# SUND(AI) DIGS By [UNDRGRND](https://paragraph.com/@undrgrnd) · 2022-08-28 sundai-digs, clown-vamp, kran, javier-tomeo, rurutu, elfilter, szkandal --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8f3dd8da5380590441fa21545dd1d4f2.png) [F-8 by Szkandal](https://objkt.com/asset/KT1M6dQCfFErjDYGSEfVqumrTPxg1wFR4qHK/7) **AUGUST 28TH, 2022** _Every week, ClownVamp shares five AI-assisted artists from his collection on Twitter as part of his Sund(ai) thread series. This week he is sharing them with us at UNDRGRND, focusing on emerging and unexpected uses of AI tools._ * * * ### [Kran](https://twitter.com/Norm_Hlopak) ![マフィア](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634385284-IFELXFPXHL34PAEYM2UJ/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+4.41.31+PM.png) マフィア ![アイスクリーム](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634543943-EB9IAUTWF2AQKAO8UWXR/artifact+%2815%29.gif) アイスクリーム ![ピンクの風船](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634601542-YDSHU7KZF214PWCBZ9DK/artifact+%2816%29.gif) ピンクの風船 ![母親](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634671439-QQWEK1GKSIW9IANAPAYY/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+5.10.59+PM.png) 母親 ![Dolphin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634823889-2JBX63IMILP4L3LW6ZM3/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+5.13.32+PM.png) Dolphin ![Diver](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661642880211-1TK73CN0A0ZZ34IS2Q3E/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+7.27.42+PM.png) Diver ![Slide 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634385284-IFELXFPXHL34PAEYM2UJ/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+4.41.31+PM.png)![Slide 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634543943-EB9IAUTWF2AQKAO8UWXR/artifact+%2815%29.gif)![Slide 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634601542-YDSHU7KZF214PWCBZ9DK/artifact+%2816%29.gif)![Slide 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634671439-QQWEK1GKSIW9IANAPAYY/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+5.10.59+PM.png)![Slide 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661634823889-2JBX63IMILP4L3LW6ZM3/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+5.13.32+PM.png)![Slide 6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661642880211-1TK73CN0A0ZZ34IS2Q3E/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+7.27.42+PM.png) Were you in Japan in the 80s? Neither was I, but Kran’s incredible Toyota collection takes us there with their bubblegum-colored AI reenactments. The series captured my imagination. What is she doing? Why is she in a helmet? The questions draw me in; the color keeps me. * * * ### [Javier Tomeo](https://twitter.com/JavierTomeo_) ![A Long Happy Life - 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645411693-EWVPBD9V5CSDZ17ZXR4F/artifact+%2810%29.png) A Long Happy Life - 5 ![She](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645688275-319PVODPUZH04F4FIKER/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.14.34+PM.png) She ![Olive](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645763362-OVRHBZXHVG44FDOA9JBJ/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.15.52+PM.png) Olive ![Adèle](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645862078-3ESQBRCLZ44P7VZPOC40/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.17.30+PM.png) Adèle ![Christine](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645954386-APPHIEBA79F1T3BWD3OY/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.19.02+PM.png) Christine ![Screen Shot 2022-08-27 at 8.22.34 PM.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646171794-10PQPEZU8MUQM0WFQBCK/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.22.34+PM.png)![Slide 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645411693-EWVPBD9V5CSDZ17ZXR4F/artifact+%2810%29.png)![Slide 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645688275-319PVODPUZH04F4FIKER/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.14.34+PM.png)![Slide 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645763362-OVRHBZXHVG44FDOA9JBJ/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.15.52+PM.png)![Slide 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645862078-3ESQBRCLZ44P7VZPOC40/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.17.30+PM.png)![Slide 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661645954386-APPHIEBA79F1T3BWD3OY/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.19.02+PM.png)![Slide 6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646171794-10PQPEZU8MUQM0WFQBCK/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.22.34+PM.png) Javier is an accomplished generative artist who has recently started to create mesmerizing AI-assisted pieces. The works blur lines between portraiture, photography, and figurative painting. When AI-assisted works convey soul, I listen. * * * ### [Rurutu](https://twitter.com/RegRurutu) ![Screen Shot 2022-08-27 at 8.25.29 PM.png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646392349-302TOA4ZWKHTUXY2MYGK/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.25.29+PM.png)![So Close, So Far Away](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646727154-TWO6GR26RUF67D53HMS4/artifact+%2811%29.png) So Close, So Far Away ![Doors of perception I](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646807566-0G4G8R9IBF05RCZ2MCUM/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.33.10+PM.png) Doors of perception I ![Doors of perception II](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647390814-U3UERZJ4KWJM0NLSCAHU/artifact+%2813%29.png) Doors of perception II ![/imagine the Pandora's box is open, trending on Dall-e 2.