow. I managed to get an invite to Midjourney which I mostly use until now. I did some side collection on Stable Diffusion but my most central works were made on Midjourney. I get a starting point from the ideas in my mind and then it is like a journey. It can really change the directions very quickly. I immerse myself in prompting. When I get the results and see any new interesting direction, I go there. Some works are inspired by movies, others are inspired by paintings and others by music sometimes. I started to mint first works on Tezos and it started rolling as a snowball. I was at the start of the new wave of the AI creators, it is a point of time when Midjourney started to become public, the community became bigger and it has just became huge now”
“One of my favorite works is The Introvert. It is about a person who is standing outside of the bar in a winter space immersed in green light. The building of the bar merges with the background into a frignting moster. The person is looking at the bar as a monster and does not want to go in. This is how I see the world as an introvert. A lot of people shared this pieces and wrote about the artwork to me. It is my hightest sale too, 0.6 ethereum.”
“When Midjourney was updated, my early prompts on the abstract works stopped working. I still have 600 works selected from these early experiments and they are still waiting for their time. After the abstract pieces, I have done some black and white works inspired in street photography and the Midjourney had another update. Now I create a totally different art. In a matter of 2 days after the last update, I started the prompting again for the new arts.”
“When I create, it is not conscious, I am very immersed in the process, I am in a flow. I remember the film directors I love, like Tarkovskij. And when I like the outputs, I explore them more.”
“My advice for the new commers would be: you need to open Midjourney and Disco Diffusion and just start prompting and have fun. Artificial Intelligence helps to transfer your life experiences, taste and aethetics into the picture. You need to focus on your life experiences, even if you have not made art before.”
“When I was a street photographer I would start in the morning and shoot the whole day. In the evening I would have 600 pictures that I needed to select. This really helps me now. Some of the artworks are screaming that you should post them right now. About others I am not sure. For example “One Minute Before Twilight”. There are some flowers on the right, the bear in the left and the candles in the center which felt magical. I was not sure, I posted it on Twitter and was eventually collected.”
2. JAVIER TOMEO
Javier Tomeo is an awarded 33 year old AI artist, who graduated in Philosophy from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, Portugal. For 10 years he was involved in Graphic Design and Javascript programming which led him to Generative Art. He created his first instantly sold out works on the fx(hash) platform and became interested in the medium of AI. Javier finds his inspiration in fine art, photography, and film, especially in the New Leipzig School, the Abstract Expressionism of the New York School, Italian movies of the 1960s. In his spare time, he enjoys kite-surfing and taking care of homeless cats. In 2022, Tomeo´s art was exhibited in SCOPE Art Show during Art Basel Miami and became the top 3 Winner of the 1st Claire AI Contest.
Javier´s work is available on Objkt.com, Foundation and soon on SuperRare.
Link of the artist (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/javiertomeo_.
Javier Tomeo´s quotes:
“About a year ago a friend told me about NFTs. It it when I got into making art. I guess my case was pretty tipical. A lot of artists were designers before getting into pure arts. Since my specialty was UX and UI design, I was pretty good at Javascript programming, that is why I started my journey with fx(hash) platform, it was a generative art platform on Tezos. It opened when I became interested in NFTs. In August 2022, my friend told me about the Stable Diffusion. It was just on time because I wanted to do something figurative. I did most of my works in Stable Diffusion. It was not until about a month ago, when I started to use a Midjourney. For my last collection, I have added the camera to my list of tools.”
“In terms of inspirations, I would definitely highlight the mid 20th century contemporary art, antiquity, and renaissance art. I got my degree in Ancient Philosophy.”
“My favorite work is to really find new ideas.”
““Ballet School” represents the idea of how people’s destinies intersecting at the same time in the same place merge into one beautiful picture, creating a beautiful work of art. It raises issues of unity, loneliness in crowds, social problems, death, love, and much more. “Ballet School” is a figurative work and abstract at the same time. The crowds of people make some abstract piece.”
“My advice is pretty simple. Look for the inspiration where you can. We are the artists first. AI is one of many tools that we can use to express the ideas. This year was wonderful for the AI technology and us as artists. It is just the beginning. Let´s see what comes next.”
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