Tag: Google Gemini
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The Rare Beauty Of A Bald Eagle In Unobstructed Flight
Nothing blocking my sight of the eagle, nothing behind him obscuring my view of the eagle or his wings. This felt like a rare, truly beautiful photo. And what a gorgeous sticker AI painted from it!
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Mount Fuji, Japan, Journal Sticker — Eki Stamp, But Not
I was not really thinking about eki stamps while in Japan. (Rubber stamps you can collect in stamp books while traveling around Japan.) Instead, I was making stamps for my journal to represent each of the places I went, sights I saw, towns I visited, etc.
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Pigeon Guillemot Drifting At Sea
There are times when it is tempting to say “AI saw the same thing I did in the original photo, and expressed it in the resulting painting/sticker.” But that doesn’t take into account the detail of the prompt or the thought that went into it. In this case, I told Gemini AI what I saw…
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Common Merganser — A Duck in Sitka
I have been attempting to learn more about recognizing birds when I see them. Part of how I have been doing that is photographing them, identifying them when I get back, then labeling them in my journals… but my photos aren’t always the best. Birds tend to be on the move — a fun photography…
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Totem Trail All To Ourselves in Sitka Alaska
In the Sitka National Historical Park is Totem Trail. A peaceful path along which stand totem poles that tower over the humans that take this walk. I wanted a sticker (or several really) to go with my journal entries about walking Totem Trail.
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A Bald Eagle at the Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka Alaska
This beautiful Bald Eagle spends his days patiently posing for photos and helping humans learn about eagles. He was seriously injured, and thanks to medical care he received at the Alaska Raptor Center he has healed, but he will never fly again. When I think Sitka Alaska the first thing that comes to mind is…
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Sitka, Alaska — More Than Just A Cruise Port
Sitka has a fascinating Russian history, and some really interesting Russian shops in town. Combine that with the Bald Eagles, the Alaska Raptor Center (ARC), and Totem Poles and Sitka has a wide array of options for how to enjoy your time visiting.
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Having A Clue What You Want To End Up With Really Helps!
I started with a mandala I drew, colored and liked. I did not start with any idea what kind of sticker I wanted it to end up being in my journal other than “splash of color”. As a result, I went through a few different prompts, experimenting with how it could look, and trying to…
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Miami — For Some A Destination, For Others A Departure Point
I have seen the Monday through Friday side of the Miami / Fort Lauderdale metroplex, and I have seen each as a departure point for cruises. Depending on why you visit a given place, it seems like you pick up on a certain aspect of the character and vibe.
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Kodiak, Alaska — Deadliest Catch?
I was charmed by a fishing boat the appeared to bear the elegantly simple name “Alaskan” when I saw it in Kodiak. I thought it would make a great splash of color for my Kodiak journal page, but the challenge was two fold. How “tight” on the boat do I get, so I don’t lose…
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Los Angeles Inevitably Got Me Thinking Anaheim
I am one of four kids, it is fair to say my parents spent more time at Disneyland than they anticipated when they first offered we could either have a birthday party, receive birthday presents, or go to an amusement park as a family for our birthday. We tried most of the likely suspects in…
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Los Angeles Journal Sticker
This sticker captures a lot of Los Angeles and its Hollywood magic. There’s even the state bear and a California Poppy. For those wondering where the Mickey Mouse and Disneyland imagery is, that’s down in Anaheim, technically a separate city from Los Angeles, so Gemini AI didn’t miss the mark., it followed the prompt.
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The First Journal Stickers I Made Were For Places — Like New York City!
I do most of my journaling while traveling, or right after I have read a good book—another form of Travel. I don’t always have a train ticket, museum ticket, or something tangible I want to paste into my journal, so I started making stickers. I wanted wants that could be dual purpose— something that represented…
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Liquid Sunshine Gauge in Ketchikan, Alaska…
Just steps from the cruise ship pier in Ketchikan is one of the most photographed places in town. The liquid sunshine gauge! What a great sense of humor they have about the rain that keeps their countryside so green. I wanted my sticker to capture the irony of visiting on a sunny day, and to…
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Adding Depth And A Touch Of Zen To A Simple Mandala
This Mandala was already a nice sticker for the most part. I wished the background was a crisper white, but I could work on that. I decided to run it through Gemini AI not for a major transformation as I sometimes seek, but simply to add a little depth and focus on the Zen feel…
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AI Magic Transforms A Mandala Into Art
It was important to me that the rainbow color scheme I originally colored this mandala with carry through to the final sticker, so I mentioned that in my prompt.
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AI Generated Airplane Sticker for a travel journal entry
When I asked AI to generate a simple sketch of an airplane to use as a sticker in my journal I didn’t expect a “vintage” model plane as opposed to a modern jet… a reminder of the importance of word choice in prompts. That said, given I make stickers to add interest and character to…