THE PIER : The Gaugan IA Drawing Contest (w/short story) - Week 50

Pleasure Island Pier is a popular tourist spot for relaxation and activities for the entire family. It certainly is for our family and friends. We meet each summer for a fantastic week's vacation. Visitors to the area love the easy ingress and egress for their favorite water sports.

However, the main attraction to the island lies on the east side that hosts the fishing tournament in the summer.

Last month, a tropical storm swept through the island and destroyed the fishing access point. The small boat loading and unloading access pier was destroyed. In the aftermath, it was discovered that several small boats were damaged. We're thankful no lives were lost.

The Summer tournament is now cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a later date. My fishing group had already booked our hotel, so we've chosen another location for our summer group outing.

My story is based upon our recent news bulletin that our favorite fishing pier in Galveston, Texas was damaged by two hurricanes in the past two months. The first Hurrican Marco broke the pier in half. The second one, Hurricane Beta, finished breaking it from the shoreline. The pier floated away and was located later.

In order to produce this beautiful landscaped area with the contrasting damaged structure on the opposite side, I utilized the software, Nvidia GauGAN. In my drawing above, I chose to add a bridge, then break it up in sections to look like it was damaged.

Below is the image of my basic brush strokes.

Once you've finished your brush strokes and apply your various background filters and effects, the program then creates a drawing based upon those brush strokes from its massive inventory.

You can then download your finished images. Remember to save your brush strokes and each image your produce before moving to the next filter and effects.

I just completed a set of brushstrokes and filters and for some reason didn't save my brushstrokes. The resulting drawings were beautiful in my humble opinion. But they're no use without the brushstrokes in the Gaugan Contest. Maybe I'll be able to use them for a different type of story.

Below are a few of my filters and effects I applied to the brushstrokes: