Inspired by the incredible work I saw from @blockheim here, I am launching an AI art competition!
The prizes: three winners will get $2,000 USD each. I’ve been going deep on AI-generated art, my mind is blown, and I want to feed the creative fire.
No purchase of any kind is required. Here are the deadlines and rules…
- Deadline for submission is 10 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Dec 20th, 2022. The competition starts now.
- No purchase is necessary. Mentioning this twice so people get it.
- You can use any AI tools or combination of tools that you like, including DALL·E 2 (@OpenAI), Midjourney (@midjourney), Stable Diffusion (@StableDiffusion), Lexica (@LexicaArt,) NightCafe Studio (@NightcafeStudio), etc. You are also allowed to do manual touch-ups and fine-tuning. IMPORTANT: You *must* use Loom (@loom) or other tech to capture your full process.
- The artwork must include at least one COCKPUNCH™ character and specific properties/traits from that character. To avoid intellectual property headaches, it must be based on either (a) COCKPUNCH NFTs that you personally own, or (b) some COCKPUNCH NFTs I own, and you can include one, many, or anything in between.
Below are the token IDs of mine that you can use for this competition, and each linked page includes “properties”:
Wizard – 345, 436
Berserker – 289, 336
Cleric – 367, 343
High Elf – 171, 237
Forest Elf – 487, 176, 40
Master of Blades – 493, 100
Shaman – 133, 144
Pirate – 259, 115
If you’d like higher-res images, as well as preserved aspect ratio, you can use cockpunch.com/pfp.
- To submit your final art, you must follow @cockpunch on Twitter, post your image(s) on Twitter with tag @cockpunch and #AI, and you must include a link to your process video or blog post, including prompts used, etc.
- After the deadline, my magic elves will choose winners within a week, and we’ll announce them on Twitter! Selections will be based on quality, creativity, presentation of process, and more. Process is important. People should at least be able to *attempt* to replicate what you did. We will also retweet some of our favorite “honorable mentions” to highlight cool work.
- The winners will receive their $2K USD via wire transfer. Terms: void where prohibited, must be at least 18 years of age, you are responsible for any and all taxes, no minotaurs allowed, etc. If you include your own COCKPUNCH NFT(s) in your art, we will need to authenticate that you are the owner before awarding any prizes.
- Last but not least, you will get bonus credit for multiple submissions and early submissions, so don’t wait until the last minute. Two 8-0ut-of-10 submissions will beat one 9-out-of-10 submission.
And…. I think that’s it for now! I’m very excited to see what sublime and ridiculous art emerges!
Best of luck to everyone, and sending warmest wishes to you and yours,
Tim
[Update: The winners have been announced.]