Latent Space Bestiary GAN
My second-ever GAN. At the time, I was a complete ML novice and also didn’t have access to a powerful GPU, so the model never converged. I trained it on medieval illustrations and then drew over the top.
[Originally posted in May 2020 on Hive]
๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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This is my second finished Latent Space Bestiary critter. I call him the Moosegle, but my boyfriend has named him Blork.
Blork was made with an updated version of my Marginalia dataset. This basically boils down to higher-res, more similar images–e.g. more animals and fewer guys with trumpets up their butts. And yes, that’s An Actual Thing.
The AI model is still not perfect, though–I did an audit and discovered a few more low-res and/or trumpet-related images in the dataset that snuck in somehow. That being said, it’s a vast improvement over the original model (which generated my first Latent Space Bestiary piece); only 60% of the outputs of this one look like spaghetti! The rest are either vaguely animal in shape or at least trying to be really, really hard.“
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ค๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ. โ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ, ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ก. โ๐ฑ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐๐ข ๐ฐ๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ก ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฐ โญ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข, ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ช๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ค๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐ก’๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฌ๐ถ ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ง๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ก ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ข. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ถ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข ๐๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐ก.”
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ก ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ: โ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ข ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด๐ซ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ข. โ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐ฑ ๐๐ซ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ด๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ก ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ซ. โ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐๐ฌ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ๐ค๐ซ๐ฑ๐ถ, ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข, ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ด.
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฏ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฆ๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ด๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ซ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ. โ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐จ๐ข๐ซ ๐ฑ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฐ๐๐ช๐ข: ‘โ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฑ ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ซ, ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฑ ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก. ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ข, ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ก ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ซ ๐๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ซ.’
๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข. โ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ. โ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐๐ซ๐ก ๐ข๐ต๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ข ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ก ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฏ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ช๐ข๐ฉ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ต๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ก ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ด๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ.
The Camelephant springs from the union of an elephant and a camel. It has a single eye in the side of its hump, which never closes. It can use its trunk to emit a loud trumpeting that, for days, causes plagues and pains to many a man and beast.
The hippopotamus is very stout with long ears. A violent beast, it takes pleasure in frightening other animals and attacking its enemies. The Hippopotamus uses its strong teeth to crush the earth in order to climb out of quicksand. Its body is made of iron, making it resistant to fire.
The kangagriff is the largest and most fearsome of the eagle-like predatory beasts. The kangagriff has the body of a cat and the hindquarters of an eagle. It has powerful talons and claws, and its lower jaw is so powerful that it can sever a man’s head at a mere stroke.
