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5 best AI art generators of 2023
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If you’ve ever searched Google high and low to find an image you needed to no avail, AI is coming to the rescue. With AI art generators, you can type in a prompt as detailed or vague as you’d like and have the image you were thinking of pop up on your screen instantly. These tools can help with branding, social media content creation, vision boards, and more. Even if you have no professional use for it, no worries, the process is so fun that anyone can participate.
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DALL-E 2 has made a huge splash because of its advanced capabilities and easy access; however, there are plenty of other AI art generators on the market that can all suit different needs.
To put the generators to a test, I put the same prompt, “a baby Yorkie sitting on a comfy couch in front of the NYC skyline” in each one and included a screenshot for your viewing pleasure (yes, I am a Yorkie mom). Using these observations, we put together a list of the best AI generators and detailed everything you need to know before starting your next masterpiece.
DALL-E 2 by OpenAI
Best overall AI art generator
- Fast
- Not copyrighted
- Accurate depictions
- Limited Credits
- No app
Features:
- Generates four images per credit
- Input can be as detailed as you’d like
- Price: Free (unless you opt for more credits)
- Free credit allowance replenishes every month
OpenAI, the AI research company behind ChatGPT, launched DALL-E 2 last November, and since it has become the most popular AI art generator on the market. We are here to tell you that its popularity is well-deserved. The site is very intuitive and will produce results in seconds. All you have to do is type in whatever prompt you’d like, specifying as much detail as necessary to bring your vision to life, and then, DALL-E 2 will generate four images from your prompt. Not happy with the results? You can tweak it a little and try again. Best part is you get 50 free credits your first month and 15 credits every month after. If you need more, you can always buy credits too.
Also: How to use DALL-E 2 to turn your wildest imaginations into AI-generated art
Dream by WOMBO
Best AI art generator for your phone
- Mobile app
- Remix your own images
- Multiple templates
- One image per prompt
- Subscription cost for full access
Features:
- Mobile and desktop versions
- Different templates to choose from
- Realistic renditions
- Price: Free limited access
This app’s major success landed it a first-place spot for the best overall app in Google Play’s 2022 awards. With the app, you are able to create art with the simple input of a quick prompt. An added plus about this AI art generator is that it allows you to pick different design styles such as realistic, expressionism, comic, abstract, fanatical, ink, and more. In addition to the app, it has a free desktop mobile version that is simple to use. If you want to take your use of the app to the next level, you can pay $90 a year, $10 a month, or a lifetime subscription of $170.
Craiyon
Best completely free AI art generator
- Free
- Unlimited access
- Simple to use
- Longer wait
- Distorted images
Features:
- Completely free to use
- Straightforward interface
- Unlimited prompts
- Price: Free
Despite originally having the name DALL-E mini, this AI art generator is NOT affiliated with OpenAI or DALL-E 2, rather, it is an open-source alternative. However, the name DALL-E 2 mini is somewhat fitting, as it does everything that DALL-E 2 does, just with less accurate renditions. Unlike DALL-E 2, the outputs from Craiyon lack quality. The good thing is that because you have unlimited prompts, you can continue to tweak the prompt until you get exactly what you were envisioning. The site is also so simple to use, adding to the overall appeal and making this AI generator a strong contender.
Midjourney
Best AI generator for highest quality photos
- Very high quality outputs
- No duds
- Discord community
- Cost
- Confusing to set up
Features:
- Utilizes Discord
- Highest quality photos
- Creates art for a variety of uses
- Price: Starts at $8/month
I often play around with AI art generators because of how fun and easy creating digital artwork is. Despite all my experiences with different AI generators, nothing could have prepared me for Midjourney. The output of this image was so crystal clear that I had a hard time believing it wasn’t an actual image someone took of the prompt I put in. This software is so good that it has produced award-winning art. To create your images, all you have to do is go to the site and join the beta by signing up through Discord. Then you get access to 25 free renderings and can upgrade to a plan after starting at $8/per month. A really fun perk of Midjourney’s platform is that you get to see everyone else’s inputs and outputs in the Discord chat.
To show you just how good these renditions are, I included a close-up below.
