DVArtist Nicole Campanella's blog. Living in the Pacific Northwest sharing my experience with gardening, recipes and my art in extreme Halloween, graphite, acrylics, leather, and clay. Please join in with Friday Face OFF. Create a blog post, feature a face in any art medium. The faces can be human, alien, animal, and the strange and wonderful. Link up and share.
Today is Monster Monday. AI art that I have created using NightCafe It's fun, it's free and it allows some interesting creative time.
I've been entering quite a few challenges on NightCafe. Mainly to get the credits.
It's interesting to see what people vote on. I come in close.
Not only do you win credits but a few of the Pro engines can be won as well. This image was created by taking two images and merging them together with a Pro engine.
I love this.
From surreal to Horror.
Mean Face
The Bird
Skeletons
I do love the detail on his face.
Now to end with something cute. This was for a challenge. Not my normal at all.
I have hundreds of AI art on NightCafe come over and check out my gallery.
You
know, ANY type of face, nature, the face of a flower, Photography,
drawings, paintings. There just needs to be a face in your blog post.
Last week I mentioned that I found two sketches while I was going through some art paper. I showed the first one last week on FFO. Here is the second one.
I kind of remember sketching these but it must have been a very long time ago. I don't have the image of them. So, here is what this one looked like when I found him.
Then this.
Close up
Then this, as I was working, I hated it and didn't think it was very good. His eyebrows are too high, his eyes are flat and his mouth is dull.
Close up. I don't know what I was doing. All of these dark lines around the eyes and mouth art not right.
When creating portraits some lines should be indicated. Shading should do the work. With that said, lines do need to be in place for the deep parts of a face, then shaded out. Anyway, that's how I do it.
This is what I love about art, you can change anything you want. Art allows us to be in control, to be free to make changes, improve and love what we create. Here is what he looks like now.
Eyebrows brought down, no hard lines around the eyes, and mouth.
I'm not sure I'm finished with him but I like him better now.
It's time for some AI art.
Life for so many is pretty grim right now so I thought some happy AI is called for.
Visit this bright and wonderful blog. It's filled with beautiful Art images.
Before I go, just a reminder of the Self Portrait Challenge.
I ask that it is really you from any age. Please include
the photo you worked from. If you are creating from life, like looking
in a mirror, just show any photo of you now.
Any
medium can be used except a photograph. Ya know, you can't just put a
photo of yourself. However, it can be realism, character, surreal,
abstract as long as we can see you in the art.
Any
kind of expression. Create you as you see yourself. November 28, 2025 to
show your face on FFO. That gives you 3 weeks to work on it. All Self Portraits will be featured the following week on FFO. I hope you join in.
I was going to show the monsters running the US government today, but thought better of it. I will say that a turn for the worse has happened in the US where the "thing" in the white house has complete control. Congress has been on hiatus giving the "thing" total control, thanks to Mike Johnson. Congress typically controls America's finances. Before and during the government shutdown, the "thing" has been making his own financial decisions. Finding ways to get around congress. These money moves are disrupting the balance of power. There are NO checks and balances. The "thing" does what he wants. He wheels and deals around the world, making sure he gets his and to hell with everyone else. That is a dictator and although I agree and join in with the protest, no amount of protests are going to stop him.
Now on to the fun Monster Monday.
It has been a fun time on NightCafe. Some Halloween challenges that render lots of free credits just by joining in. I also won top 10% for this beauty in a different challenge.
A bit of surrealism.
My idea for the pumpkin patch.
And this
I love these witches.
These skulls be stylin
Have you ever seen the movie "Stories to tell in the dark?" It's a supernatural, horror film with some laughs. You can stream it on Tubi for free. I mention this because one of the creatures looks a bit like this, without the glowing red and big smile.
Another big guy.
Now for some pretties. One of these was for a challenge. I love autumn in the desert.
Surreal places.
This was for a white challenge.
Nice outfits, yeah?
That's all for now. If you want to create with what you can imagine and put it into words, then join NightCafe.