“Newman from Seinfeld with a face drawn by Rothko”
To get the hang of using the DALL-E Mini, I wanted to try merging iconic stars from the 90’s sitcom with iconic works of American art. Seinfeld might seem like a weird choice, but think about it: like any red-blooded, nostalgia-hungry millennial, I’m intimately familiar with the overall aesthetic of Jerry, Kramer, Elaine and Pals. You probably are, too. That means whenever this tool coughs up its rendition of these iconic characters, you’ll know, right off the bat, how accurate or deeply deeply wrong those renditions are.
Case in point: if you’re familiar with the show, the name “Newman” instantly conjures up images of an antagonistic fleshy weirdo in aviator-style glasses. The early drawings of famed Latvian-American painter Mark Rothko were dominated by similarly lumpy, fleshy figures before the artist moved onto Big Ol Blocks O Color, so I figured I’d throw these two names into the DALL-E and see what came out. All things considered, I’d say it did a pretty good job!
