{"id":188466,"date":"2025-12-04T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=188466"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:42:28","slug":"more-phony-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/more-phony-art\/","title":{"rendered":"More phony art"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_188458\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188458\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus-640x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus-640x467.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Cumulus-gastropodus.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cumulus gastropodus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recent results from my struggles with AI image generators. Most of these were assembled by Nano Banana, Seedream or Flux. Click to see them larger and spot the errors.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188459\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Incident-on-a-Kansas-road-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incident on a Kansas road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188460\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/neon-jungle-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neon jungle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This and the one below are realizations of products from robot protagonist&#8217;s atelier in John Sladek&#8217;s novel <i>Tik-Tok<\/i>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188461\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Pals.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188462\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Rocking-out-in-the-15th-century.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocking out in the 15th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188463\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Sunshine-Superman-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunshine Superman, with a magical sidekick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hTuPbJLqFKI\" target=\"_blank\">Donovan song<\/a> that featured half of Led Zeppelin.<span id='easy-footnote-1-188466' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/more-phony-art\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-188466' title='There was a comic-book version of a Sunshine Superman (see the notes &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/genius.com\/Donovan-sunshine-superman-lyrics&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;\/a&gt;), but I like this one better.'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188464\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188464\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Magic-Violin-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Magic Violin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188465\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-188465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/White-clown.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The White Clown Show<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of my previous efforts can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/machine-made-art\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent results from my struggles with AI image generators. Most of these were assembled by Nano Banana, Seedream or Flux. Click to see them larger and spot the errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[711,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fake-art","category-sf-and-beyond"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-N1M","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188466"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188488,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188466\/revisions\/188488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}