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647570345-4FC4B5MWNZEG6GQNCB6S/artifact+%2815%29.png) /imagine the Pandora's box is open, trending on Dall-e 2. ![Border Line - I](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647658933-XXPWIRVZ4HKQ6WFWO9WO/artifact+%2816%29.png) Border Line - I ![Slide 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646392349-302TOA4ZWKHTUXY2MYGK/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.25.29+PM.png)![Slide 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646727154-TWO6GR26RUF67D53HMS4/artifact+%2811%29.png)![Slide 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661646807566-0G4G8R9IBF05RCZ2MCUM/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.33.10+PM.png)![Slide 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647390814-U3UERZJ4KWJM0NLSCAHU/artifact+%2813%29.png)![Slide 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647570345-4FC4B5MWNZEG6GQNCB6S/artifact+%2815%29.png)![Slide 6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647658933-XXPWIRVZ4HKQ6WFWO9WO/artifact+%2816%29.png) AI-assisted art doesn’t have to be only generative. Many talented prompt artists perform mixed media work. Rurutu combines AI-assisted generations with digital painting to create soulful, colorful works. But what part is AI-generated, and what strokes are digital painting? It’s impossible to tell, and to me, that’s the point. Rurutu’s work makes us realize that it’s not the technique that makes it art but the intention and the result. * * * ### [Elfilter](https://twitter.com/elfilter_a) ![observation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648299725-M8EDLBZVKNUO2V8UHYM8/artifact+%2819%29.png) observation ![exhibition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648148769-877CCRXSZWEYMAUWS2F1/artifact+%2818%29.png) exhibition ![solvent](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647797616-VI82ZCXVOE08002E5S5S/artifact+%2817%29.png) solvent ![Mur---03](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648061237-ZQ4BHIEHVYT0XECRTL92/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.54.05+PM.png) Mur---03 ![Mur---06](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648497698-E0Y60EO2LQ2CPKH1JVBA/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+9.01.25+PM.png) Mur---06 ![Slide 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648299725-M8EDLBZVKNUO2V8UHYM8/artifact+%2819%29.png)![Slide 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648148769-877CCRXSZWEYMAUWS2F1/artifact+%2818%29.png)![Slide 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661647797616-VI82ZCXVOE08002E5S5S/artifact+%2817%29.png)![Slide 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648061237-ZQ4BHIEHVYT0XECRTL92/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+8.54.05+PM.png)![Slide 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648497698-E0Y60EO2LQ2CPKH1JVBA/Screen+Shot+2022-08-27+at+9.01.25+PM.png) Elfilter has a wonderful sense of color and composition that they bring to bear in multiple collections and styles. Their work feels grand and majestic, like the recordings of someone living a large, full life–your most interesting friend. * * * ### [Szkandal](https://twitter.com/szkandaI) ![artifact (21).png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648747257-SFRXUSVMTMFEW06B0VCC/artifact+%2821%29.png)![F-9](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648856258-W9W9P5HWB9Y8UBZJ63KC/artifact+%2822%29.png) F-9 ![artifact (23).png](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648970514-XX2FRZPH8T57SSZ0ACLO/artifact+%2823%29.png)![FFM-23](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661649319833-HOA7Y6RLM6G83TRDHQMO/artifact+%2824%29.png) FFM-23 ![FFM-22](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661650056204-L8W9J34WUVM74L5HSXV7/artifact+%2826%29.png) FFM-22 ![FFM-21](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661650179355-G7Q6BG4LP3G5P8OFPL20/artifact+%2827%29.png) FFM-21 ![Slide 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648747257-SFRXUSVMTMFEW06B0VCC/artifact+%2821%29.png)![Slide 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648856258-W9W9P5HWB9Y8UBZJ63KC/artifact+%2822%29.png)![Slide 3](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661648970514-XX2FRZPH8T57SSZ0ACLO/artifact+%2823%29.png)![Slide 4](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661649319833-HOA7Y6RLM6G83TRDHQMO/artifact+%2824%29.png)![Slide 5](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661650056204-L8W9J34WUVM74L5HSXV7/artifact+%2826%29.png)![Slide 6](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/613978bc7e5cf900cb25f3a9/1661650179355-G7Q6BG4LP3G5P8OFPL20/artifact+%2827%29.png) AI technologies are increasingly mastering texture, and some artists have learned how to harness this to create magical pieces that fully feel like they were hand painted/drawn/etched/etc. Szkandal’s makes me feel like I am paging through a vintage, saturated comic book. Even though it looks like nothing else, the striking realistic texture permits me to enter the world of pleasure bots, insects, and much more. _Szkandal has been previously featured on UNDRGND. Read about Szkandal from_ [_UNDRGRND DIGS 007_](https://undrgrnd.io/undrgrnd/undrgrnd-digs-007) _and the feature from his_ [_UNDRGRND MEMBERSHIP CARD DROP_](https://undrgrnd.io/undrgrnd/undrgrnd-artist-szkandalesque)_._ * * * _Each UNDRGRND DIGS will feature artists our curators have purchased for the UNDRGRND Collection. UNDRGRND will airdrop pieces from our collection to community members via giveaways._ _Be sure to follow us on_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/UNDRGRND_NFT) _for more information:_ [_#UNDRGRND_](https://twitter.com/UNDRGRND_NFT) --- *Originally published on [UNDRGRND](https://paragraph.com/@undrgrnd/sundai-digs)*