MyHeritage’s AI Time Machine
Best AI art generator for self portraits
- Lots of options
- Great quality renditions
- Make great profile pictures
- Limited access
- Long wait
Features:
- Creates portraits of you through the ages
- Accurate outputs make great profile pictures
- Inexpensive premium version
- Price: Free during certain windows
Last fall, in a mega-viral TikTok trend, people were sharing AI-generated portraits of themselves on the app. The photos were powered by MyHeritage’s “AI Time Machine” which uses 10 to 25 user-inputted photos to create realistic portraits of what you’d look like throughout the ages.
Also: You can use an AI Time Machine to see what you’d look like in different eras throughout history
Although you have to wait 30 to 90 minutes to get the results, the beautiful artwork makes it worth the wait. The trick to getting them for free is refreshing the site and waiting until the free trial window opens up, designated by a “Try it now for free” button. If you can’t wait, there is only a $12 fee to have your photo.
What is the best AI art generator?
The best overall AI art generator is DALL-E 2 because of its cost and efficiency. By using DALL-E 2 you can get a rendering of exactly what you envisioned within seconds with free credits that replenish every month.
AI art generator | Price | Key Features |
DALL-E 2 | Users get 50 free credits the first month and 15 credits every month after. You can purchase additional credits starting at $15 for 115 credits. |
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Dream by WOMBO | Free limited access and subscriptions start at $10/month. |
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Craiyon | Unlimited, free access |
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Midjourney | Users get 25 free rendering, but the subscription starts at $8/month. |
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MyHeritage’s AI Time Machine | Free during certain times of day, otherwise $12 per pack. |
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Which is the right AI art generator for you?
Although we crowned DALL-E 2 the best AI art generator overall, there are other AI art generators that perform better for specific needs. For example, if you are a professional using AI art generation for your business, you may need a tool like Midjourney which delivers consistent, reliable, quality output. On the other hand, if you just want to play with AI art generating for entertainment purposes, Craiyon might be the best option because its free and unlimited.
If you want… | Then choose this AI art generator… |
The best AI art generator overall | DALL-E 2 |
The best AI art generator for your phone | Dream by WOMBO |
The best free AI art generator | Craiyon |
The best AI art generator for high quality renders | Midjourney |
The best AI art generator self portraits | MyHeritage’s AI Time Machine |
How did we choose these AI art generators?
In order to find the best AI art generators, we tested each generator listed and compared their performance. The factors that went into testing performance included UI/UX, image results, cost, speed and availability. Each AI art generator had different strengths and weaknesses, making each one the ideal fit for different individuals as listed next to our picks.
What is an AI art generator?
An AI art generator refers to software that uses AI to create images from user text inputs, usually within seconds. The images vary in style depending on the capabilities of the software but can typically render an image in any style you want including 3D, 2D, cinematic, modern, Renaissance and more.
How do AI art generators work?
Like any other AI model, AI art generators work on a learned data they are trained with. Typically, these models are trained on billions of images which it analyzes for characteristics. These insights are then used by the model to create new images.
Are there ethical implications with AI art generators?
AI art generators are trained on billions of images found throughout the internet. These images are often artwork that belongs to a specific artist, which are then reimagined and repurposed by AI art to generate your image. Although it’s not the same image, the new image has elements of an artists original work which is not credited to them.
Are there DALL-E 2 alternatives worth considering?
Contrary to what you might think, there are so many more AI art generators than DALL-E 2 out there. Some produce even better results than OpenAI’s software. If you want to try something different, check out one of our alternatives listed above or the three additional ones below.
Nightcafe: Best multi-purpose AI art generator
Canva: Best AI art generator for marketing professionals
Google Imagen: Best AI art generator coming soon
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Collaborative art project highlights the artistic and healing properties of trees – GuelphToday
Combining nature, art and science came to fruition with a collaborative stick weaving project today.
At the How To Draw A Tree Wellness Circle on Johnston Green at the University of Guelph, people were welcomed to join artists Dawn Matheson and Agnes Niewiadomski to create a sculpture made out of sticks.
Trees saved Matheson’s life. She has her own challenges with mental health but being with trees in nature relaxes her and calms her mind.
“It’s just a practice I’ve developed. It grounds me,” she said.
She wanted to bring a bit about what fuels her creativity and helps her mental health to the public with this art project.
The process of the sculpture will continue to unravel in the next couple of weeks as people add sticks to it. About 50 people came out to the event on Wednesday.
Eventually the sculpture will be used as a set piece for a play put on by Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute (GCVI) students.
“Our idea is always like, challenge yourself to try something that you’re not used to,” said Gerard Gouchro, teacher and minor head of arts at GCVI. Students came to help create pieces of art as part of the sculpture.
The project stemmed from an idea to get people engaged with the wellness circle. An art project called How To Draw A Tree was created by Matheson four years ago. Although the project is finished she hopes people will still engage with it.
The team behind the project is a mix of artists, sound composers, students, poets, ecopsychologists and more. They created sound walks. People can go through a guided tour in the Arboretum while listening to artists talk about their relationship to trees.
There are four guided sound walks onsite and each person has a tree planted at the wellness circle that they connected with while working on the project.
The stick sculpture will be a work in progress. There will be a sign that reads anyone is welcome to add a stick to the sculpture. “It’ll become a true process based community sculpture, maybe it’ll get destroyed, which is fine by me. I’m a process based artist, there’s no final product,” said Matheson.
Most of the materials used for stick weaving are sticks from trees in the Arboretum that were pruned in the winter. Instead of the material being put into a chipper “this was a great opportunity to share it here for this project,” said Justine Richardson, director of the Arboretum.
Matheson hoped with minimal instruction people felt free to add sticks to the sculpture wherever they saw fit.
“It’s just kind of come alive to see everyone’s contributions. I’m really impressed,” said Niewiadomski.
Trees are the ultimate improvisers; they move wherever the sun is, said Matheson. Trees are good listeners and you can’t experience a lot of rejection from them.
“There’s two parallel crises that are the biggest crisis in the world right now. And that’s mental illness and climate crisis,” she said. This is what the project is about.
There will be researchers from the U of G who will be studying the art project and will give feedback to see how beneficial creating a connection between people and the earth is.
The question that runs through Matheson’s mind is; how do we glean life and creativity from trees but also give back to nature?
The art piece will be up for the next couple of weeks on Johnston Green and people can contribute by adding in their own sticks.
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PHOTOS: 'Urban art advocates' brighten up London with public murals – The London Free Press
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Squatters at Gordon Ramsay's Pub Have 'Left the Building' After Turning It Into an Art Café – PEOPLE
Squatters occupying one of Gordon Ramsay’s London pubs have vacated the property, one week after police were made aware of their activity.
The Camden Art Cafe, an “autonomous cafe” who had identified themselves as the occupants of the celebrity chef’s York & Albany pub, shared the news in an Instagram post.
“We are sad to announce Camden art collective have left the building after being served papers yesterday,” the post read. “We wish those left in the building the best of luck in their endeavours. We hope to be a part of the community again soon, watch this space!!”
The account did not specify who is left in the building, and London’s Metropolitan Police could not immediately be reached by PEOPLE for comment.
On April 13, BBC reported that the Central London pub had been occupied by at least six people, who allegedly boarded the windows. PEOPLE confirmed on April 15 that Ramsay’s pub had been occupied by squatters.
The building where York & Albany was located and rented by Ramsay was listed on the market for £13 million, or about $16 million U.S. dollars, in December.
The Camden Art Cafe spoke about the price when they shared an official statement on April 15 about occupying the building.
“We aim to open our doors regularly to anyone and everyone, particularly the people of Camden who have been victims of gentrification and parasitic projects like HS2,” the statement said, adding that they will provide free food and “space to display their art without the ridiculous red-tape that galleries require people to jump over.”
The post continued, talking about how the wealth disparities in Camden made it “fitting that £13 million properties that most locals would never be able to afford to visit should be opened up to all.”
On April 15, the Metropolitan Police told PEOPLE that they were made aware of the squatters at a “disused property” near London’s Regent’s Park on April 10.
“This is a civil matter and so police did not attend as an emergency call out,” the statement continued.
In the statement, the police said they would get involved if necessary: “We [are] in the process of identifying if any subsequent offences [sic] have occurred, and will take action where appropriate.”
Ramsay’s team declined to comment on the situation since it is being handled legally.
According to the U.K.’s official squatter rules on the government website, “Simply being on another person’s non-residential property without their permission is not usually a crime.”
But the website lists vandalization, not leaving when ordered by the court and using utilities as crimes that would permit police involvement.
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