I need to write about this experience (mostly so I can feel “done” about it), but my show was titled “Is This Art?” and consisted of around a dozen images generated by VQGAN/VQGAN+CLIP. I sold almost every single piece! Not bad for a non-artist, frankly.
Anyways, I think the key to my “success” was two fold: One, most images took an input image, all were photographs I took in the local area. Second, I was brutal in my curation of what I actually decided to print and include in the show. The keystone piece was actually a warped image of the coffee shop itself! In an art medium without clear constraints, my challenge was to define those constrains for myself. Not exactly a knew problem for artists.
I also chose to overlay the output image and original photograph in some cases, and unmask the photograph in certain locations in the image. I used this opportunity to touch up the output in photoshop, and add/remove artificers and details. I was limited by my lack of digital art skills here, but this was the fun part.
Final thought, a good eye for color and composition helps any artistic endeavor, and the same is true for this medium.